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Ethel St. Clair Grimwood
1867–1928
Best known as the "heroine of Manipur," she turned a life-threatening colonial crisis into a vivid memoir that still draws readers today. Her writing offers a rare first-person view of late 19th-century Manipur, blending travel, danger, and sharp observation.
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My three years in Manipur : and escape from the recent mutiny
by Ethel St. Clair Grimwood
About the author
Born in 1867, Ethel St. Clair Grimwood became widely known after the 1891 Manipur uprising, in which her husband, British political agent Frank St. Clair Grimwood, was killed. She later published My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny, a firsthand account that helped make her a public figure in Britain.
Her memoir is the work she is best remembered for. It combines personal experience, travel writing, and a dramatic record of political violence in Manipur, giving modern readers a window into both colonial life and the way such events were told for a British audience at the time.
She died in 1928. Today, her name remains closely tied to My Three Years in Manipur, which continues to be read as both an adventure narrative and a historical source.