A History of Assam c14.108

c14.108

The friends of the murdered Bar Phukan fled to Burma and informed the king of that country of the course of events in Assam. A fresh force was despatched under a general named Ala Mingi (or Kio Mingi as Robinson calls him) and reached Assam in February 1819.* The Ahoms opposed it at Nāzira with some spirit, but, at a critical point in the engagement, their commander lost his nerve. They were defeated and beat a hasty retreat to Jorhat. Purandar Singh fled at once to Gauhāti, and Chandrakānt, who joined the Burmese at Jāgpur, was formally reinstated.