Amar Singh, was the military general for Raja Upananda of

Brahmachal The Kingdom of Brahmachal ( bn, ব্রহ্মাচল রাজ্য, Brohmachol Rajjo), also known as Badapanchala ( bn, বড়পঞ্চাল, Boroponchal), was one of the many petty kingdoms of the Sylhet region. It was established ...

, and later its king.

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Amar Singh started out as a normal military officer for Brahmachal (Southern Sylhet) ruled by Raja Jayananda. Jayananda had two sons, Srinanda the elder and Upananda the younger. Singh conspired against the elder brother from taking the throne by taking advantage of Srinanda's chronic rheumatism. He was able to get Upananda to join his side. Srinanda protested against this proposal but was unsuccessful and fled to Kamrup where he became a

sannyasi ''Sannyasa'' (Sanskrit: संन्यास; IAST: ), sometimes spelled Sanyasa (सन्न्यास) or Sanyasi (for the person), is life of renunciation and the fourth stage within the Hindu system of four life stages known as '' As ...

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, leaving behind his wife and

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. With the acceptance of the royal officers, Upananda became the king of Brahmachal and subsequently Amar Singh became the chief military general. The long-lasted conflict between northern

Gour Kingdom The Kingdom of Gour was one of the greater of the many petty kingdoms of the medieval Sylhet region. According to legend, it was founded by Gurak, off-shooting from Kamarupa's Jaintia Kingdom in 630. Much of its early history is considered leg ...

and southern

, continued to trouble the land. Raja

Govardhan of Gour Gangadhwaj Govardhan was the 20th king of medieval Sylhet's Gour Kingdom. Reign Govardhan rose to power following the death of his father, Gouradhwaj Bhabananda. During this period, Raja Upananda was the King of Brahmachal ( Southern Sylhet). T ...

, wanted to infiltrate Brahmachal as he was not fond of Upananda. The King was able to get on the good side of Amar Singh, who was Upananda's military general, by ordering his own military general Virabhadra to give his daughter in marriage to Amar Singh. The marriage between Amar Singh and Chandrakala was successful, despite protests, and Singh maintained a good relationship with General Virabhadra. Singh managed to persuade the Kuki Chiefs, the border guards for the Tripura Raja just south of Brahmachal into raiding Raja Upananda's palace in the dead of the night. The plan was successful; the Kukis massacred most of the palace's inmates. A battle emerged leading to the death of Raja Upananda. Singh took control of Brahmachal with the permission of Govardhan. Govardhan's addiction of annexing neighbouring states was not over, he continued ordering Singh to fight the hill kings to the east of Brahmachal as well. The king of the

Twipra Kingdom The Twipra Kingdom (Sanskrit: Tripura, Anglicisation, Anglicized: Tippera) was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Tripuri people in North East India, Northeast India. Geography The present political areas which were part of the Twi ...

, Ratan Manikya was informed of Singh's treacherous actions and how he tricked the Kuki chiefs, he decided that he takes actions. Ratan believed the Gour administration was going too far and decided to also put a stop to Govardhan's craving of invading neighbouring kingdoms. He sent a contingent towards Brahmachal to attack Singh. Singh's forces were outnumbered, and requested assistance from Govardhan. However, Govardhan was unable to help as Gour was facing an invasion in the north from the

Jaintia Kingdom The Jaintia Kingdom was a matrilineal kingdom in present-day Bangladesh's Sylhet Division and India's Meghalaya state. It was partitioned into three in 630 AD by Raja Guhak for his three sons, into the Jaintia Kingdom, Gour Kingdom and Laur K ...

. Singh was killed by the Tripura forces and the Kuki chiefs annexed Brahmachal to the

Jaidev Rai Jaidev Rai ( bn, জয়দেব রায়, Joydeb Ray) was the Governor of Brahmachal under the Twipra Kingdom. Life Jaidev Rai was a son of the minister of Brahmachal - a kingdom in southern Sylhet ruled by Raja Upananda. The long-lasted ...

, son of the minister of Upananda, was made the feudal ruler under the Tripuris.

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