A History of Assam c13.134

c13.134

News of this sanguinary decision reached the ears of the royalist leaders, who met together and determined, before it was too late, to make a last effort to overthrow the usurpers and restore the old administration. Their plans were facilitated by the fact that the great majority of the insurgents had dispersed to their homes, and that Rāmākānt and his satellites had thus only a comparatively small number of supporters present in the capital. In April, 1770, on the night before the *Bihu* festival, Rāgha’s house was surrounded, and he was dragged out and put to death. According to some, the first blow was struck from behind by the Manipuri princess. Rāmākānt escaped for a time, but his father and other relatives, and many of his officers, were caught and put to death.