This article explores the history of salt land in Manipur. Because of the scarcity and high price of salt cakes, salt springs were highly valued pieces of land historically. The Maharaja had control over salt wells from around mid-eighteenth century AD. After Manipur became a British protectorate, royal salt monopoly yielded handsome revenue for the State treasury. After the Palace Rebellion of 1891, road transport improved; and cheap Liverpool salt competed with local salt, which soon became unviable. When salt lost its scarcity value, the financial importance of salt wells collapsed and so did the political significance of royal monopoly over salt.

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盐的土地和国家垄断在曼尼普尔邦，大约1890至1990年

本文探讨了曼尼普尔盐地的历史。由于缺乏和高价格的盐饼的，盐弹簧被高度重视块土地历史。大君有来自各地的十八世纪中叶公元在盐井控制。曼尼普尔邦后成为英国的保护国，王室食盐专营产生的国库收入帅。1891年宫之乱后，道路交通改善; 和廉价的利物浦盐竞争与当地的盐，它很快成为不可行。当盐失去了它的稀缺价值，盐井的金融方面的重要性倒塌，所以没有在盐皇家垄断的政治意义。