A History of Assam c18.6

c18.6

The inevitable result supervened, and the power of Manipur, which Gharib Nawāz had raised so high, speedily collapsed. In 1755, and again in 1758, the country was overrun by the Burmese, and part of it was permanently annexed by them. In 1762, a treaty was negotiated by Jai Singh, the Manipuri king, with the British Government, whereby the latter undertook to assist in the recovery of the lost provinces; and in January 1763 a contingent of British troops, under Mr. Verelst, left Chittagong. They reached Khāspur, near Badarpur, in April, but suffered so much from the continuous rain and from disease that they fell back to Jaynagar, on the left bank of the Barāk, whence they were eventually recalled to Bengal. Later on, a letter was received from Jai Singh stating that he had no money, as all had been carried off by the Burmese, but offering to defray in the produce of the country* the expenses of any British troops that might be employed in his service. For some reason, not now apparent, the British seem, at this stage, to have broken off the negotiations.