When is Nupi-Lal?
Nupi-Lal is a regional holiday in the Indian state of Manipur on December 12th each year. December 12th marks the day when thousands of women in Manipur valiantly stood up for the rights of their countrymen and women against the British in 1939.
Nupi Lal were two demonstrations led by women in Manipur, British India against the colonial authorities. In 1904, the first Nupi Lan broke out in response to an order by the colonial authorities to send Manipuri men to the Kabow Valley to fetch timber for re-building the then Police Agent's bungalow.
The second Nupi-Lal took place in December 1939 in response to the export of rice during the second world war.
