On martyrs’ day revolutionary PLA/RPF looking for public support

Imphal: Ahead of the Martyrs’ Day (Athoubasinggi Numit) observed on April 13 every year, the banned Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) and its armed wing People’s Liberation Army appealed to people to light candles at every residential door. Opportunity

He also appealed to all to stop all recreational activities on the occasion to pay homage to the ‘revolutionary martyrs’ at their memorial – Chingmeirong Cheiraoching, Thangmeiband in Imphal West.
Furthermore, the movement also appeals to confer the highest revolutionary honor on all the martyrs who laid down their lives during the ongoing freedom struggle.
RPF Deputy Publicity Secretary Roben Khuman said in a statement issued on Wednesday that the event is being held in honor of 7 PLA jawans and 9 PLA jawans who were killed in Tekcham encounter on June 16, 1981. 13th April 1982 Kadampokpi Encounter.

Asserting that history is proof that Manipuris cannot be challenged or subjugated, the RPF said that the majority of the casualties in the ongoing Indo-Manipur armed conflict are from Manipur.
The RPF/PLA is fighting to restore the lost sovereignty of Manipur.

After gaining independence from the British, Manipur was integrated into the Indian Union in 1948.
The princely state of Manipur was under British rule from 1891 to 1947.