Matak rajya

Matak Rajya
1805–1839
CapitalBengmara (present-day Tinisukia)
Area 
• 
4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Government
Barsenapati 
• 1791–1805
Mejera
• 1805–1839
Matibar
• 1839–1839
Maju Gohain
History 
• Foundation of the Matak Kingdom
1805
• Annexed to British India
12 November 1839
Today part ofIndia

Matak rajya or Matak kingdom was a 19th-century autonomous region within the Ahom kingdom in Assam. It was governed by the Barsenapati ("Great General").[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Burhagohain, therefore, entered into an agreement with Sarbananda Singha, the chief of the Moamariyas of Bengmara, by which he ceded to the latter the territory between the Brahmaputra and the Buri Dihing on an autonomous basis and recognised his title Barsenapati or the 'Great General' (Baruah 1986:353)
  2. ^ Dutta 1985, p. 188.