• Dr. Sh. Shantibala Devi

ABSTRACT Novel, one of the most important genres of literature is of the west and borrowed from the west. There had been drastic changes in the various humanity art culture, literature and education when the spirit of renaissance was inculcated in India during the 19th Century. The foundation of novel and fiction was laid down for the first time in India by the Christian religions missionaries. The establishment of a printing press at Serampore near Calcutta in 1800 and the emergence of the new wave of journalism further strengthened the foundation of prose fictions in Indian literature. In the realm of Manipuri literature also, novel is born in response to external influences made by modern education also known as western education. Novel, as the first of its kind appeared in the form of “Madhavi” written by Dr. Kamal, Published in 1930. The Second Novel, Chaobi (1957) was the artistic creation of Bheigya Singh Yengkhoiba in which the writer vividly portrayed a serene picture of his contemporary Manipuri Society in respect of economy, education, social norms and values.

Key words: Novel, missionaries, renaissance, journalism, vividly, norms and values.

"Revisioning the Novel “Chaobi” of Dr. Bheigya Singh Yengkhoiba", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.318-321, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905M53.pdf

"Revisioning the Novel “Chaobi” of Dr. Bheigya Singh Yengkhoiba", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp318-321, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905M53.pdf