Aw Nang Singngat…
Khovel pilna-siamna leh bangkim a mi phalah hetlou, asung a tangthu thupi taktak, gen chim ngeilouh diing, tampi ana piankhiatna zaw Singngat eive maw. Singngat in sumdawng hausa, lai siam, khutsiam, milim gelh siam, laigelh siam, laphuah siam la siam, tumging tumsiam, chiamnuih gen siam leh lam tuamtuam a mi kiva tampi ana seekkhia hi. State pumpi tan a minthang ban siamsinna inn bang ana nei a, cinemal hall khawng le ana nei. Laisiam tampi ana bawlkhiat, thugelh leh laibu hunkhop ana sutkhiat, muhtheih lemchiin leh lakhil bangzah hiam ana suahkhiat, leh a minthang “Singngat Special” te’n Singngat “softpower” nasatak in ana khangsak a, huaite mah lah, a mangngei nawnlou diing Singngat min puangzak tu ahi uhi.
July 7, 1997 a apuksiat a kipan, tuni tan Singngat vangkhua a thoukhe zou nawn taktak naikei. Diipdeep mai.
SINGNGAT CENSUS 2011
Milip: 21174
Pasal 10833
Numei 10341
Laithei: 13595 – 64.20%
Pasal 7450 – 68.77%
Numei 6145 – 59.42 %
Inn omzah: 667
Singngat Khangthu tomkim
~ Hausianmuon Munluo
I khuo Singngat pen i pu i pa ten Simtual (Burma) a Suangzang khua apat in 1793 apan na sat uhi. Singngat gam te louzau te abawl in awlawl in tua Standard High School mun tah ah khosat na kipan ua, 1800 kum in khuo na sat zou ua, khosung ah teng lut uhi. Singngat khuo na sat te Pu Khamhen (Simtual Suangzang Hausa), Pu Singvial Munluo, Pu Singhen Munluo, Pu Gouzuan Totah, Pu Tuanglet Manlun, Pu Langon Munluo, Pu Tutzachin Mantuang, Pu Sawmthong Munluo Singngat khomin hing piengdan Singngat khomun masa tua Galleng lui guam teng ah sing ngat zit zet, sing zang sang leh lian tahtah te ngen na um a, tuami sing apat i khuo min Singngat na hi sah uhi.
Singngat gam letdan
Ana sat tunglai un Singngat gam let dan pen Suahlam ah Lanva lui tan, Tumlam ah Tuivai lui, Mallam ah Tuitha lui, Simlam ah Tuila lui tan ahi. Haokip te toh na ki nang tuah ua, ana nang zou sih ua, tuachin tu a Mata Mualtam leh Geljang kikal ah Siallu na tah un Singngat gam boundary ding in na siam uhi. Haokip ten gam hing keh kiah in Zezaw khuo ah na kisat tuah kiah ua, Haokip te’n Zezaw tan na lah piah uhi. Haokip ten Likhai luitan Haokip Reserved ahi chi’n Singngat khuo zong na lah sawm/vaihawm khumsawm ua, hinanleh Pu Letkhup Munluo leh Haokip Tatara Hemlam Haokip Suongpi na ki buan un Pu Letkhup in a zaw zieh in Paldai luitan ah na kihouthei ua tuni tan in Paldai lui Singngat gamgi na hi ahi.
Singngat apat khuo kisat te
Likhai, Zabellei, Sialnah, Saichang, Muvanlai, Sehngal, Tangpijol, Khomunnuam, Maukot, Munpi, Muallum, Buhsau leh Munpi pen Haokip te masang a kisat ahi.
Singngat Hausa te
Pu Shingvial Munluo (1805-1845)
Pu Shinghen Munluo (1845-1905)
Pu Sawmthong Munluo (1905-1915)
Pu Tonghau Munluo (1915-1932)
Pu Thangzalam Munluo (1932-1948)
Pu Khupkhanhau Munluo (1949-present)
Pu Tonghau Munluo pen Zogal zou 1932 in si a, tanu 4 leh tapa 1 a nuasia hi. Atapa Khupkhanhau naupangnou ahiziah in atha dawn ding in be leh phung mite’n Kangpokpi a um Thangzalam Munluo vala un, Khupkhanhau piching tan Singngat vaihawmna hing la hi.
Pu Khupkhanhau Munluo (1949-)
Pu Khupkhanhau in vaihawmna a hing lah in Singngat in buaina nasatah tuah a, solkal tanph kigol in, buaina khen thei hi. Singngat khuo ngainat na toh khosung a Hattuam um teng leh School um teng gam man la lou in na bawlsah hi. Maban ah Singngat Hausa Innkuan in History of Singngat chi laibu bawl
ding a, khangthu akim thei bang pen gel hi ding hi.
ETCHETNA: Tulel Singngat dinmun
BORDER MODEL TOWN: Singngat mualtung ah khantouhna nivak a hong tan theihsam-na di’n, India sepaih te’n i khua model town suahsak sawm in sum Rs 3 crore val hon pump-lut uhi. General JJ Singh, Chief of Army Staff in hiai project September 9, 2006 in hong khia. Hiai in Govt. High School building puahphatna, library & recreation centre, children park, pasal leh numei hostel, traditional gates, solar-based street lamps, singkung suan, community hall, water harvesting scheme, vocational training centre, bus stand leh stadium leh indoor sports complex te huam hi. A kibawl sun – bangzah hiam zattheih, atamzaw seta.
TUI: Atuk-akhal a Singngat tui haksa dawn zangkhai-na din pan bangbang hiam ana kila saamta. Tua te:
1980s – MLA Gougin in Paldai ah earthen dam bawl. Lohsam.
1990s – UN agency panpihna a leinuai a tui pump, niteng a tui kai, hoih petmah. Himahleh, buailai a avan teng sia.
2006-2007 – MCA project nuai ah water harvesting scheme adin sum bangzah hiam guangalh in om.
2009-2010 – DoNER in Tuisum lui lakna di’n July 20, 2009 in Rs 204.64 lakhs sanction. Nasep kipan, zoh hi nailou. Tui lakna Vomkaw lui ah tanky kibawl pen sub-standard, tu’n le sesim ta,kichi.
LAMPI: PWD CCPur Division etkolna nuai a om, Singngat-Lamka kikal lampi bawlna di’n 2003-04 in Rs. 13.96 lakhs, 2004-05 in Rs. 63.57 lakh leh 2005-06 sung in Rs. 34.52 lakhs kizang bei chi in solkal in chiamteh hi. A sep di ualh muh dia om mahmah lou. 2007-08 apan nasatak a puahphat in hong om a, nidang a dakkal 2 val paina, dakkal 1 leh akim in kitung zar mai hi. Nuam lua. Tu in hiai Tedim Road BRO’ khut a piakkhiat hita a, himahleh, a nasep uh enkai lou lua uh, chih mipi’ phunna ahi.
DAMDAWI INN: Singngat PHC a MO, Dr. Khenzamung Samte makaih in niteng in Bethel Veng a PHC ah damlou enkol zel uh. MO pu leh doctor dang 2 ban ah nurse 2 in nna sem hoih mahmah uh. Nidang a Thadou Veng a Singngat PHC omsek pen, Mission Skul mun ah athak kibawl, zoh hita. Patient te adi 10 bed. Doctor leh staff quarters kibawl lel. Khanawn khawng in kihong di.
SOLKAL NNASEMTE: SDO dangte bang in, tulel a SDO Pi Rachel Guite leng, Singngat ah amel muh vang in om mahmah. Ni poimoh – I&R day leh official duty di om chiang kia in khua pha. Staff bangzah hiam in le va pha cheuh zel uh.
Police OC Boipu Gangte makaih in constable & VVF te om uh. Mi 10 khawng dettak in om thei. Nidang a jail omna a a building thak uh luahta uh.
Fire Dept te mi 5 om ua, duty hoih zel uh, chih di hi.
Post Office a sem mi 2 a changchang in kai zel uh. Delivery lam hoih tadih.
SIAMSINNA: Govt. High School taktak pen Army ten a luah ziak un, HQ Veng a MCA Project a kibawl hostel luah uh. Regular a kai student omlou. Staff bangzah hiam om. Tu in private school Hill Model, St Joseph, Standard leh Salvation School teng om hi.
IT: Information Technology lam ah Singngat in khua ana phawk baih mahmah. 2002 in CIC honkhiat in ana om a, January 2003 apan mipi nautang in hon zangthei uhi. Local newspaper te bang le digitized ziahziah a om lah aw. Himahleh, meivak gin-at louh ziak in nawngkaina nasatak tun.
ELECTRIC: April 23, 2005 in CM Ibobi Singh in 33 kV sub-station suangphum hong. Hiai substation a kihong apan, meivak asun-azan in ikhua ah pai ziahziah mai. Lamka lam sang a hoih zaw tham, chidan eive. Himahleh, tulai in bel, huchi zou nawnlou.
TELEPHONE/MOBILE: 2002 a kipan Singngat ah BSNL in telephone gui hon zan tung aa, “tuni koilam na kuan dia?” chi khawng a ki-fawn tuah suausuau himai. 2005 vel apan mobile phone zattheih ta a, September 7, 2011 apan 3G omta hi. BSNL kia hilai. BSNL zaw chau lotel. A hoih hunsang a asiat hun tamzaw. Khenkhat te’n WLL tungtawn in PCO a bawl ua. Private proviers – Airtel, Aircel te network, khosung ah pailou a, munsang leh kidoh deuhna mun va zot zel ngai hi.
ECONOMY: Singngat mi tamzaw tham te singtang-loubawl a nekzong ihi. Adangte dawr bawl, private school a seem, leh kiloh tawm ki hi a, solkal nnasem hong om sun leh sepaih te’n Singngat bazar a sum leengtuah a hon suhat deuh ua hiven. Huchilou, sumsinna lam tuam, mineral water bawl a sumsuah, chihbang hon pankhe thei om.
TRANSPORT: Singngat-Lamka zingkal teng in bus 2 pai. Bethel, Jehovah, Amazing te kikhel uh. Lamka apan zingkal in bus 1, huaibel Glory, Singngat ah pai a, annek kham in Singngat-Lamka zuan in pai. Lamka apan nitaklam teng in bus 2 mah Singngat ah pai nawn hi.
BANK: I khua ah Central Bank of India in branch khat hong di’n panla lel a, December khawng apat zattheih dia lam-et ahi.
LEGENDS OF SINGNGAT
LOUZAU MINTHANG:
Buallawn tang, Simbuk, Munpi, Zabellei, Tangpijol, Likhai, Sialnah, Meilum, Paldai, Tuivai, Father te’ gam, Painar Camp, New Singngat
Zaanglou: Paldai, Tampak zang, Tuizal, Likhai
LUI:
Luipi, Congress1, Pi Tawi lui, Paldai, Leisiatna Gamla, Leisiatna Nai, Loului, Mawngluikawi, Tualzalian boarding lui, Khakhai lui, Homeguard lui, Quater lui, Sihpheng lui, Mallui, Saklam lui, Kullui, Standard lui, Hailui, Suangkuak lui, Leisan lui
LOCAL NEWS ANA KISUAH KHIA TE:
Ngeisok, Zogam Aw, Spectator, Voice of Singngat , Tuailai Aw,
Zozaam
HOTEL MINTHANG:
Highlander Hotel, Satuihaangte (Hauman’ Pa) Phamta Pa Roulian Hotel, Siamhnun’ Nu Hotel, Paupite Hotel (Bus Parking, Sharma Hotel (Mohan’ Pa) Nu Ngailian Hotel (SDO Veng), Pa Thangpu Hotel, Nu Chingkhanngai Hotel, Sir Thangmeng Hotel, KN Hotel, Hotel Muvanlai, Agang Hotel, Modern Hotel, Station Hotel , Sangching Hotel, Muamuang Hotel, Manipur Hotel, (L) Chinzapau Hotel, Laizom Hotel, Khullai Hotel
DRIVER SIAM:
Thangcha, Ginlam, Mungpu, Inau, Thanglun, Kakap, Thianlal, Lianjam, Rema, Siamkhum, Dodou, Thangzamang, Sutkhochinlal, Lunzathang, Lalal, Singkhanmuan, Lalrou
FOOTBALL CLUB MINTHANG
1980s: Bawngpu te, Leeds Un ited Soccers Club, UFO (United Friends Orgn), Singngat Sporting Club, Bethel Veng Sporting Club, Tedim Road Sporting Club, Nine Brothers, Zonou, ZASA,ALLU
1991 – 2000: Lightning Club, Invaders, Lightning, Drivers Union, Zomi Athletic Brothers Union, United Sports Association, (ABC) Athletic Brothers Club, Overs Club, USA (United Sporting Club), Young Stars, Tai Gan Gan, Singngat Youth Club, Nine Brothers, ABC, Unandas, Invaders, Zolengthe, Frolic
2000s: Zoubawm, Soccer, Sabus, Seinougual, The Besc, Zoutal, Zouveng Young Star, Crony United, Friends Brothers Club, Brusc, Scovt, Kungkang
FOOTBALLERS
Thathang, Manggeu, V.Nangthanlian, Khamkua, Haukholian, Remlian, Suanlalmuan, Paulunding, OK Lun, Khaiminthang, Lianpu, Lianzapau, Paulal, B. Thanlian, V.Suanpu, Kaizamang, Lianpu, Liana Guite, Thanchawilou, Lalhmingthang, Hauboi, Manggeu, Hahau, Haukholian, Khaiminthang, Lamboi, Chinlal, Jamthianlal, VL Donga, Malian, Dongzalian, Sanglian, Suanpu Valte, Hausing, Pony, Khamminlian
Goal Keepers: Tunzalian, Dangluai, K Khawmdoukham, Sumzamung, Laangkap, H Sanglian, Ginlianmang, Ginsuan
VOLLEYBALL
H. Pauzamang, Thanghminglian, Remlian, Thangkhanlal, V Kampi, Pausuanlal, Paukhanmang (Mangboi)
TOURIST SPOTS
Mar Vuum, Munlui, Tasar Farm, Sasan Kawl, Hanmual, St Joseph School Campus, Power House, Thangpu Ngakul, Field khoubaang
LASIAM MINTHANG
Oldies: Ngaikhanching, Vungkhanching, Niangngaihching, LK Manga, Parmawi, Thangbiaklal, Manggeu
New Age: P Swant, Vungthiankim, V Thangbiaklal, Grace Siamte, Jenny Zenthiansiang, Kikim & Lialian
SOURCE: DELHI SINGNGAT MEET SECOND EDITION 2011 COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION
SINGNGAT – ENGLISH VERSION
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Singngat is one of the sub-divisional headquarters of Churachandpur district in the Indian state of Manipur and is a key administrative centre in the southwestern border of the state. The Manipur Government officially recorded the name as Singhat, that’s because the Meiteis find it difficult to pronounce the original name.
Geography
It is a tiny border town between the international boundary of India and Myanmar. It is connected by road to the Burmese town of Tedim. Singngat is about 32 km from the district headquarters, i.e., Lamka and around 115 km from Sinzawl village bordering Mizoram. Behiang, a thriving trade center on the Indo-Myanmar border is 25 km away from Singngat. Singngat stands at a perfect geographical position; Tedim Road, starting from Imphal, the state capital, then Lamka, passes through Singngat and enters Behiang which extends further down till Tedim Township in Myanmar; and Guite Road starts from Singngat and passes through Sinzawl village which finally makes its way to Aizawl in Mizoram.
The Brunts of Ethnic Conflict (1997-98)
Till the Zomi-Kuki ethnic conflict of 1997-98, Singngat had a fairly busy bazaar. Singngat had been a prosperous town with different ethnic people living together harmoniously. But that has become a thing of the past. Sadly, the once bustling town now turns into a seemingly small hamlet – quiet, dark, desolate, empty, neglected and abandoned. A large part of the town was burned down during the said conflict. From then on, Singngat started treading the path of degeneration. And as of to date, it could not recover its morale and market.
Thus it can be truly said that the Kuki-Zomi conflict was the root cause for the downfall of the town. As a part of military and civilian partnership, Singngat is currently under redevelopment as a Model Village by the Government of India.
Local Administration: A failed system
The Government machinery has completely collapsed and there is little, or no, sign that this place is part of the Indian state. The Sub-Divisional Officer’s headquarters has been abandoned and its rundown rooms stripped of so much as a filing cabinet. The SDO and the office persons have been working actively in Lamka for quite sometime now. Not much remains of the police station either, which was set on fire by ethnic-Meitei insurgents in 2001. The fire department has no staff, but an almost-red truck rusting in a shed bears witness to the fact that it once existed. The boarded-up Singngat post office has a sign proclaiming that it works from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., but no one who is not well past their teens has any idea what the red cylindrical box outside the building is for. There is a government-run school, but again, without teachers. The school building itself has since been occupied by the army. The once magnificent Community Hall stands a little more like a colossal wreck becoming a good place for garbage dumping.
Crumbling Health Care
Gone are the days when well-equipped doctors and nurses attended to patients under the sprawling expanse of the hospital building in downtown Singngat. The building now stands in a forgotten corner, slowly wasting away as time goes by. Doctors who are posted there rarely visit the place. The people would call it their lucky day when doctors make a fleeting visit, that too, once every two months or so. This being the case, critically ill persons have no option than rush to the district hospital in Lamka, which is more than a two-hour drive from Singngat. A worn-out veterinary hospital building exists, but no doctors come to work there. It becomes a safe haven for pigs, cows and dogs with no one to take good care of them.
Perennial Water Scarcity
But the real problem, hitherto has not yet been mentioned. Water scarcity and dilapidated Singngat-Lamka road condition had been grappling the people of Singngat since time begun. People have to undergo tremendous hardships in fetching water to as far away a tiny stream as over one to two kilometers, everyday, which is flowing in barely more than a trickle. A decade ago, water was pumped by electric motors and were supplied to the households through pipelines. Nothing of this sort now.
Transportation by Road
Roads are our lifelines and economic arteries. But the Lamka-Singngat road is in a horrible condition, despite a generous funding of over Rs.100 lakhs from 2003-2006. Today it is worse than a bullock cart road due to its deep potholes. People are being overwhelmed with fear and uncertainty when they take a bus ride down the unkempt, pot-holed and dusty Tedim Road. Through this day, the infamous ‘Zezaw tou’, the most terrible part of the Tedim Road stretch, continues to haunt travelers using the roadway. Just imagine how the bus fares between Lamka-Imphal (over 60 km) and Lamka-Singngat (barely 30 km) could be the same.
Corruption in Public Works
Till now, no one is interested in Singngat as a place. It is simply seen as a political battlefield for capturing loyal voters. The poor fight among themselves in the hope of pleasing corrupt politicians. Without any economic agenda, politicians simply fool around by fueling tribal conflicts along feudal clan lines, or along tribe lines. The paralyzing spirit of cynicism is quite annoying in the state, where corrupt politicians and militants out perform each other in pulling down the fabric of development. The colonial-style of power equation and feudal system of local government chain our people while the rest of India is flying. The poor people have been bogged down by deprivation and hopelessness over the years. And their deafening voices are unheard, their dying cries are disregarded.
Educational Infrastructure
The town of Singngat did not lag behind other places of Manipur in terms of education. There were two (2) fledge high schools and 2 (two) Jr. High schools, including one government aided high school and one government aided jr. high school, namely: 1. Singngat Government High School 2. Hill Model Aided High School, 3. Singngat Standard Jr. High School, 4. St. Joseph’s School Students from the surrounding villages came together here in Singngat. Hill Model High School, which was established way back in 1971, continued to be the premier educational institution. The school had even produced a top 5th position holder all over Manipur in the class X board examination in 1995. However, the educational system started falling apart during the 1997 ethnic clash and as of the present day, the system follows the slow process of regaining its past vigor. With no teachers as well as students the government school building is being occupied by the Indian army. This may seem a fringe benefit for the teachers posted there. And it’s hard to tell what future may have in store for those poor students who could not afford to study in private-run institutions. And it is painful to see so many poor children, grim and dirty, dressed in rags, loitering around the streets while their counterparts pass by, wearing bright school uniforms. They stared at them longingly, a gleam of envy in their eyes.
References
1.^ “Assembly Constituencies – Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies”. Manipur. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Singngat Block http://cicmanipur.nic.in/html/sing.asp
The Fall of Singngat http://vaphualization.blogspot.com/2009/07/remembering-july-7-1997.html
Aerial view of Singngat http://wikimapia.org/4667141/Singngat
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singngat
