Gambhir Singh

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{{Infobox royalty
| type = monarch
| name = Gambhir Singh
| birth_name = Chinglen Nongdrenkhomaba
| title = [[Manipur (princely state)|King of Manipur]]
| image = Gambhirsingh.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = Portrait by RKCS
| succession = [[List of Meetei monarchs#House of Karta|King of Manipur]]
| moretext =
| reign = April 1821 to October 1821 and 12 June 1825<ref>{{cite book|last=Rajkumar|first=Somorjit Sana|title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs (From 1666 CE to 1850 CE)|year=2010|publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei|location=Imphal|isbn=978-81-8465-210-9|pages=272}}</ref> to 9 January 1834
| coronation = 6 June 1831<ref>{{cite book|last=Raj Kumar|first=Somorjit Sana|title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs ( From 1666 CE to 1850 CE)|year=2010|publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei|location=Imphal|isbn=978-81-8465-210-9|pages=286}}</ref>
| predecessor = Badra Singh, father of [[Maharaja Nara Singh]]
| successor = [[Chandra kriti]]
| spouse = Meetei Leima Maipung Lanthabi, Meetei Leima Maisnam Kumudini
| issue = Chandra Kirti ( also known as Ningthem Pisak), Princess Shija Tamphasana, Prince Ibungshija Raj Singh
| house = [[Ningthouja dynasty]]
| father = [[Chingthang Khomba]]
| mother = Queen Khumong Mayum Chanu
| birth_date = 5 March 1788
| birth_place = [[Langthabal Palace]], [[Canchipur]]
| death_date= {{Death date|1834|1|9|df=yes}} (aged 47)
| death_place= [[Langthabal Palace]], [[Canchipur]], [[Imphal]]
| religion= [[Hindu]]
}}
{{Kingdom of Manipur}}
'''Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba''' (1788–1834), also known as '''Raja Gambhir Singh''', was a ruler of the [[Manipur Kingdom]].

==Biography==
He was a son of Chingthang Khomba. He succeeded his nephew Yumjaotaba in April 1821 during the seven years devastation. He abdicated the throne with the arrival of a [[Kingdom of Burma|Burmese]] force under his cousin Prince Jai Singh, the first puppet king of Manipur under Burmese suzerainty,<ref>{{cite book|last=Kabui|first=Gangmumei|title=History of Manipur, vol.I|year=1991|publisher=National Publishing House|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-214-0362-6|pages=291}}</ref> in October 1821. Gambhir Singh fled to [[Cachar]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In [[Cachar]], Gambhir Singh with the help of his elder brothers Chourjit and Marjit dethroned Govinda Chandra, the king of [[Cachar]]. Govinda Chandra applied for the protection of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[East India Company]]. His request was refused. In consequence of which he applied to the King of [[Burma]] to reinstate him. Accordingly, in 1823 the king of [[Burma]] send a large army into Cachar from to arrest Chourjit, Marjit and Gambhir Singh. The Burmese forces proceeded up to the territory of British [[East India Company]]. In March 1824, [[Lord Amherst]], the then Governor General of British [[India]] declared war against Burma. In 1823, the British Government opened communications with Gambhir Singh; upon which 500 [[Meitei people|Meiteis]] under his command were taken into pay of the British Government, and co-operated with the British troops in driving out the Burmese out of [[Cachar]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=A|title=History of Relations of Government with the Hill tribes of North east Frontier of British India|year=1884|location=Calcutta}}</ref> This force of 500 men was known as Gambhir Singh Levy (later Manipur Levy). The Manipur Levy under Gambhir Singh and his second cousin Nara Singh, later [[Maharaja Nara Singh]], played a key role in driving out the Burmese from cachar and Manipur. The [[First Anglo-Burmese War]] was ended with the defeat of the Burmese. A peace treaty was signed between the Burmese and the British on 24 February 1826 known as the [[Treaty of Yandaboo]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Aichison|first=C.U|title=Treaties, Sanads, Engagements, etc|year=1931|publisher=Craus Thomson Organisation|location=Reprint Delhi (1979)}}</ref> According to the article no.2 of the Treaty Gambhir Singh was declared the independent ruler of Manipur. Gambhir Singh reigned until his death on 9 January 1834. He was succeeded by his infant son Chandra Kirti with [[Maharaja Nara Singh]] as regent.<ref>{{cite book|last=R.K.|first=Jhalajit|title=A Short History of Manipur|year=1992|location=Imphal|pages=259–260}}</ref>

The ''Khaki Ngamba'' mentions that on a Monday in either April or May 1829, Singh was passing through [[Sylhet]] whilst on a British expedition against the [[Khasis]]. Two processions were being prepared by Sylhet's [[Bengali Muslims|Muslim]] and [[Bengali Hindus|Hindu]] communities respectively. The [[Islamic month]] of [[Muharram]] in the [[history of Sylhet]] was a lively time during which [[tazia]] processions were common. This happened to fall on the same day as the [[Hindu festival]] of [[Rothjatra]]. Sensing possible communal violence, the Faujdar of Sylhet, [[Ganar Khan]], ordered the Hindu community to delay their festival by one day. Contrary to the Nawab's order, a riot emerged between the two communities. As a [[Hindu]] himself, Singh managed to defend the Hindus and disperse the Muslim rioters with his Manipuri troops. The Rothjatra was not delayed, and Singh stayed to take part in it. Revered by the Hindu community as a defender of their faith, he enjoyed the procession and initiated the practice of celebrating [[Rothjatra]] and worshipping [[Jagannath]] in his own homeland of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Religious Developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th Centuries|last=Singh|first=Moirangthem Kirti|year=1980|publisher=Manipur State Kala Akademi|page=165-166|quote=Gonarkhan}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Manipuri kings]]
*[[Manipur (princely state)]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041226073140/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/his_mnmo.html Modern Era] - [[IIT Guwahati]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060902162712/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2218/stories/20050909000106500.htm Restoration work gets under way at the historic Kangla Fort in Manipur.] Frontline - 9 September 2005
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|before= ''[[Pitambara Singh]]''
|title=[[Monarch|King]] of <br /> [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]]
|years=1825–1834
|after=[[Nara Singh]]
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