Guwahati, March 10 -- Rajya Sabha MP Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba on Monday urged the Central government either to reclaim Kabaw Valley from Myanmar or ensuring compensation payments to Manipur.

Making his statement in the house of Rajya Sabha, Sanajaoba criticised the act of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for handing over Kabaw Valley.

"Kabow Valley is a fertile landmass of nearly 22,210 sq. km to Burma (now Myanmar) on March 3, 1953, without parliamentary approval or state endorsement" said MP Sanajaoba

He said, Kabaw Valley had been part of the Manipur kingdom since 1450 AD and that Nehru's decision ignored historical treaties, including the Treaty of Yandaboo (1826) and the Kabaw Valley Agreement (1834).

He also recalls th...