Bhutanese Claim over the Maraghat in Cooch Behar
Bhutanese Claim over the Maraghat in Cooch Behar [1] Although Anglo-Bhutanese treaty was signed in 1774 and peace was established in the region, border demarcation was not defined well. So this ill defined boundary between Bhutan and Cooch Behar made rise to conflict later on. Cooch Behar became the protectorate of the East India Company. Warren Hastings went to England. Lord Cornwallis took over the Governorship of Bengal. During the tenure of Cornwallis also, Bhutanese submitted a complaint that ruler of Cooch Behar occupied the Bhutanese territories in the plains in 1787. Upon receiving the complain letter from Bhutanese, Cornwallis ordered the collector of Rangpur to investigate the issues and settled the boundary disputes between Baikunthapur and between Bhutan and Cooch Behar. Macdowall, the collector of Rangpur reported that Bhutanese had taken illegally some of the villages near the Jalpesh which was given to her. But Bhutan never accepted the findings of the collector of...