If one is to recall the past of Lamka town, it is a huge repository and so different people will recall differently. Some would talk about the festivals, the protests, the collective gatherings, the associations and many more. These remembrances shaped the people- some good, some bad and this place holds memories so distinct and surprising in many ways.
Japanese Delegation visiting Lamka on 1st February 1978. On their visit, they were received by a huge crowd at Lamka Public Ground.Lamka public joined the protest to oppose the Tyagi Bill of 1979 that would ban the use of ‘force or inducement’ to bring about conversions from one faith to another. Seen in the picture was the protest procession on 3rd May, 1979 at Churachandpur College and IB Road Junction of Tipaimukh Road.
Being predominantly Christians, people from Lamka strongly supported the protest called out by Mother Teresa from Calcutta against the Tyagi Bill of 1979. Protest procession against the Tyagi Bill, 1979 at Teddim Road.
Public Road show or procession of the 1960s at Teddim Road.
The funeral procession of Chief Hmuia on 14th November, 1981 at Teddim Road.
The burial of Pu T. Thangkhai, Chief of Pearsonmun on 4th July, 1953.
Sending off for boarding school (1960s).In the 60s and 70s, commercial bus services from New Churachandpur (NCC) to Imphal remained pivotal and people would fondly recall memories of their trips to Imphal and beyond.Pi Lalbiakliani of Pearsonmun addressing a public function with Pu T.Phungzathang, Minister of Govt. of Manipur sitting on the left.Nongthombam Maipak Singh, former Mr. India and Mr. Manipur flexed his body at a public occasion in Lamka during the early 1970s.Women at work in the 1960s.A wedding procession in Lamka during the 1950s.Zomi Mothers Association meeting in 1999.Zomi Namni Celebration at Lamka Public Ground.Seen here is the bus damaging a Thangvung Photo Studio in Lamka.A photo shoot after a community social work in the late 1980s.Public Occasion at Lamka Public Ground.
