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CHAPTER X.
BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
Gooch Behar.
The Gooch Behar State was founded by a Koch Chief, named
Chandan, in 1510 A. D. He was succeeded by his cousin, Biswa
Singh, who conquered the tract of country bounded by Karatoya on
the west and Barnadi on the east. He was succeeded by his son,
Nar Narayan, who, with his brother Silarai, conquered all the
neighbouring countries to the east and south and even waged war
on the Mahomedans. After Silarai’s death his son, Raghu, rebelled,
whereupon Nar Narayan divided his kingdom and gave Raghu the
portion east of the river Sankosh. This event, which occurred in
1581, led to the downfall of the Koch Kings. Nar Narayan died in
1584, and his son, Lakhshmi Narayan, who succeeded, quarrelled with
Raghu’s son, Parikshit, and invoked the aid of the Moghuls,
proclaiming himself a vassal of the Emperor of Delhi. The eastern
kingdom was gradually absorbed by the Ahoms, while the western
was shorn of its outlying possessions by the Moghuls on the south
and the Bhutias on the north, until only the modern State of Cooch
Behar remained in the precarious possession ofChandan’s descendants.
In the time of the East India Company three scions of the Koch
Dynasty—the Nazir Deo, the Diwan Deo, and the Raikat of
Baikantpur—each claimed the hereditary right. This state of affairs
did not make for unity of administration and each of the three called
in the aid of the Company. In 1773 a treaty was concluded between
the Raja and the Company, in which the former acknowledged the
supremacy of the latter, and in 1780 the Raja agreed to pay to the
BENGAL PRESIDENCY.
Gooch Behar.
The Gooch Behar State was founded by a Koch Chief, named
Chandan, in 1510 A. D. He was succeeded by his cousin, Biswa
Singh, who conquered the tract of country bounded by Karatoya on
the west and Barnadi on the east. He was succeeded by his son,
Nar Narayan, who, with his brother Silarai, conquered all the
neighbouring countries to the east and south and even waged war
on the Mahomedans. After Silarai’s death his son, Raghu, rebelled,
whereupon Nar Narayan divided his kingdom and gave Raghu the
portion east of the river Sankosh. This event, which occurred in
1581, led to the downfall of the Koch Kings. Nar Narayan died in
1584, and his son, Lakhshmi Narayan, who succeeded, quarrelled with
Raghu’s son, Parikshit, and invoked the aid of the Moghuls,
proclaiming himself a vassal of the Emperor of Delhi. The eastern
kingdom was gradually absorbed by the Ahoms, while the western
was shorn of its outlying possessions by the Moghuls on the south
and the Bhutias on the north, until only the modern State of Cooch
Behar remained in the precarious possession ofChandan’s descendants.
In the time of the East India Company three scions of the Koch
Dynasty—the Nazir Deo, the Diwan Deo, and the Raikat of
Baikantpur—each claimed the hereditary right. This state of affairs
did not make for unity of administration and each of the three called
in the aid of the Company. In 1773 a treaty was concluded between
the Raja and the Company, in which the former acknowledged the
supremacy of the latter, and in 1780 the Raja agreed to pay to the