India / Manipur: Prince Tikendrajit Singh (December 29, 1856 – August 13, 1891) also known as Bir Tikendrajit and Koireng, led the Manipuri army against the British army in the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891. He was hanged by the British on 13 August, 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.

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