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{{Short description|Burmese queen of Meitei royal family}}
{{Distinguish|Chakpa Yainu Phisaheipi}}
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| title = Tampha Wangamlon,{{efn|"Tampha Wangamlon" or "Tamphasana" is a title often given to the eldest daughter of the [[Ningthou|Meetei king]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA58 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=58 |language=en}}</ref>}} Awa-Leima<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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* Mangtra Kentu Ngampa<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA60 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=60 |language=en}}</ref> (Kendu Ngamba<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAKPA MAKHAO NGAMBI – 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 |url=https://www.brm.nsd.gov.in/chakpa-makhao-ngambi/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=[[Government of India]] |publisher=[[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]], [[National School of Drama]] |language=en-US}}</ref>)
* Dibouti<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAKPA MAKHAO NGAMBI – 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 |url=https://www.brm.nsd.gov.in/chakpa-makhao-ngambi/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=[[Government of India]] |publisher=[[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]], [[National School of Drama]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

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'''Chakpa Makhao Ngambi''' was the [[Burmese royal titles|Burmese queen]] of [[Toungoo dynasty]] of [[Kingdom of Ava]] (modern day [[Upper Burma]]) and the [[Meitei people|Meitei]] princess of [[Ningthouja dynasty]] of [[Kangleipak]] ([[Manipur Kingdom]]). She was the [[Queen consort]] of King [[Taninganway Min|Taninganway]] ({{lang-mni|Chekong Leimaba/Tongdoi Leimaba}}){{efn|name=lang}} of Myanmar, until her [[abdication]] after having a son.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Wahengbam Ibohal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_4dAAAAMAAJ&q=chakpa+makhao+ngambi |title=The History of Manipur: An early period |date=1986 |publisher= |pages=319, 320 |language=en |quote=Garib Niwaz was also not happy on receiving the information that his step sister Chakpa Makhao - ngambi who was married to Taningan we the Burmese king , was reduced to a common wife from Chief Queen - ship . ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Devi |first=Nunglekpam Premi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqJVDwAAQBAJ&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PT31 |title=A Glimpse of Manipuri Literary Works |date=2018 |publisher= |location=India |page=31 |language=en}}</ref> By birth, she was a [[first-degree relative]]{{efn|name=relative}} of King [[Charairongba]] of [[Manipur Kingdom]] and a [[second-degree relative]] of King [[Pamheiba|Pamheiba Garib Niwaj]],{{efn|Since it's disputed whether [[Charairongba]] is the father or brother of Princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi, it is also disputed whether Charairongba's son, [[Pamheiba|Pamheiba Garib Niwaj]] is her brother or nephew. Pamheiba's mention in relation to the princess is important because Pamheiba waged a war against Burma, to take revenge on the insult she suffered.}} [[Charairongba]]'s successor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Wahengbam Ibohal |url= |title=The History of Manipur: An early period |date=1986 |publisher= |pages=319, 320 |language=en |quote=Garib Niwaz was also not happy on receiving the information that his step sister Chakpa Makhao - ngambi who was married to Taningan we the Burmese king , was reduced to a common wife from Chief Queen - ship . ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her abdication from the Burmese throne caused a long time international conflict between the [[Meiteis]] ([[Ningthouja dynasty]]) and the [[Bamars]] ([[Toungoo dynasty]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanajaoba |first=Naorem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&q=Chakpa+Makhao+Ngambi&pg=PA15 |title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization |date=1988 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-853-2 |pages=LIV, 15 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Devi |first=Nunglekpam Premi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqJVDwAAQBAJ&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PT31 |title=A Glimpse of Manipuri Literary Works |date=2018 |publisher= |location=India |page=31 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Family ==
The parents of princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯆꯛꯄ ꯃꯈꯥꯎ ꯉꯝꯕꯤ}}}}) are opined by some scholars to be Meitei prince Tonsen Ngampa ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯇꯣꯟꯁꯦꯟ ꯉꯝꯄ}}}}) and his wife Ngangpam Chanu Ngaikhom Ngampi ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯉꯥꯡꯄꯝ ꯆꯅꯨ ꯉꯥꯏꯈꯣꯝ ꯉꯝꯄꯤ}}}}). Contrary to this fact, noblemen in the court of King [[Pamheiba]], namely "Aroi Laishrancha" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯔꯣꯏ ꯂꯥꯏꯁ꯭ꯔꯟꯆꯥ/ꯂꯥꯏꯁ꯭ꯔꯝꯆꯥ}}}}) and "Atibar Yumnancha" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯑꯥꯇꯤꯕꯥꯔ ꯌꯨꯝꯅꯥꯝꯆꯥ}}}}) wrote the "Samsok Ngampa" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯝꯁꯣꯛ ꯉꯝꯕ}}}}), which mentioned that princess Sicha Chakpa Makhao Ngambi was born to Khoiyoiron Ngaikhom Ngampi, mother of Tupi [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]]. King [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]] addressed Sicha Chakpa Makhao Ngampi as "Yimom" (a [[Meitei language]] term for both daughter and younger sister). [[Pamheiba|Pamheipa]], son of [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]], used the term {{langnf|mni|Yimanlon|aunt}} to address princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA58 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=58 |language=en}}</ref>

== Marriage ==
=== Proposal ===
On 18 January 1703 AD,{{efn|In some books, it's wrongly written as 1723 AD.}} two Burmese ambassadors named "Senpi Mayangkong" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯦꯟꯄꯤ ꯃꯌꯥꯡꯀꯣꯡ}}}}) and "Lousingpa Aawa Tunglacha" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯧꯁꯤꯡꯄ ꯑꯋꯥ ꯇꯨꯡꯂꯥꯆꯥ}}}}) came to the court of Meitei King [[Charairongba]] carrying a marriage proposal from [[Taninganway]], the Burmese King {{langnf|mni|Tongdoi Chekong Leimapa|italic=no|King of the [[Toungoo dynasty]]}}.{{efn|name=lang|"Tongtoi Chekong Reimapa" — "Tongdoi/Tongtoi" means the [[Toungoo dynasty]] of [[Burma]] ; "Chekong" means the [[Sagaing Region]]; "Leimapa/Leimaba/Reimapa" means the King or the Lord.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA58 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=58 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|''"The year of Arampa Khunchao 1624 Kum Sak... Thursday, the 1st of Phairen (18th January 1703 CE) the envoy from the King of [[Kingdom of Awa|Awa]]' arrived to ask for the hand of a Reima in marriage."''|[[Cheitharol Kumbaba]]|p. 64<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref>}}

The "Samsok Ngampa" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯝꯁꯣꯛ ꯉꯝꯄ}}}}) text mentioned that the Burmese ambassadors presented to Meitei king [[Charairongba]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯆꯔꯥꯏꯔꯣꯡꯕ}}}}) a large quantity of gold, bronze, silver, lead, plates, colorful items of cloths as gifts for the marriage proposal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Conditions ===
King [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]], all the members of the royal council and his ministers had a long discussion regarding the Burmese King's formal proposal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref> Later, Charairongba agreed the proposal on the following conditions:
# Meitei princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi should be enthroned as the Queen of [[Kingdom of Awa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>
# the former tributary tribes subject to the [[Meitei people]], namely Pungpun, Kamu, Chirang, Kharo, Ting Yitsa, Maru Kondong and Loipi Tarao Khundon, should pay tributes to the Meitei King.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sorokhaibam |first=Manglemjao S. |date=2021-07-10 |title=GARIBANIWAZ (PAMHEIBA): The Master of Manipur and Upper Burma (West of Irrawaddy) (1709-1748) » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics |url=https://imphalreviews.in/garibaniwaz-pamheiba-the-master-of-manipur-and-upper-burma-west-of-irrawaddy-1709-1748/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=imphalreviews.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The Burmese king agreed to the conditions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Wedding ===
Chakpa Makhao Ngambi was escorted by [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]] up to the [[Ningthi River]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯤ ꯇꯨꯔꯦꯜ]]}}}}). The wedding ceremony took place at [[Kingdom of Ava|Ava kingdom]]. After the marriage, she ascended the {{langnf|mni|Phampan|throne}} of [[Kingdom of Ava|Awa kingdom]]. She was proclaimed as the head queen of the Burmese kingdom. The event of escorting the princess by Meitei king to Burma took place in between May and December 1704 AD.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA59 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=59 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA60 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=60 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Singha |first=Memchaton |title=Marriage Diplomacy Between the States of Manipur and Burma, 18Th to 19Th Centuries |date=2016 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=77 |pages=874–879 |jstor=26552717 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref>

== Abdication ==
Some time later after Chakpa Makhao Ngambi ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯆꯛꯄ ꯃꯈꯥꯎ ꯉꯝꯕꯤ}}}}) gave birth to a son named "Mangtra Kentu Ngampa" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯪꯇ꯭ꯔ ꯀꯦꯟꯇꯨ ꯉꯝꯄ}}}}), her husband, the King of Burma abdicated her position from being the chief queen of the kingdom. The news was brought to Meitei King [[Charairongba|Charairongpa]], by a subject to the princess named "Pukhran Wapihaipa" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯄꯨꯈ꯭ꯔꯟ ꯋꯥꯄꯤꯍꯥꯏꯄ}}|}}). Consequently, Charairongba held a grand assembly in the [[Kangla]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯀꯪꯂꯥ]]}}}}). After a long discussion, they declared a war against Burma, to revenge on the insult to the Meitei princess. Eventually, a war broke out between the two kingdoms. Starting from the reign of [[Charairongba]], the conflict continued till the reign of King [[Pamheiba]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯄꯥꯝꯍꯩꯕ]]}}}}).<ref>—{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA60 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=60 |language=en}}<br />—{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Wahengbam Ibohal |url= |title=The History of Manipur: An early period |date=1986 |publisher= |pages=319, 320 |language=en |quote=Garib Niwaz was also not happy on receiving the information that his step sister Chakpa Makhao - ngambi who was married to Taningan we the Burmese king , was reduced to a common wife from Chief Queen - ship . ...}}<br />—{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA61 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=61 |language=en}}<br />—{{Cite journal |last=Nag |first=Sajal |date=2018-01-01 |title=Burmese invasion |url=https://www.academia.edu/38831733 |journal=Falling Polities ed by Tejimala Gurung}}</ref>

When [[Charairongba]] was in his dying bed, he told his son [[Pamheiba]], regarding the revenge on the insult to princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi, as follows:
{{Blockquote|''"Lairen Yipari, I have received the news of my sister Sicha Chakpa Makhou Ngampi being insulted in the capital of Khamaran (Burma)... Besides the king of Aawa Tongtoi does not return me my tributary Tarao Khundon Manin Naipa. For these reasons, I took my oath in front of my people at Kangla to fight with the King of Awa with sword."''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA61 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=61 |language=en}}</ref>}}

== In Meitei literature ==
{{Further|Meitei literature}}
The "Samsok Ngamba" text, written by Laisram Aroi and Yumnam Atibar, describes the agony of princess Chakpa Makhao Ngambi on her way to the unknown kingdom for marriage with the old aged king of Burma. After going on the way for a long distance by crossing many hill and mountain ranges, the princess stopped at the hilltop of "Loukeirao" and wished to see her relative,{{efn|name=relative|It's disputed whether the Meitei King [[Charairongba]] is her father or brother.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sana |first=Raj Kumar Somorjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PA58 |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |date=2010 |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei |isbn=978-81-8465-210-9 |page=58 |language=en}}</ref> For further details, please see [[#Family]].}} the Meitei King [[Charairongba]] for the last time. Despite being consoled by Charairongba, she never stopped weeping, standing on the high slope of the mountain and looking down on the [[Imphal Valley]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devi |first=Nunglekpam Premi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqJVDwAAQBAJ&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PT31 |title=A Glimpse of Manipuri Literary Works |date=2018 |publisher= |location=India |page=31 |language=en}}</ref>
Her sorrowful uttering to herself is described as follows:
{{Blockquote|''"I, this Meetei princess, have been removed from my parents and brothers from this day. I have left behind a long distance and the dark nights have taken me farther away from my native land."''|Samsok Ngampa<ref>{{Cite book |last=Devi |first=Nunglekpam Premi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqJVDwAAQBAJ&dq=chakpa+makhao+ngambi&pg=PT31 |title=A Glimpse of Manipuri Literary Works |date=2018 |publisher= |location=India |page=31 |language=en}}</ref>}}

== In popular culture ==
The "Iramdam Manipur Artistes' Association", on the occasion of the 22nd [[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]] 2023, organised by the [[National School of Drama]], presented a [[Shumang Kumhei]] genre [[Meitei language]] theatrical production, titled "Chakpa Makhao Ngambi", based on the historical figure of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAKPA MAKHAO NGAMBI – 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2023 |url=https://www.brm.nsd.gov.in/chakpa-makhao-ngambi/ |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=[[Government of India]] |publisher=[[Bharat Rang Mahotsav]], [[National School of Drama]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
The same theatrical play was released in December, 2014 by the same production house in the Chadrakriti Auditorium in Palace Compound, [[Imphal]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical play 'Chakpa Makhao Ngambi' released: 21st dec14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=13..211214.dec14 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> as well as in [[Vasanth Nagar]], Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-24 |title=Bengaluru Today: December 25 |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-today-december-25/article6722896.ece |access-date=2023-03-25 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Macbeth Greedy and Ill, Not a Tragic Hero' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2014/dec/23/Macbeth-Greedy-and-Ill-Not-a-Tragic-Hero'-697413.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=The New Indian Express |quote=... Manipuri play Chakpa Makhao Ngambi, directed by Chinglen Thiyam, on Thursday, at 7 pm, Guru Nanak Bhavan, Millers Tank Bund Road, Vasanth Nagar.}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Kuranganayani]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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Chakpa Makhao Ngambi - Revision history

SonOfZeus at 16:52, 11 February 2024