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Lachit BorphukanVictor of Saraighat

In March 1671, sick with fever, he led the Ahom boats on the Brahmaputra at Saraighat near Guwahati and destroyed the Mughal fleet of Ram Singh.

1622–1672 CE

The full life
1Born on 24 November 1622; the day is kept as Lachit Divas.
2Made Borphukan by King Chakradhwaj Singha in 1667.King Chakradhwaj Singha · Lachit Borphukan
3He retook Guwahati from the Mughals in 1667.Lachit Borphukan · The Mughal army
4The battle of Saraighat was fought on the Brahmaputra in March 1671.Lachit Borphukan · The Mughal army
5The NDA’s best cadet receives the Lachit Borphukan Gold Medal.Lachit Borphukan

Sources for these facts

  • Ahom Buranjis
  • S. K. Bhuyan, Lachit Barphukan and His Times (1947)
  • Fathiyya-i-Ibriyya (Shihabuddin Talish), on the 1662 invasion

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