worth during the battles in hilly terrain by successfully defeating the Khamtis, and reclaimed Sadiya for Ahom Kingdom. The chief of the Khamtis, Burha Raja was captured along with many of his followers. The Khamti prisoners were brought in presence of the Premier, who settled them at the Tokolai forest, while their chief, the Burha Raja was kept under guard near the Capital Jorhat. A new Sadiya-Khowa Gohain was appointed and Ahom rule was restored in Sadiya . The Khamtis did not give any more trouble till the collapse of Ahom rule by Burmese invasion of Assam. Operation against Moran-Singphou rebels and Bharathi Raja In 1801 CE, trouble broke out in Eastern Assam, when Morans, disciples of Moamoria sect of Vaishnavite monastery, raised their heads against Ahom rule. Haripad Dekaphukan of Burhagohain family marched against the rebels with five companies of sepoys and surrounded them at Bengmara. The Morans, unable to stand, fled to Namrup where they were joined by Singphous, a frontier hill tribe. The combine Moran- Singphou army attacked the royalist with renewed strength, however they were beaten back by Haripad Dekaphukan's forces with heavy casualties. The Morans and Singphous formed themselves into two separate groups and dispersed in opposite directions. The spoils obtained from the warfare consisted of men, provisions, buffaloes, cows, copper, brass and cloths. Haripad Dekaphukan returned to the capital Jorhat and bowed to the King. The articles seized in the war were removed to the royal treasury. In the meantime, Moamorias under the leadership of Bharathi Raja, who came out of his hiding, regrouped themselves at Bengmara. Kamaleswar Singha, now, commanded Haripad Dekaphukan to deal with the insurgency caused by Bharathi Raja. Haripad Dekaphukan marched against Bharathi Raja with six companies of sepoys and chased the rebels from their strongholds. The royal army continued their pursuit for rebels and found them out in deep forest. The soldiers surrounded the rebels from all sides. Their leader Bharathi Raja fought bravely until he was hit by rifle shot and later pierced to death by rifle bayonets of Ahom soldiers. Seeing their leader fall, the Moamorias broke and dispersed into the forest. By order of the King the corpse of Bharathi Raja was transfixed to a spear in the midst of the newly settled Moamoria village at Khutiapota. Large numbers of Moamoria and Morans offered their submission to Royal authority and large number of articles and provisions