This article is about the overview of events directly related to Meitei culture, occurred in both outside and inside of Manipur. For the overall aspects of events in Manipur, see 2021 in Manipur.
22 February: The government of Manipur on IMLD 2021 (International Mother Language Day 2021) said that Meitei Mayek was to replace Bengali script within 10 years within Manipur state.[4]
25 March: All Manipur Ethnical Socio-Cultural Organisation (AMESCO) demanded deletion of the prologue to Hijam Anganghal’s epic poetry Khamba Thoibi.[5]
15 September: The government of India released a sum of 18 crore rupees for the development of Meitei language.[10]
24-28 September: Meitei language short film "The Tainted Mirror" (Meitei: Motsinlaba Mingsel), directed by Romi Meitei, was awarded the "Best Short Film Award" during The Himalayan Film Festival 2021.[11]
4 November: A music composition of the "Rhythms of Manipur" for the year 2021-22 entitled Surgee Leichal (Meitei: ꯁꯨꯔꯒꯤ ꯂꯩꯆꯜ) was shown at the Manipuri Jagoi Marup Golden Jubilee Stage.[12]
21 December: Maniwood actor Wahengbam Somoraj passed away.[13]
29 December: Manipur State Film Development Society honoured 31 pioneers of Meitei language cinema.[14]