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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Bandula    
First Name(s)  Mengyee Maha    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  1825    
Entry  Burmese Statesman and General : in Oct., 18 19, he led a successful expedition against the chief of Manipur : in 182 1 he attacked Assam : in 1823, the Burmese invaded British possessions near Chittagong, occupying the island of Shapuri on Sep. 24, 1823 : in March, 1824, Bandula marched to Arakan, attacked an English force at Ramu, near Chittagong, and defeated it: Lord Amherst declared war against the Burmese. On May 11, 1824, the British.Army took Rangoon, but were unable to advance. Bandula was recalled from Arakan and ordered to proceed against the English forces. As C. in C, he approached Rangoon and stockaded his 60,000 men : but was attacked and defeated, Dec, 1824. He retired to Donabew, a strongly defended position, which the British Army under General Campbell reached on April 1, 1825. The siege of the place by the English had just begun when Bandula was killed by a shell from the British Artillery, and the Burmese army fled.     
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