A History of Assam c21.3

c21.3

The Burmese had now been finally ejected from Assam, but it still remained to be decided how the country which they had evacuated should be dealt with. Manipur was restored to Gambhir Singh, who had himself been the chief means of driving out the Burmese, and for this and other reasons was considered to have a better claim than either of his brothers. The Jaintia Raja, Rām Singh, was confirmed in his possessions, both in the hills and in the submontane tract on the north bank of the Surma river. Gobind Chandra was reinstated as Raja of Cachar. By a treaty executed at Badarpur on the 6th March, 1824, the last-mentioned prince acknowledged his allegiance to the East India Company and agreed to pay a tribute of Rs. 10,000 a year, and to submit to the Company’s arbitration in the case of disputes with other Rajas; on the other hand the Company undertook to protect him from external aggression, to leave him to manage his own internal affairs, and to make provision for the Manipuri princes who had lately occupied his country.