It is argued that the prohibition of annexation resulting from occupation is not merely concerned with normativity of international law but represents the implications on the lives of the people whose territory has been annexed. It seeks to highlight the international status of the territory of Manipur beginning 1949 by offering analytical treatment to two co-related phenomenon of occupation and annexation of a territory in international law. In this context, the present article re-examines the nature of Indian occupation and subsequent annexation of Manipur. Annexation brings in political implications on the status of people of the annexed territory such as obliterating their earlier historical existence while imposing a new sense of allegiance to a foreign rule. The incorporation of Manipur into the Union of India in 1972 characterizes the ultimate official annexation of the former by the latter. Occupation, Annexation, Territory, Manipur, India, International LawĪBSTRACT: In international law, deprivation of a people or nation of its political independence takes place through conquest or military occupation and annexation or formal integration.
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961, 500 UNTS 95.Īnnexation of Manipur as the 19th State of India: The Status of the Territory of Manipur in International Law since 1949
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