Kangla fort
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The Template:Lang with diacritic Kanglā,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> officially known as the Kangla Fort,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an old fortified palace at Imphal, in the Manipur state of India.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was formerly situated on both sides (western and eastern) of the bank of the Imphal River, now remaining only on the western side in ruined conditions. Kangla means "the prominent part of the dry land" in old Meetei.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was the traditional seat of the past Meetei rulers of Manipur.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Kangla (Imphal) was the ancient capital of pre-modern Manipur.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Kangla is a revered spot for the people of Manipur, reminding them of the days of their independence. It is a sacred place to the Meiteis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Kangla is being proposed to be declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for which there are discussions ongoing in the Indian Parliament.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Template:Quote box The Kangla was the seat of administration of the Meitei rulers of the Ningthouja dynasty (33 CE to 1891 CE).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Flora and fauna
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The Kangla possesses a sobriquet, "Lungs of Imphal" as it is heavily forested, providing oxygen at a massive level in the heart of the metropolis of Manipur.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unfortunately, due to some developmental construction activities in the last few years, some minor but significant deforestation occurred inside the Kangla.
In the year 2009, the Kangla Herbal Garden was set up by the Kangla Fort Board, in order to carry out the plan of planting medicinal plants inside the Kangla into action. The responsibility for bringing up the botanical garden was held by the Lamphel based sub-branch of the North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (NEIST).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the year 2010, the Government of Manipur financed Template:INR Convert out of Template:INR Convert to the NEIST to carry out the task. It planted around 131 different plants, (including around 20 medicinal plant species) in the garden. Notable plant species nurtured in the Kangla Herbal Garden include "heigru" (Template:Lang), "kihori" (Template:Lang), agar (Aquilaria agallocha Lamp), neem (Azadirachta indica A Zuss), tera (Template:Lang), singairei (Template:Lang) and leihao (Template:Lang). An area covering 3.5 acres of land was allocated for the development of the botanical garden by the Manipur Government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the month of June in 2019, around 700 indigenous fruit-bearing tree saplings were planted inside the Template:Langnf, formerly known as "Biodiversity Park" of the Kangla) of the Kangla by the Government of Manipur, under the initiative of Green Manipur Mission.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the month of September in 2019, around 120 trees, including mayokfa, agar, uningthou, teak, chahui and samba, were planted inside the Kangla by the editorial board and the management team of "The Sangai Express" (TSE), a newspaper daily of Manipur, on its 20th foundation day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
There's another garden named "Engellei Leikol" (formerly known as "Rock Garden" of the Kangla) located in the southern part of the Kangla.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the month of May in 2022, around 50 fruit-bearing plants were planted inside the Kangla by the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
There's a plan for planting 10,000 saplings of fruit bearing trees inside the Kangla by the Kangla Fort Board, under the leadership of Nongthombam Biren, the Chief Minister of Manipur.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Places
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- Meitei architecture
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- Imphal West district
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