INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Maha Bandula, also spelled Mahabandula, (born 1780?-died April 1, 1825, Danubyu, Myanmar [Burma]), Myanmar general who fought against the British in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26).

Detailed explanation-2: -General Maha Bandula (Burmese: [məhà bàɰ̃dṵla̰]; 6 November 1782 – 1 April 1825) was commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 until his death in 1825 in the First Anglo-Burmese War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British forces led by General Archibald Campbell took positions inside the Shwedagon Pagoda compound, which was fortified. The British launched attacks on Burmese lines and, by July 1824, had successfully pushed the Burmese towards Kamayut, five miles (8 km) from Shwedagon.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bagyidaw, (died October 1846), king of Myanmar (Burma) from 1819 to 1837. The seventh monarch of the Konbaung, or Alaungpaya, dynasty, he was defeated in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26). As a result of his defeat, the provinces of Arakan and Tenasserim were lost to the British.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bandula had been killed by a mortar shell, and the Burmese forces had evacuated shortly afterward, first to Prome and then farther upriver.