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{{Short description|King of Manipur from 1752 CE to 1753 CE}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bharat Sai
| title = Meitei Ningthou
| succession = [[List of Meitei kings|King of Manipur]]
| reign = 1752 CE - 1753 CE
| coronation = 1752 CE
| predecessor = [[Chitsai]]
| successor = [[Maramba]]
| birth_date = 11 January 1728
| death_date = 1753
| death_place = [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]]
| full name = Meidingu Sangkoi Taba Bharat Sai<ref>{{Cite book|last=Parratt |first=Saroj Nalini Arambam |title=The Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur: 33-1763 CE |publisher=Routledge |date=2005 |isbn=9780415344302 |page=20, 170}}</ref>
| house = [[Ningthouja dynasty]]
| father = [[Pamheiba]]
| mother = Wayenbam Chanu Gomati
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| native_lang1 = Name in Meitei script
| native_lang1_name1 = {{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯪꯀꯣꯢ ꯇꯥꯕ}}
}}

'''Bharat Sai''', also known as '''Sangkoi Tapa''' was a Meitei king of the [[Ningthouja dynasty]] of [[Medieval Manipur]] from 1752 to 1753.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Aheibam Koireng |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3VpEQAAQBAJ |title=Self Determination Movement in Manipur |last2=Hanjabam |first2=Shukhdeba Sharma |last3=Thangjam |first3=Homen |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-93-5125-097-5 |language=en}}</ref> He became king after banishing his brother [[Chitsai]] after his treachery was found out.{{Sfnp|Banerjee|1964|pp=33-34}}<ref name="{{sfnref|Brara, Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East|1998}}">{{cite book |last1=Brara |first1=N. Vijaylakshmi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NkMwAQAAIAAJ |title=Politics, Society, and Cosmology in India's North East |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195643312 |pages=56}}</ref>

== Background ==
Bharat Sai was the fourth son of King [[Pamheiba]] born by his reigning Queen, Wayenbam Chanu Gomati.{{Sfnp|Somorjit Sana|2010|p=129}}{{Sfnp|Hanjabam|Koireng Singh|2022|p=184}} Bharat Sai's elder brother Chitsai was the third son and was offered the throne of the kingdom by his father due to a promise the latter made to the reigning queen.{{Sfnp|Tarapot|2003|p=114}} However, as soon as Bharat Sai's brother, Chitsai ascended the throne, he expelled his father Pamheiba in 1748 from the palace.{{Sfnp|Banerjee|1964|p=33-34}}

Wayenbam Chanu Gomati was the 4th head queen of Pamheiba.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Birajit |first=Soibam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgHgCwAAQBAJ |title=Meeyamgi Kholao: Sprout of Consciousness |date=2014-12-01 |publisher=ARECOM ( Advanced Research Consortium, Manipur) |pages=118, 125 |language=en}}</ref> She reigned until the abdication of Pamheiba in 1748. Bharatsai married a maiden of the Oinam family.{{Sfnp|Somorjit Sana|2010|p=378}}

== Reign ==
Bharat Sai, with the approval of the people, expelled his brother [[Chitsai]] after the latter's treachery was found out, and became the king of [[Manipur Kingdom|Manipur]].{{Sfnp|Hanjabam|Koireng Singh|2022|p=185}}{{sfnp|Banerjee|1946|pp=33–34}} However, Bharat Sai also conspired against Shyamjai Khurailakpa's two sons, [[Maramba]] and [[Bhagyachandra]].{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} According to the Garibniwaz Charit, Sangkoiba (Bharat Sai) ruled so poorly that the people turned against him. One of the king's noblemen and brother, [[Ananta Sai]], conspired against him on behalf of his nephews.{{Sfnp|Somorjit Sana|2010|pp=139-140}}

One of Bharatsai's noblemen convinced him to get rid of his nephews. He initially refused, but after being pressed on, he made the decision to murder his nephews. After learning of this, Wayenbam Chanu Chakha Maring Loikhombi fled to the Huntung village and then the Maring village with her sons, [[Maramba]] and [[Bhagyachandra]]. Ananta Sai could only put up with this at his own risk. On behalf of his nephews, Maramba and Bhagyachandra, Ananta Sai led his army against Bharat Sai.{{Sfnp|Somorjit Sana|2010|pp=139-140}}

=== Dethronement ===
In October 1753, Meidingu [[Maramba]] ascended the throne of Manipur and expelled his uncle Bharatsai to [[Ava Kingdom|Ava]] ([[Burma]]).{{Sfnp|Hanjabam|Koireng Singh|2022|p=73}} Maramba was disabled so, he ruled alternately with his younger brother [[Bhagyachandra]] for 5 years each.{{Sfnp|Somorjit Sana|2010|p=141}}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Banerjee |first=Anil Chandra |title=The Eastern Frontier of British India, 1784–1826 |publisher=A. Mukherjee |location=Calcutta |date=1946 |orig-date=1943 |edition=Second |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76519 |via=archive.org }}
** {{Cite book |last=Banerjee |first=Anil Chandra |title=The Eastern Frontier of British India, 1784–1826 |publisher=A. Mukherjee |location=Calcutta |date=1964 |orig-date=1943 |edition=Third |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149013 |via=archive.org}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hanjabam |first1=Shukhdeva Sharma |last2=Koireng Singh |first2=Aheibam |title=Manipur-Myanmar Historical Connections |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=9789354390784 |date=2022 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYtjEQAAQBAJ }}
* {{cite book |last=Somorjit Sana |first=Rajkumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC |title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE |publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meitei |year=2010 |isbn=9788184652109 }}
* {{cite book |last=Tarapot |first=Phanjoubam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsUJ0E3BXkMC |title=Bleeding Manipur |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |year=2003 |isbn=9788124109021 }}

[[Category:1728 births]]
[[Category:1753 deaths]]
[[Category:Ningthouja kings]]
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]
[[Category:18th-century Indian monarchs]]

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