On February 21; 1891 Lord Lansdowne; the British Viceroy of India; ordered J.W. Quinton; the chief commissioner of Assam; to recognise Kullachandra as the King of Manipur and to arrest Jubaraj Tikendrajit. This marked the beginning of the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891.

The Anglo-Manipur war (1891) saw the conquest of Manipur by British Indian forces and the incorporation of the small Assamese kingdom within the British Raj.

Subsequently Manipur became a Princely State under British tutelage. Pictures From History Alexander Bassano