Question
One kingdom’s seizure of Shalpuri Island sparked this conflict. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1824-1826 conflict between the British East India Company and the Konbaung dynasty. The loser of this conflict was forced to cede Assam and Manipur by the Treaty of Yandabo.
ANSWER: First Anglo-Burmese War [accept answers indicating a war between England and Burma; reject “Second Anglo-Burmese War”]
[10e] The East India Company was supported from the east by forces sent by the third king with this name. Members of Thailand’s Chakri dynasty have all used this regnal name.
ANSWER: Rama
[10h] During the First Anglo-Burmese War, sepoys in this Bengali city mutinied over being forced to march to Chittagong under very poor conditions. Mangal Pandey began his revolt in this city in 1857.
ANSWER: Barrackpore
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