The Raja of Manipur, Marjit Singh, who…
October 1819 CE
In October 1819, Bagyidaw sends an expeditionary force of twenty-five thousand soldiers and three thousand cavalry led by his favorite general Maha Bandula to reclaim Manipur.
Bandula reconquers Manipur but the raja escapes to neighboring Cachar, which is ruled by his brother Chourjit Singh.
The Singh brothers continue to raid Manipur using their bases from Cachar and Jaintia, which had been declared as British protectorates.
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Bamar or Burmans
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Ahom Kingdom (Kingdom of Assam)
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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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Myanmar (Burma), (Alaungpaya, or Konbaung dynasty) Kingdom of
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India, East India Company rule in
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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