A History of Assam c14.58
A History of Assam c14.58
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c14.58
A few days later, in spite of the urgent entreaties of the Raja, Captain Welsh reluctantly left Rangpur on his downward voyage. He arrived at Gauhāti on the 30th May. Here he was overwhelmed with petitions, imploring him to remain, from all sorts and conditions of people whose interests would be ruined by the removal of the troops, and who had, in many cases, given their adhesion to Gaurināth on the understanding that Welsh would protect them from injustice or molestation. But the orders of the Governor-General were imperative, and, on the 3rd July, 1794, the expedition again reached British territory.