CHRONOLOGY OF COUNTERACTION OF DATO MAHARAJA LELA

• Sultan Abdullah , Dato Sagor , Dato Maharaja Lela , Pandak Lam and Ngah Ibrahim met in Durian  Sebatang and make decisions to kill Birch. 
• Dato Maharaja Lela and his followers Dato Sagor , Pandak Indut and Sepuntum have volunteered to kill Birch and drove the British from Perak.
• On 2 November 1875 , JWW Birch in Pasir Salak has come to spread the right to collect the tax declaration letter .
• The opportunity has been taken by Lela Dato Maharaja and his followers to kill Birch .
• Birch eventually killed lead to British counter-attack by sending troops led by Captain Innes to Pasir Salak.
• The war continued for 6 months and is known as the Perak War .
• Finally , the British fighter beat Perak with military aid from India and Hong Kong .
• Action taken by the British because of the Birch murder :

a) Dato Maharaja Lela , Dato Sagor , Pandak Indut and Sepuntum was sentenced to death .

b ) Ngah Ibrahim and  Sultan Abdullah was exiled to the Scychelles Island .

c ) Raja Ismail was exiled to Singapore.