Treaty of Yandabo 1826
Topic: Europeans in India and the Rise of Company Rule · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Treaty of Yandabo ended the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26), fought while Lord Amherst was Governor-General. Burma (now Myanmar) had pushed west into Assam and Manipur, and that brought it into conflict with the Company. Under the treaty Burma gave up large areas of land and paid a war fine. The treaty opened north-east India to British rule.
Example
In 1826, at Yandabo near the Burmese capital Ava, the Burmese king agreed to:
- hand over Assam, Arakan and Tenasserim to the Company,
- stop interfering in Manipur, Cachar and Jaintia,
- pay a large indemnity (war fine),
- accept a British Resident, meaning a British official posted at his court.
Assam then passed step by step under British control.
Don't confuse with
- Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852): it ended without a treaty. The British simply annexed Lower Burma (Pegu). Yandabo belongs to the first war and dealt mainly with India's north-east.
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