Early Life
Gaidinliu was born on 26 January 1915 at Longkao village in the present Tousem Sub-division of Tamenglong District in Manipur. She was from Rongmei (Kabui/Zeliangrong) tribe. She was the fifth of eight children, including six sisters and a younger brother, born to Lothonang Pamei and Kachaklenliu.
In 1927, when she was just 13, she met Haipou Jadonang, a prominent local leader at Puilon Village. Persuaded by his ideology and principles, she became his disciple and a part of his movement against the British. In three years, by the age of 16, she became a leader of guerrilla forces fighting against the British rulers. Jadonang's movement was a reaction to the British regime and its ruthlessness against the Zeliangrong people of Manipur during and after the Kuki rebellion (1917–19).
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