A History of Assam c17.37

c17.37

There is a tradition that Bar Gosāin and his sister Gauri Kuari were taken captive by the Siem, or chief, of Khairam, but escaped by the aid of men sent by Amar Singh, the Siem of Cherrapunji. Two villages in the Jaintia parganas are still held rent-free by the chief of the latter State, and it is said that they were given to Amar Singh as a reward for his services on this occasion. The feud between Jaintia and Khairam seems to have been of long standing; and it still existed at the time of the annexation of Jaintia in 1835.