Rishang Keishing

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Rishang Keishing is 104 years old elected from Manipur as Rajyasabha member. He is a member of .

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Participated in the Freedom Struggle

attended meetings, etc. as a student during the period of 1945-47

was imprisoned during the Socialist party's agitation for the merger of Manipur with the Union of India, 1949

was arrested and detained at the Imphal jail for taking part in an agitation for the restoration of the dissolved Manipur Legislative Assembly, 1954

was detained at the Imphal and Nowgong (Assam) jails for some months during an agitation launched by the Socialist party for the restoration of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, 1960

arrested and detained by the Janata Government, Manipur, 1978

Member, (i) Socialist Party of India, 1947-64, (ii) Indian delegation to Asian Socialist Conference held in Rangoon (Myanmar), January 1953, (iii) Indian National Congress since 1964, (iv) Indian delegation led by late Shri Y.B.Chavan to the 35th General Session of the U.N. held in U.S.A. in 1975, (v) Indian delegation to attend the 51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held at Sheraton, Fiji, 2005 and (vi) Tenth Finance Commission

Founder Head Master of the first High School in the district at Ukhrul, 1949-52

Founding Member and Honorary Head Master, Phungyar High School, 1959-61

Founding Member, (i) High School, Kamjong, 1969 and (ii) High School at Kasom Khullen, 1970

was Chairman, (i) Eastern Border Development Authority and (ii) Barak Development Board, 1995-97

helped to set up, (i) Foundation for Management of Tribal Areas (MATA) in 1998, (ii) Fresh Ginger Oil Processing Pilot Project with technology developed by the R.R.L., Trivandrum in 1998 and (iii) Fruit Processing Unit with technology developed by the C.F.T.R.I., Mysore (presently being set up)