Lord Amherst
Viceroys and GG's of India
Lord Amherst (1823-28)
- Received by the Mughal emperor (Akbar II) on terms of equality in 1827.
- Acquired territories in Malay Peninsula and signed treaty with Siam.
- First Burmese War (1824-26) and treaty of Yandaboo in 1826 with lower Burma or Pegu by which British merchants were allowed to settle in southern coast of Burma and Rangoon.
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