Thangkhal leaders held joint meeting

 LAMKA – A joint meeting of the Thangkhal Tribe Council (TTC), Thangkhal Youth Organisation (TYO) and Thangkhal Sinlai Pawlpi (TSP / Students body) was held at TTC GHQ Office in Gochinkhup Veng, New Lamka, Manipur on March 26, 2018.

 The meeting resolved to work together for the betterment of the Thangkhal peoples in Manipur. Heads of the three cognate bodies attended the meeting and discussed at length.

It may be mentioned that Thangkhal Tribe Council is the highest apex body of the Thangkhal peoples living in Manipur, northeast India. It was formed as the Thangkhal Peoples’ Organisation (TPO) wayback in 1978. TPO has been rechristened as the Thangkhal Tribe Council (TTC) at its Annual Assembly held in Simte Inn, Lamka on 20^th December 2017. 

The Thangkhal Youth Organisation came into being in 1978, Thangkhal Sinlai Pawlpi in 1987, and the first church Thangkhal Christian Association was established in 1981.

Remarkably, the New Testament (Bible) in Thangkhal dialect was released in 2010.

The Thangkhals have their own tradition, customs and dialect. Though they were struggling to achieve ‘tribe recognition’ from the state government, they remained as unrecognized tribe and marginalized. The young-and-old alike have been constantly cherishing to attain the ‘recognition’ one day.

~ BKT

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