Article Title: Lachit Barphukan
22-11-2022
History & Art and Culture Prelims Plus
Why is in news? New Delhi: 3 day-long celebrations of 400th birth anniversary of great Ahom general Lachit Barphukan to begin tomorrow
The Lachit Borphukan (24 November 1622 – 25 April 1672) was a commander and Borphukan (Phu-Kon-Lung) in the Ahom kingdom, located in present-day Assam, India.
He was 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 under the expansion policy of Aurangazeb, he died about a year later due to illness.
The Battle of Saraighat 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, India.
On 24 November each year Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is celebrated statewide in Assam to commemorate the heroism of Lachit Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army at the Battle of Saraighat.
The Lachit Divas is celebrated to promote the ideals of Lachit Borphukan the legendary general of Assam’s history.
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