Meitei and Bengali transliterations of "Marjit Singh", the name of a Meitei King, the Maharaja of Kangleipak (Meitei for 'Manipur kingdom')
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Marjit Singh was a Meitei king who ruled Manipur kingdom between 1812 and 1819 as a vassal of Burma, but was eventually expelled by the Burmese.[1][2] The Burmese devastated Manipur during a seven-year occupation that came to be known as Chahi-Taret Khuntakpa.
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^Banerjee, The Eastern Frontier of British India (1946), pp. 286–287: "Marjit ruled over Manipur for seven years (1812-1819) as a vassal of the Burmese King."
MarjitSingh was a Meitei king who ruled Manipur kingdom between 1812 and 1819 as a vassal of Burma, but was eventually expelled by the Burmese. The Burmese...
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fort and the capital. Raja MarjitSingh fled to the neighboring state of Cachar, which was ruled by his brother Chourjit Singh. The daring operation made...
responsibility for the suffering of the kingdom during that year. Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh (1965). A Short History of Manipur. Imphal: O.K. Store. Phanjoubam Tarapot...
under Burmese sovereignty. Badra Singh’s son Jadu Singh (r. 1823), Jadu Singh’s son Raghov Singh (r. 1823–24) and Badra Singh himself (r. 1825) were puppet...
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the early 19th century, under Ching-Thang Khomba (Bhagyachandra or Jai Singh), as "the former copy was no more available". It is the main source for...
501–508. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44146744. [Chaitharol Kumbaba: Raja Jai Singh Meitrabak]. [Sebastian, Rodney (2019). Cultural Fusion in a Religious Dance...
Rohinchandra, also known as Harshachandra Singh, Labeinya Chandra and Rabino Chandra (died 1801) was a Manipuri King who ruled between 1798 and 1801....
ISBN 978-81-8465-210-9. Singh, Ch Manihar (1996). A History of Manipuri Literature (in English and Manipuri). Sahitya Akademi. p. 91. ISBN 978-81-260-0086-9. Singh, Ch Manihar...
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place his nominee MarjitSingh to the Manipuri throne. The Manipuri army was defeated after heavy fighting, and its raja Chourjit Singh fled into Cachar...