Sarbananda Singha

Sarbananda Singh or Mejera[1] was a Moamoria leader. He was Matak Chutia by ethnicity.[2][3] He was the first ruler of the autonomous region called Matak rajya, selected by his followers,[4] with its capital in Bengmara, in what is now Tinsukia district in the Indian state of Assam.[5][6] He was the son of Merutnandan. He was succeeded by his eldest son Matibor Borsenapoti as the second ruler of the Matak Kingdom.

Notes
  1. "Mejera now assumed the name Sarbananda Singha and took the title 'Swargadeo"(Dutta 1985:190)
  2. "The Buruk-Chutiyas, according to P. Saikia are the direct descendants of the Chutia royal family. Sarbananda Singha, the rulers of the Mataks is said to be a Buruk-Chutiya by caste."(Dutta 1985:31)
  3. Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal(1838), p.677., "The Bor Senapati is a Boorook Sooteah; his ancestors were natives of the district of Sadiya; but he was born on the Upper Dibroo."
  4. "Mejera returned to his own area. His followers then selected him as their ruler (Dutta 1985:190)
  5. Sristidhar Dutta (1996). The Mataks, the Morans, and the Moamaria rebellion. Omsons. p. 90. ISBN 978-8171171491.
  6. "Coins of Swargadeo Sarbananda Singh". Journal of Indian History. 61–63: 124. 1983.

References
  • Dutta, Sristidhar (1985), The Mataks and their Kingdom, Allahabad: Chugh Publications


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