09-03-2006, 10:33 PM
When writing about the resistance of Assam, one should not forget the role of the states before the rise of the Ahom power:
Kamarup, Kamata, and Cooch Behar
And speaking of Cooch Behar we all know that R Gayatri Devi of Jaipur is originally from that state. But I did not know that a Jaipur-Cooch Behar marriage took place even before that!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mirza Raja MAN SINGH I Bahadur 1589/1614 (son of Rani Bhagwati), born 9th May 1540, married, including
(a) 30th January 1593 Rani Akshaya Devi, daughter of the Raja Ram Chandra Dev of Khurda,
(b) 23rd December 1596 Rani Kshama Devi (committed sati), daughter of Maharaja NAR NARAYAN of <b>Cooch Behar</b>, and had issue. He died 6th July 1614 at Elichpur.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jaipur.html
Kamarup, Kamata, and Cooch Behar
And speaking of Cooch Behar we all know that R Gayatri Devi of Jaipur is originally from that state. But I did not know that a Jaipur-Cooch Behar marriage took place even before that!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mirza Raja MAN SINGH I Bahadur 1589/1614 (son of Rani Bhagwati), born 9th May 1540, married, including
(a) 30th January 1593 Rani Akshaya Devi, daughter of the Raja Ram Chandra Dev of Khurda,
(b) 23rd December 1596 Rani Kshama Devi (committed sati), daughter of Maharaja NAR NARAYAN of <b>Cooch Behar</b>, and had issue. He died 6th July 1614 at Elichpur.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jaipur.html