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Badan Chandra Barphukan was the Chief of Ahom forces in Lower Assam. In 1816, Badan Chandra Borphukan went to the court of Burmese King Bodawpaya and sought help to defeat his political rival Purnananda Burhagohain. The Burmese monarch agreed and sends an expedition under a general of Bhamo, with Badan Chandra Borphukan which entered Assam in January 1817. The first battle took place on March 27, 1817 at Ghiladhari. Badan Chandra Barphukan betrayed the kingdom. Due to lack of reinforcements the Assam army surrendered. As a result, he was installed as the Prime Minister by the Burmese and later assassinated by Rup Singh Subedar in 1818.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:26:46 +0000

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