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Meitei Pangals
Meitei speaking Muslim community of South Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Meitei speaking Muslim community. For the Meitei pagan, see Sanamahism. For the overall Meitei speaking community, see Meitei people.
The Meitei Pangals, also known as Meitei Muslims or the Manipuri Muslims, are a group of Meitei Muslims. They live mainly in Manipur. The word Pangal simply means Muslim in the Meitei language.[1][2] Various historical sources have different dates for when Islam first entered Manipur. However, the date all sources seem to confirm as definitive is 1606 AD. The origin of the Pangal community is equally varied.
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