other Moamoria groups led by Bharathi Raja or Bharat Singha, the self-proclaimed king of Morans and other ethnic Moamorias of Kaibarta, Kachari etc. descent at Rangpur. He was joined by Pitambar Thakur, the Mahanta or the religious head of Moamoria religious sect. The King commanded Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain to march against these rebels. The Premier, after collecting necessary quota of men and provisions, proceeded by land and water and fell upon the Moamorias at Chokihat, where fierce fighting took place between the Royalist and the Moamorias. Being unable to hold their ground the Moamorias fled and dispersed by land and water to the east. Their religious head or Mahanta, Pitambar Thakur was captured and put to death, Bharathi Raja managed to escape with some of his followers. Many Moamorias being famished offered their submission to the Premier who settled them at Khutiapota. Death of King's father and appointment of new Borbarua The King's father, Prince Kadam Dighala Charingia Raja, died in 1799 CE at Jorhat. Chandrakanta Gohain, the younger brother of Kamaleswar Singha, was appointed to the rank of Charingia Raja. Meanwhile, Bhadari Borbarua of Sandikai family died in 1800 CE. Therefore, Srinath of Duara family was appointed as the new Borbarua of Ahom Kingdom. Operation against Khamtis The Khamtis belong to the same Shan tribe from which the Ahoms belongs. They migrated to Assam some fifty or sixty years previously, with the permission of the Ahom King, settled themselves in the regions in and around Sadiya. During the reign of the previous monarch Swargadeo Gaurinath Singha, in 1794 CE, due to internal disturbances of the country and weakening central authority of Ahom Monarch, the Khamtis living near the region of Sadiya, raised against Ahom rule and after expelling Sadiya-Khowa Gohain, the Ahom Governor of Sadiya, they established their own rule in Sadiya, reduced the local indigenous Assamese people to slavery. It is said that the Khamtis were aided by other Shan tribes, such as Naras and Phakials, who also migrated to Assam in the later part of Ahom rule. In 1800 CE, Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain decided to restore Sadiya for Ahom Kingdom. Meanwhile, Kalia Bhomora Borphukan of Guwahati sent some sepoys, who were trained in European style of warfare and were armed in modern weapons, as reinforcement to Purnananda Burhagohain in Upper Assam. These newly trained and well-armed sepoys were sent against the Khamtis who proved their