As the king and the mobles had fled to Cachar the people of Manipur
suffered untold miseries at the hand
of the Burmese forces. No he
was also coming from outside Manipur. Yet
Prince Herachandra Singh
a former king of Manipur, organised a This
son of began to harass the Burmese forces. tho
band of brave fighters and whenever and wherever small band of fighters attacked the enemies found advantageous to them. These heroes thus kept the enemies
always in tight We mustrecall the heroic deeds of Herachand
and his followers and pay our tribute to them.
At that time a number of Manipuri princes were living in Cachar
Gambhir Singh and his cousin brother Nara Singh were among them
Some of them were seeking British help to drive out the Burmese from
Manipur The British selected Gambhir Singh from amongst them
At
that time a war was going on between the English and the Burmese
With British help Gambhir Singh raised a small force of 500 militiamen
called Manipur Levy. At the Battle of TIllain Gambhir Singh and Nara
Singh defeated the Burmese forces and drove them out of Cachar
Gam hir Singh and Nara Singh invaded Manipur and defeated the
Burmese at the
Battle of Tamu near the Chindwin river (Ningthi river
Gambhir Singh reconquered Manipur up to the Chindwin in 1826. The
war between the English and the Burmese ended with the signing of
Treaty c Yandaboo in 1826 (February 24). Under the terms of the
treaty the Burmese recognised Gambhir Singh as the Raja of Manipur
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As the king and the mobles had fled to Cachar the people of Manipur
suffered untold miseries at the hand
of the Burmese forces. No he
was also coming from outside Manipur. Yet
Prince Herachandra Singh
a former king of Manipur, organised a This
son of began to harass the Burmese forces. tho
band of brave fighters and whenever and wherever small band of fighters attacked the enemies found advantageous to them. These heroes thus kept the enemies
always in tight We mustrecall the heroic deeds of Herachand
and his followers and pay our tribute to them.
At that time a number of Manipuri princes were living in Cachar
Gambhir Singh and his cousin brother Nara Singh were among them
Some of them were seeking British help to drive out the Burmese from
Manipur The British selected Gambhir Singh from amongst them
At
that time a war was going on between the English and the Burmese
With British help Gambhir Singh raised a small force of 500 militiamen
called Manipur Levy. At the Battle of TIllain Gambhir Singh and Nara
Singh defeated the Burmese forces and drove them out of Cachar
Gam hir Singh and Nara Singh invaded Manipur and defeated the
Burmese at the
Battle of Tamu near the Chindwin river (Ningthi river
Gambhir Singh reconquered Manipur up to the Chindwin in 1826. The
war between the English and the Burmese ended with the signing of
Treaty c Yandaboo in 1826 (February 24). Under the terms of the
treaty the Burmese recognised Gambhir Singh as the Raja of Manipur
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