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Sources
- Personal recollection of events witnessed by Rajeev Ningthemcha as remembered 20 Aug 2017.
- First paragraph of the wikipedia article (January 2024):
- Gharib Niwaz (born Pamheiba, 1690–1751, Meitei: /pāmheiba/, Sanskrit: Gopal Singh) was the most illustriious ruler of the Manipur Kingdom, ruling from c. 1709 until his death. He introduced Hinduism as the state religion of his kingdom (1717) and changed the name of the kingdom from "Kangleipaak" to the Sanskrit Manipur (1724). He changed his royal name from his birth name Pamheipa to the Persianate "Gharib Niwaz".