Marjit Singh was a Meitei king who ruled Manipur kingdom between 1812 and 1819 as a vassal of Burma, but was eventually expelled by the Burmese.
[6] Marjit Singh and his nobles tried to replicate the luxurious habits they learnt at the Burmese court, with splendour in dress and cavalcades, which contrasted with the natural simplicity of Manipur.
Bagyidaw, who had always supported Marjit Singh's entreaties in the past, was irked by the insubordination, and sent troops to reconquer Manipur.
[7] The Burmese drove out Marjit Singh and installed puppet rulers, supported by a permanent garrison stationed in Manipur.
According Pemberton, Manipur was 'doomed ... to the devastating visitation of Burmese armies which have nine or ten times swept the country from one extremity to the other, with the apparent determination of extirpating a race whom they found it impossible permanently to subdue.
The combined British and Gambhir Singh forces fought the Burmese and drove them back to Manipur.
Marjit Singh settled in Sylhet, and he died at Balush Ghat, in the south of the district.