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After doing some random readings about Southeast Asia I found a curious fact about the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826): It says that the Burmese general Maha Bandula decided to not attack the British in Chittagong, in a cautious tactic as he didn't want to risk overstretching the supply lines, unknown to him the city was barely protected and it would threaten the base of operations of the EIC, Calcutta.

But what if Bandula decided to gamble and put Calcutta on the reach of the Burmese? What would be the Company's reaction, would they still launch the naval landing in Yangon? Even supposing the Burmese still lose, in OTL the war was massively expensive for the EIC, it bankrupted Bengal a decade later and put India in deep financial crisis.
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