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CHAPTER IITHE COMING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITYTointroduce this chapter it will be necessary todescribe two important political events that occurred inMnnipur. The first one was the Anglo-Manipuri War in 1891,and the second was the Kuki uprising of 1917-1919.The first British political agent for Manipur wasappointed in 1835. The object of having a British politicalagent in Manipur was to preserve friendly int~rcourse betweenthe British government and the Manipur government.Theagent served as a medium of communication with the Manipurgovernment; and as the occasion required, with the Burmeseauthoritiea on the frontier.Contact with the Burmese authoritieswas especially crucial in preventing border feudsfrom erupting, which might have led to wide-scale hostilitiesbetween the Manipuris and the Burmese.It is quiteevident that the duties of the political agent in Manipurwas like that of an ambassador.Internal conflicts of theManipuri princes over the throne often led to the kings ofManipur seeking for the help of the British.This situationultimately led to awar between the British and the Manipurikings in 1891, which ended in the defeat of the Manipuriking.From 1894, the British took over the administrationof Manipur and the king became a nominal head of the state.63