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Yandabu Accord Treaty of Yandaboo ''Note: This article can be treated as a preliminary description of a series of event and not as a historical document as the information here are not supported by historical figures and referances. However, the author is trying to stick to established history. More authentic facts will be incorporated later. '' Yandabu Accord is an accord signed between the United Kingdom and the Burmese king, in the place called Yandabu in today's Myanmar. There was a long chain of events that led to the war between the British and the Burmese and subsequently signing of this treaty which annexed Assam with the Indian part of the British Empire. Assam was ruled by the Ahom dynasty for around 600 years prior to this event. However, the Ahom kings became inefficient due to internal unrest and lack of devotion towards proper ruling. This led to political conflicts amongst top officials like Purnananda Burhagohain who was the kings top minister in upper Assam and Badan Borphukan, who was a general in lower Assam. Incidentaly, Badan Borphukan was a son-in-low of Purnananda Burhagohain. Later, Purnananda Burhagohain ordered for the arrest of Badan Borphukan. Knowing this, Purnananda Burhagohain's daughter, Badan's wife sent message to Badan upon receiving which he fled to Burma to seek the Burmese king's help to take over Assam. The Burmese army conquered Assam after little resistance of the then week Ahom army and started unprecedented attrocities and genocide of the Assamese people. Folklore tells that Assam was turned into graveyard during this period. People in asssam still refer to that period as Maanor din signifying such devastation. Badan Borphukan is still treated as a traitor of the people and his name is today synonymous with traitors of the country. Later, the Burmese army, locally called Maan attacked British occupied India as a result of which the British army had driven into assam and subquently to Myanmar. The Burmese king finally signed the Yandabu accord with the British and as a result Assam was annexed to British empire.
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