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Events on August 28 in history

1709Aug, 28

Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.

Gharib Nawaz (born Pamheiba, 1690–1751) was a Meetei king of Manipur,

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 to the Sanskrit Manipur (1724). He changed his royal name from his birth name Pamheipa to the Persianate Gharib Nawaz.During most of his reign he was engaged in warfare against the weakened Burmese Toungoo Dynasty.

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