☆ লাচিত বৰফুকন || / #LachitBorphukan (1622-1672) was the military commander & Borphukan in the Ahom Kingdom (1228-1826) under Raja Udayaditya Singha.

 ☆ লাচিত বৰফুকন || / #LachitBorphukan (1622-1672) was the military commander & Borphukan in the Ahom Kingdom (1228-1826) under Raja Udayaditya Singha.



The #IndianSubcontinent was already under #IslamicInvasion. Most of the provinces of Northern, Western & Central #India was under Mughal dominance. But constant struggle among the Invaders & the Indian kingdoms was on.

The Indigenous Kingdoms included;

•the Sikhs, the Marathas, the Jats, the Rajputs, the Kannads, the Tamils, the Ahoms, the Gorkhas, the Dimasas, the Manipuris etc. whereas,

The foreign dynasty/clans included;

•the Mughals, the Afghans, the Portuguese, the Rohillas, the Turks, other Sultanates etc.

But the provinces of NorthEastern & Southern India was still free from Islamic control. Under the leadership of Abu Bakr & Aurangazeb, the Mughals attacked Assam 17 times, & were defeated 16 times. Now, it was time for the 18th attack on Ahom Empire, it was time for the Naval Battle of Saraighat.

From 1663-1669 A series of squabbles took place between the:

●The #Mughals (under command of #MunnawarKhan & #RajaRamSingh I) aligned with the Army of Nawab-e-Bangal ( #MurshidQuliKhan, born Surya Narayan Mishra)

&

●The #Ahoms (under command of #LachitBorphukan) aligned with the KochHazo Kingdom (under #ShambhuSingha), the Jaintia Kingdom (under #BanSinghSyiemSutnga) and the Dimasa Kingdom (under #BirdarpaNarayan),

resulting in only one major defeat of the Ahoms in 1667, where the Mughals invaded upto #Guwahati. Later Guwahati was again recaptured by Lachit.

#History of #Assam & #Bengal :

•(আহোম ৰাজ্য) #AhomKingdom🚩

The Ahom kingdom (/ˈɑːhɑːm, ˈɑːhəm/) was a Indo-Burmese kingdom, that administrated the Brahmaputra Valley in the northeastern part of the Indian Subcontinent. It was established by Sukaphaa, a Tai-Ahom Prince. It expanded suddenly under Suhungmung in the 16th century & became multi-ethnic in character, casting a profound effect on the political & social life of the entire Brahmaputra valley. The downfall of the kingdom began with the rise of the Moamoria rebellion, & subsequently fell to repeated Burmese invasions of Assam. With the defeat of the Burmese during the #BritishInvasion, the Treaty of Yandabo  was signed in 1826, & control of the kingdom passed into British Administration.

•(কোচ রাজ্য) #KochKingdom🚩

The Koch Kingdom ruled the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent, i.e, mainly the regions of what is now considered as Assam and Bengal which emerged in erstwhile western Kamarupa kingdom; it is named after the Koch community, emerged as the dominant ruling house in the Kamata kingdom in 1257 CE. and after the fall of the Khen dynasty in 1498 CE. The first of the Koch kings, Viswa Singha and then his sons, Nara Narayan Singha as the subsequent king and Chilarai Singha as the general, soon occupied the western portion of the erstwhile Kamarupa Kingdom as well as some regions of south Assam. The dynasty forked for the first time into two major branches Koch Bihar/CoochVeehar and Koch Hajo/CoochHazo. The Koch Bihar kingdom later became a Mughal Vessel after a defeat against Murshid Quli Khan (later known as 'the 1st Nawab of Bengal'). However, the Koch Hajo kingdom remain aligned with the Ahoms & other northeastern clans.

Bengal was the junction between central & northeastern India. Aurangazeb knew that it was almost impossible to defeat the Ahoms without the help of native Indians. He sent a Hindu Rajput King of a Mughal Vessel state, RajaRamSingh I, to make diplomatic agreements with the Ahoms. The Ahoms were well aware of the Mughal policies of deep hatred towards Non-muslims, so Lachit Borphukan rejected the proposal of Ram Singh I to align with the Mughals. 

In 1671, the Mughal Army under the command of commander Munnawar Khan & Mirza Raja Ram Singh I attacked the Ahom Kingdom. It was a naval Battle on the rivers. Lachit Borphukan felt very much ill just a few days before the battle. In the initial commencement of the battle the Mughals had an upper hand. The Ahoms were retreating, but suddenly Lachit showed up, this motivated the Ahom army. They attacked the Ahoms with full charge & within moments Lachit Barphukan killed Munnawar Khan. It is said that Lachit Borphukan was the first in the world to use a boat-bridge & With due course of time, the Mughals were defeated. After this defeat, Mughals never dared again to invade NorthEast India again.


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