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British annexation of Assam

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1825 and the nearly the whole of Brahmaputra Valley fell into British hands. In 1828, the Kachari kingdom was annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse after the king Govinda Chandra was killed. In 1832, the Khasi king surrendered and the British increased their influence over the Jaintia ruler. In 1833, upper Assam became a British protectorate under the erstwhile ruler of the Ahom kingdom, Purandhar Singha, but in 1838 the region was formally annexed into the British empire.
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The First Anglo-Burmese War commenced in 1824, and by March 28 the British had occupied Guwahati, when the Raja of Darrang submitted themselves to the British, who made rudimentary administrative arrangements by October 1824. The Burmese occupiers retreated from the Ahom capital of Rangpur in January
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James Rennell's 1776 map shows the eastern boundary of the British controlled regions before 1824
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in 1913-1914 when the British consolidated its rule over the present-day
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over a period of 150 years—beginning with the
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British India
Assam
Undivided Assam
East India Company
British Raj
Goalpara region
McMahon Line
Arunachal Pradesh

Battle of Plassey
East India Company
Mughals
Goalpara region
Bhutan
"British Annexation of Assam"
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History of Assam
Subdivisions of British India

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