DOCSLIB.ORG

CHAPTER VII the AFTERMATHS Being Defeated in the Battle Of

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
CHAPTER VII the AFTERMATHS Being Defeated in the Battle Of CHAPTER VII THE AFTERMATHS Being defeated in the battle of Saraighat, Raja Ram Singh withdrew in I67I to Rangamati and encamped himself there till 1676. The prolonged haltage of Ram Singh at Rangamati after retreat from war and without any activities create some mystery. He was neither called back nor asked to renew the Assam Campaign by the Emperor.^ It is possible that the Emperor intended to reinforce the detachments under Ram Singh as soon as the Marathas were subdued. As this did never happen and in l6?0s the hosti­ lities of the Marathas attained a serious magnitude against the Mughals, Ram Singh had to be called back abandoning the hope of immediately recapturing the ceded territories from 2 the Ahoms. In Assam since the death of Chakradhwaj Singh in I67O in a short space of eleven years (i.e . I67O-I68I) there had been no less than seven kings, not one of whom had died a natural death. Conspiracy, intrigues and over-ambitions amongst the selected officers became the order of the day. One Debera Barbarua coming up from an insignificant house had become the master conspirator who was responsible for the assassination of as many as three kings.^ When Debera Barbarua was acting with unlimited power of king-maker and 160 161 destroyer, the other Dangarias i.e . the Phukans, the Raj- khowas and the Hazarikas consulted the Prime Minister Atan Buragohain who was still in Guwahati concentrating himself for erecting a permanent defensive system against the intruders. They requested him to save the country and the people from the atrocities perpetrated under the behest of Debera. Buragohain accompanied by Laluk Sola Barphukan and other Phukans, Baruas, Hazarikas and Saikias marched to Upper Assam. Debera encountered the Saraighatias or the officers from Guwahati in a battle at Bahgara. He was defeated and captured and after the trial was killed at Rajahat, being hoed from head to foot by the Haris.^ Buragohain and his followers after consultation removed the protege king installed by Debera and made the Dihingia prince Arjun,. the king in 1674 A.D. All the high ranking officers offered the crown to Atan Buragohain but he declined saying that "I am a minister and so I cannot be a king” since kingship was a privilege only to royal blood.^ Barphukan returned to Guwahati after having placed the affairs of the capital on a systematic basis. But soon ( there took place conflict between the king and Buragohain whom the former thought to be the superpower, A fight ensued between the two parties. Buragohain won the contest and the king and his four sons were killed. Anarchy prevailed. Buragohain looked after the affairs for some time. Another prince was selected by Buragohain and made king with the 162 consent of the counseller. He assumed the name of Sudaipha.^ Sudaipha dismissed one Mecha Barbarua from service for having married a princess by Mecha who did not belong to royal blood. After some time an attack was made on the king in 1678 A.D. in the darkness of night. The king was saved after sustaining injuries but the assassin escaped. Buragohain and other Dangarias suspected Mecha for the offence and a large number of other officers suspected to be 7 in collision dismissed from services. Meanwhile differences surfaced between the Buragohain and Barphukan. The Barphukan, his brother Bhatdhara and the younger son of Duara met at Kaliabar. They were joined by some other officers from Guwahati. They discussed the situa­ tion and decided: ”It now transpires that we shall all be undone having placed our reliance upon the Buragohain. It is Ctod alone who has saved us somehow. If we depend upon others' help something disastrous may come upon us, while no harm can proceed from any quarter if we are strong." The Barphukan then despatched three men to Nawab Mansur Khan through Baduli who played the role of a traitor helping the Mughal against his own country at the time of Mir Jumla’ s invasion. The messengers put before the Nawab, "The Barphukan has sent us with this message: Please arrange the appear­ ance of some two hundred horses on the north and south banks at Sarai, and some twenty boats on the waters, and we shall abandon the garrison of Guwahati and proceed upstream. But 163 I shall have to be made King of Assam in return.” The Nawab sent the messengers to Dhaka with his men to meet Azamtara, son of the Padshah. Azamtara vowed to fulfil the desire of g the Barphukan. The plot was divulged to Sudaipha, who at once took steps to frustrate it. He hastily raised an army and divided it into two parts, one of which was stationed at Chintamani to raise a fort, while the other was sent down­ stream to resist the advance of the Muhammedans. But it was too late to save Guwahati, which was surrendered to the Muhammedans by the Barphukan early in March 16?9.^ This bloodless occupation of Guwahati effected by the Mughal with the help of Baduli who removed all fears from Mughal con­ tingents of Assamese reprisal. After surrendering Guwahati fort in a friendly manner the Barphukan sailed upstream and arrived at Kaliabar where he assumed independence and began to dismiss and appoint,officers. Having heard all this the king ordered the three Dangarias to leave the Ghintamanigarh half constructed and proceed to Guwahati. Barphukan and his supporters of Sarai- 4 ghat met the Dangarias at Biswanath. Barphukan arrested all the loyal officers including Atan Buragohain, the prime minister, whom he detained at Kaliabar.King Sudaipha playing some strategum tried to capture Barphukan but all his attempts were in vain. Finally the king was also captured along with many other officers. The king was executed by the 164 Barphukan. The Barphukan then fetched one Saru Gohain a prince of the Samuguria family, aged only fourteen years and made him king. The king was known as Lara Raja due to his young age. The Barphukan’ s daughter aged five years 12 became his chief queen, Atan Buragohain who was imprisoned at Kaliabar was murdered along with his family at the instance of the Bar­ phukan. He now occupied the position recently held by the Buragohain and before him by Debera Barbaruah. But un­ deterred by their fate, he resolved not merely, as they had done, to exercise the power, but also to assume the rank of king. It is said that he communicated his design to the Emperor of Delhi, who sent a reply conveying his approval, but whether this be true or not, there is no doubt that he openly asserted his equality with the king and clothed him­ self in garments which the latter alone was allowed to wear. But his triumph was short-lived. His overweening arrogance set the other nobles against him and he was assassinated. His three sons and two of his brothers shared the same fate, Bhatdhara Phukan, his third brother, who was at Kaliabar, ’saved his life by a timely flight to Muhammedan territory, where he tried to induce the local officials to give him troops to avenge his brother's death. Though he obtained encouragement from Prince Muhammad Azam, but due to the lack of strong force under the disposal of Bhatdhara, the plan did not succeed. In order to prevent further conspiracies, Lara Raja determined to maim or kill all possible rivals of 165 the royal family. In the process except prince Gadapani who had been living in concealment near Rani in Kamrup, in the house of a Garo woman wearing the garb of a common were mutilated. peasant and working in the field like ordinary cultivator,/ The cause of Gadapani was espoused by the Dangarias due to the incapacity and utter want of aptitude for public business by Lara Raja. In July 1681 Lara Raja was killed and Gadapani assuming the Ahom name Supatpha and Hindu name Gadadhar 13 Singh became the king of Assam. The first act of the king was to recapture Guwahati by ousting the Mughals. He consulted the three Dangarias and other nobles and commanded them to attack the Bangals at Guwahati. A well organized i'orce under the leadership of all the high dignitaries, i.e . Gargayan Dung&ria, Dilihial Lanf'i Bura^’iohain, Cheng Khan Solal Gohain, Dilingis Bar- baruah, etc., was sent to attack the Muhammedans. The fort of Bahbari and Kajoli fell at the first assault and a great naval victory was gained near the mouth of Barnadi, the whole of enemy's fleet falling into the hands of the Assamese. This misfortune paralysed the fouzdar of Guwahati - Mansur Khan. He fled without offering any further resistance to the advancing Ahoms, who pursued them as far as Manas. A vast amount of booty including gold, silver, cannons, guns were captured at Itakhuli. They also secured plenty of money, men, horses, camels, bullocks and buffaloes. The spoils obtained in this engagement exceeded the amount captured in any other previous warfare, Bhatdhara Phukan, who had 166 attempted to incite the Muhammedans to invade Assam, was captured with his son, and an awful punishment was inflicted upon him. His son was killed and he was compelled to eat his flesh, after which he was also put to death. A Muha- mmedan spy, who was caught, was taken round the camp and shown all the dispositions of the Ahom commanders, and was then killed. This was the last Muhaminedan w£ir (1682) in Assam. ^ The reconquest of Guwahati by Mughals was briefly mentioned in Maasir-i-Alamgiri. No Muslim accounts could be found about this last war.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Forgotten Saga of Rangpur's Ahoms
    High Technology Letters ISSN NO : 1006-6748 The Forgotten Saga of Rangpur’s Ahoms - An Ethnographic Approach Barnali Chetia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, India. Department of Linguistics Abstract- Mong Dun Shun Kham, which in Assamese means xunor-xophura (casket of gold), was the name given to the Ahom kingdom by its people, the Ahoms. The advent of the Ahoms in Assam was an event of great significance for Indian history. They were an offshoot of the great Tai (Thai) or Shan race, which spreads from the eastward borders of Assam to the extreme interiors of China. Slowly they brought the whole valley under their rule. Even the Mughals were defeated and their ambitions of eastward extensions were nipped in the bud. Rangpur, currently known as Sivasagar, was that capital of the Ahom Kingdom which witnessed the most glorious period of its regime. Rangpur or present day sivasagar has many remnants from Ahom Kingdom, which ruled the state closely for six centuries. An ethnographic approach has been attempted to trace the history of indigenous culture and traditions of Rangpur's Ahoms through its remnants in the form of language, rites and rituals, religion, archaeology, and sacred sagas. Key Words- Rangpur, Ahoms, Culture, Traditions, Ethnography, Language, Indigenous I. Introduction “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.” -P.B Shelley Rangpur or present day Sivasagar was one of the most prominent capitals of the Ahom Kingdom.
    [Show full text]
  • The Proposed New Syllabus of History for the B
    Page 1 of 45 B.A. (GENERAL) PROGRAMME HISTORY (HISG) SCHEME OF COURSES (Each Course shall carry 100 marks, which shall be distributed as End Semester=80 and Internal Assessment=20. Courses are so planned that each of these will require 45- 50 classes of 45 minutes duration.) Semester –I 1. HISG- 101 : HISTORY OF ASSAM: 1228 –1826 – Marks= 100 (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) Semester –II 2. HISG - 201 : HISTORY OF ASSAM: 1826 – 1947 (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) Semester-III 3. HISG-301 : HISTORY OF EUROPE: 1453-1815 (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) Semester-IV 4. HISG-401: HISTORY OF INDIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1526 (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) Semester-V 5. HISG-501 : HISTORY OF INDIA: 1526 - 1947 (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) Semester-VI HISG-601 : (OPTIONAL - I) : HISTORY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT IN INDIA (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) (OPTIONAL – II) : WOMEN IN INDIAN HISTORY (End Semester: 80+Internal Assessment=20) *** Page 2 of 45 HISG – 101 End- Semester Marks : 80 In- Semester Marks : 20 HISTORY OF ASSAM: 1228 –1826 Total Marks : 100 10 to 12 classes per unit Objective: The objective of this paper is to give a general outline of the history of Assam from the 13th century to the occupation of Assam by the English East India Company in the first quarter of the 19th century. It aims to acquaint the students with the major stages of developments in the political, social and cultural history of the state during the medieval times. Unit-1: Marks: 16 1.01 : Sources- archaeological, epigraphic, literary, numismatic and accounts of the foreign travelers 1.02 : Political conditions of the Brahmaputra valley at the time of foundation of the Ahom kingdom.
    [Show full text]
  • 1Edieval Assam
    .-.':'-, CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION : Historical Background of ~1edieval Assam. (1) Political Conditions of Assam in the fir~t half of the thirt- eenth Century : During the early part of the thirteenth Century Kamrup was a big and flourishing kingdom'w.ith Kamrupnagar in the· North Guwahat.i as the Capital. 1 This kingdom fell due to repeated f'.1uslim invasions and Consequent! y forces of political destabili t.y set in. In the first decade of the thirteenth century Munammedan 2 intrusions began. 11 The expedition of --1205-06 A.D. under Muhammad Bin-Bukhtiyar proved a disastrous failure. Kamrtipa rose to the occasion and dealt a heavy blow to the I"'!Uslim expeditionary force. In 1227 A.D. Ghiyasuddin Iwaz entered the Brahmaputra valley to meet with similar reverse and had to hurry back to Gaur. Nasiruddin is said to have over-thrown the I<~rupa King, placed a successor to the throne on promise of an annual tribute. and retired from Kamrupa". 3 During the middle of the thirteenth century the prosperous Kamrup kingdom broke up into Kamata Kingdom, Kachari 1. (a) Choudhury,P.C.,The History of Civilisation of the people of-Assam to the twelfth Cen­ tury A.D.,Third Ed.,Guwahati,1987,ppe244-45. (b) Barua, K. L. ,·Early History of :Kama r;upa, Second Ed.,Guwahati, 1966, p.127 2. Ibid. p. 135. 3. l3asu, U.K.,Assam in the l\hom J:... ge, Calcutta, 1 1970, p.12. ··,· ·..... ·. '.' ' ,- l '' '.· 2 Kingdom., Ahom Kingdom., J:ayantiya kingdom and the chutiya kingdom. TheAhom, Kachari and Jayantiya kingdoms continued to exist till ' ' the British annexation: but the kingdoms of Kamata and Chutiya came to decay by- the turn of the sixteenth century~ · .
    [Show full text]
  • June 2016 1 in Narration, Read How the Women Workers Coincidences, Traced It Back to Its Origins
    June 2016 1 In Narration, read how the women workers coincidences, traced it back to its origins. on our estates have been positively We invited him to share his story with us influencing their community for decades, in SerendipiTea. while young girls are being educated about All the Company’s estates in the Moran their rights and encouraged to find their circle were part of the Ahom kingdom ‘place in the sun’. and still retain relics of their illustrious Education is a cause that the Company past but it is Rajmai T.E. which is situated and its executives believe in implicitly. An closest to the historic town of Sivasagar. initiative by a resident of one of the In The World Around Us, one of the estates was given impetus by the executives from the estate tells us about Management, resulting in an English the monuments that still remain in and medium school for the estate’s children. around Sivasagar. Incidentally, a statue of We bring you the Green Valley Academy Siu-Ka-Pha, the Shan prince from China at Koomsong T.E. in Beneficence. who founded the Ahom dynasty in 1228, is situated just outside Lepetkatta T.E. We have many talented, interesting Six months of the year are gone and the “Let others sing in praise of wine; people working in the Company whom next six lie before us, like chapters of a Let others deem it joy divine we feature in Cameo. This time, it is the turn of an adventurous young planter book waiting to be written.
    [Show full text]
  • Csap-At-28-01-2021
    THE ASSAM TRIBUNE ANALYSIS DATE - 28 JANUARY 2021 For Preliminary and Mains examination As per new Pattern of APSC (Also useful for UPSC and other State level government examinations) Ans of MCQs of 26-01-2021 1. The National Voters’ Day is celebrated on 25 January 2. "Right to vote" can be placed in Legal right. 3. d Explanation: Padma awards are given in three categories namely; Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree. Padma Shree is the third-highest Padma award in India. Worth to mention that Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India. 4. a Explanation: There is a maximum of 3 persons who can be awarded the Bharat Ratna Award in any particular year. In the year 2019, three persons namely; Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika received this prestigious civilian award. 5. b Explanation: Padma Awards are announced every year. The winners of the Padma awards are selected on the basis of recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee. These awards were instituted in 1954. MCQs of 28-01-2021 Q1. Shagun’ is a flagship scheme of which Indian state/UT? a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) Punjab d) Madhya Pradesh Q2. The World Health Organization (WHO) has collaborated with which company to distribute Covid vaccines under Covax alliance? a) Pfizer b) Roche c) Merck d) Johnson & Johnson Q3. Mohammed Ishtaye, who was seen in the news recently, is the Prime Minister of which country? a) Palestine b) Israel c) Peru d) Argentina Q4. The first Ahom Monarch to assume the Hindu title Swarganarayan’ was a) Siva Singha b) Pratap Singha c) Jaydhwaj Singha d) Suhungmung Q5.
    [Show full text]
  • History of North East India (1228 to 1947)
    HISTORY OF NORTH EAST INDIA (1228 TO 1947) BA [History] First Year RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA - 791 112 BOARD OF STUDIES 1. Dr. A R Parhi, Head Chairman Department of English Rajiv Gandhi University 2. ************* Member 3. **************** Member 4. Dr. Ashan Riddi, Director, IDE Member Secretary Copyright © Reserved, 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication which is material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or transmitted or utilized or stored in any form or by any means now known or hereinafter invented, electronic, digital or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the Publisher. “Information contained in this book has been published by Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. and has been obtained by its Authors from sources believed to be reliable and are correct to the best of their knowledge. However, IDE—Rajiv Gandhi University, the publishers and its Authors shall be in no event be liable for any errors, omissions or damages arising out of use of this information and specifically disclaim any implied warranties or merchantability or fitness for any particular use” Vikas® is the registered trademark of Vikas® Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. VIKAS® PUBLISHING HOUSE PVT LTD E-28, Sector-8, Noida - 201301 (UP) Phone: 0120-4078900 Fax: 0120-4078999 Regd. Office: 7361, Ravindra Mansion, Ram Nagar, New Delhi – 110 055 Website: www.vikaspublishing.com Email: [email protected] About the University Rajiv Gandhi University (formerly Arunachal University) is a premier institution for higher education in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and has completed twenty-five years of its existence.
    [Show full text]
  • •Prag Means Former Or Eastern and Jyotisa a Star
    II ' I I CHAPTER 1 I HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The history of Assam is, in great extent the history of the Brahmaputra Valley. Historical materials on which a reliable framework of her early history i.e. pre-Ahom history can be reconstructed, are very megre. For this period. we have to depend mainly on some megalithic and neolithic findings, a few local epigraphs apart from some archeological remains and scattered literary documents - historical and otherwise. In the ancient times Assam was known as Pragjyotisha and Karnarupa. Of these two names Pngjyotisha was more ancient. lt was by this name that the country was known in the Ram!lyana and the Mahabharata and also in some of the principal PUranas. The Kalika PUrana, a work of the lOth century A.D. says, "Formerly Brahma staying here created the stars, so the city 1 is called Pragjyotisapura a city equal to the city of lndra•. This etymological explanation given by the K&lika PUrana has been followed by the historians. Gait writes, •prag means former or eastern and Jyotisa a star, astrology, shining. Pragjyotis~pura may be tekn to mean the city of Eastern Astrology". 2 Follo'tling him, K.L. Barua points out that "to the immediate east of the town of --------- -- --- -- 2 ,,,, Gu"'ahati there is a temple on the crest of a hill known as Chitrachal and this temple is dedicated to the Navagrahas or the nine planets. It is probable that this temple is the origin of the name pragjyoti?hp~ra.~ hbout the name Kamarupa, the Kalika purana says that it was r.;arak of Hithila who after becoming king was placed in.
    [Show full text]
  • Lachit Borphukan
    Lachit Borphukan November 25, 2020 In news The Prime Minister has paid tribute to Lachit Borphukan on Lachit Diwas A brief history of Lachit Borphukan He was born on 24th November 1622 at Charaideo in Assam He was the son of Kunti Moran(mother) and Momai Tamuli Borbarua, the1st Borbarua (Phu-Ke-Lung) of upper-Assam and Commander-in-Chief of the Ahom army) under Prataap Singha. Lachit was a commander and Borphukan (Phu-Kon-Lung) in the Ahom kingdom of Assam Other offices held by Lachit before his appointment as Borphukan included Superintendent of the Stable of Royal Horses (Ghora Barua), Commander of the strategic Simulgarh Fort and Superintendent of the Royal Household Guards (Dolakaxaria Barua) for King Chakradhwaj Singha. He is known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I to take over Ahom kingdom. King Chakradhwaj Singha selected Lachit to lead the forces of the Kingdom of Ahom to liberate Guwahati from Mughal-occupation. Lachit raised the army and recovered Guwahati from the Mughals and successfully defended it against the Mughal forces during the Battle of Saraighat. He died about a year after the victory at Saraighat due to natural causes. About the Battle of Saraighat It was a naval battle fought in 1671 between the Mughal Empire led by the Kachwaha king, Raja Ramsingh I, and the Ahom Kingdom led by Lachit Borphukan on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati, Assam In this battle the Mughal were defeated by the weaker Ahom Army with its brilliant uses of the terrain, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare, military intelligence and by exploiting the sole weakness of the Mughal navy.
    [Show full text]
  • Class-7 New 2020.CDR
    Class - VII Brief Introduction to Formation of Landforms Assam, located in tropical latitudes (24N˚ to 28N)˚ and eastern longitude (895˚ ’ E - 961˚’ E), is the most populous state in the North-east India. It is surrounded on three sides by hills and mountains. The river Brahmaputra and Barak flows in the north and south respectively. Assam is diverse in physical features and the major physiographical components are the senile plateau of Karbi-Anglong, representing a part of peninsular India, North Cachar hills which display the most youthful and highly differentiated relief features and the Brahmaputra and Barak plains present aggradational surfaces. Landmasses from Archaean to Tertiary origin bear the evidences of the evolutionary history of the earth in Assam and North-East India. The Karbi plateau is a part of Old-Gondwana land of more than 600 million years, the folded hills of North-Cachar belongs to tertiary period and the alluviums are of Quaternary Period. The North-Eastern region of India including Assam is situated in the merging zone of two Tectonic plates, namely the Indo-Australian and Euro-Asian plates. So the entire region is seismically very active. Physiographical Divisions of Assam On the basis of physical setup, Assam can be divided into three physiographical units: 1) The Brahmaputra valley or Assam valley 2) The Barak plain or Surma Valley 3) The hilly areas of Karbi-Anglong and North- Cachar Hill Districts Fig1.1: Physiographic Divisions of Assam. 40 The Brahmaputra Valley The most prominent physical feature in Assam is the Brahmaputra valley. This plain is surrounded by Bhutan and the Arunachal Himalayas in the north, Patkai Bum and Arunachal Hills in the east and Naga Hills, Karbi Plateau in the south.
    [Show full text]
  • History Syllabus
    SYLLABUS OF THREE YEAR DEGREE COURSE (Semester Pattern) Subject: - HISTORY (ELECTIVE AND CORE) NORTH LAKHIMPUR COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) B.A. (GENERAL/ ELECTIVE) PROGRAMME HISTORY (HIS) 1 SCHEME OF COURSES SEMES COURSE CODE TER THEORY COURSE TITLE L T P I ET-5-HIS-101 HISTORY OF ASSAM 1228 5 4 1 0 TO1826. II ET-5-HIS-201 HISTORY OF ASSAM 1826 TO 5 4 1 0 1947. III ET-5-HIS-301 HISTORY OF 5 4 1 0 INDIA (FROM EARLIEST TIME TO 1526) IV ET-5-HIS-401 HISTORY OF EUROPE (FROM 5 4 1 0 1453-1815 A.D.) V ET-3-HIS-501 HISTORY OF INDIA 3 2 1 0 (1200 - 1526) ET-4-HIS-502 HISTORY OF INDIA 4 3 1 0 (1526 - 1707) VI ET-4-HIS-601 HISTORY OF INDIA: POLITY, 4 3 1 0 SOCIETY AND ECONOMY (FROM 1707 to 1947 A.D.) ET-3-HIS-602 INDIAN NATIONALISM AND 3 2 1 0 FREEDOM STRUGGLE THE PROPOSED NEW SYLLABUS OF HISTORY FOR THE B.A. THREE-YEAR DEGREE COURSE IN THE SEMESTER SYSTEM 2 North Lakhimpur College (Autonomous) (As recommended by the Board of Studies in History in its meeting held on 11-09- 2013 and approved by the meeting of the Under Graduate Board held on _______) Course Structure Courses are so planned that each of these will require 45-60 Classes shall be of 60 minutes duration ELECTIVE SUBJECT: First Semester Second Semester Third Semester Fourth Semester Fifth Semester Sixth Semester COURSE: I COURSE:II COURSE:III COURSE: IV COURSE: V COURSE: VI (ET-5-HIS-101) (ET-5-HIS-201) (ET-5-HIS-301) (ET-5-HIS-401) (ET-3-HIS-501) (ET-4-HIS-601) History of History of Assam HISTORY OF HISTORY OF HISTORY OF HISTORY OF Assam 1228 1826 to 1947.
    [Show full text]
  • Lachit Borphukan
    CMYK CMYK The Sentinel P A G E 2 AUGUST 6, 2018 CMYK Lachit Borphukan CMYK Lachit Borphukan, a legend, who was an army general from Assam, is remembered for his extraordinary victory against the Mughal army led by Aurangzeb headed by Ram Singh in the Battle of Saraighat in 1669. Momai Tamuli Borbarua, his father had a humble background but evolved as the first Borbarua (Governor of upper Assam and Commander- in-Chief of the Ahom army) under Turning Prataap Singha. Lachit Borphukan has received differenttraining in humanities, scriptures and military a Penny skills. He was handed over the responsibility of the Soladhara Barua (means scarf-bearer) of the Ahom Swargadeo. It was a position equivalent to a Private Secretaryship, which was regarded as the first step for a Green career as an ambitious diplomat or politician. Prior to being appointed as the Supreme Commander of the army, he held various posts of eminence, such as Superintendent of the Method: Royal Horses or Ghora Barua, Commander of the strategic Soak a paper towel in Simulgarh Fort and Superintendent of the Royal Household vinegar and line the Guards or Dolakasharia Barua assisting the Ahom king. bottom of your tray. The King Chakradhwaj Singha appointed Lachit as the Place the pennies commander in chief of the Ahom army. onto the paper towel. Quite efficiently, Lachit disposed his responsibilities and Sprinkle the pennies transformed it into a strong and powerful army by the with salt. summer of 1667. Literally, he raised the army for the battle soldiers and their Commander-in-chief Lachit Barphukan, Allow the pennies to and preparations were completed by summer of 1667.
    [Show full text]
  • Lachit Borphukan
    Lachit Borphukan Lachit Borphukan was a general of the Ahom Kingdom whose army he led successfully in resisting the imperial expansion of the Mughal Empire in the late 1600s. To this day he is remembered for his bravery and leadership in the face insurmountable odds. This article will give details about Lachit Borphukan within the context of the Civil Services Examination Background of Lachit Borphukan Lachit Borphukan was born on 24 November 1622 to Momai Tamuli Borbarua and Kunti Moran. His father was the commander-in-chief of the Ahom army. The Ahom kingdom was located in the Brahmaputra valley of eastern India. It was first established in 1228. The kingdom was repeatedly assailed upon by Turkic and Afghan rulers of the Delhi Sultanate and later the Mughal Empire The Mughal-Ahom conflict first began in 1615 and continued afterwards. It was in this backdrop Lachit grew up in. Upon completing his education in humanities and military strategies, Lachit was given the responsibility of serving as the Soladhara Barua (scarf-bearer) a modern-day equivalent of a private secretary to the Ahom King. He held other important positions such as Superintendent of the Stable of Royal Horses and Superintendent of the Royal Household guards before being appointed as the commander of the Ahom Army. Byt the time of Lachit Borphukan’s appointment as commander, the Mughals had occupied Guwahati and had forced the Ahom’s to sign the humiliating peace treaty of Treaty of Ghilajharighat in 1663 which imposed harsh conditions on the Ahom kingdom. King Chakradhwaj Singha resolved to rid the entire region from Mughal occupation, a will that would be carried out by Lachit Borphukan.
    [Show full text]