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Lachit Borphukan, the great Ahom general who beat back the mighty Mughal army at the Battle of Saraighat and thwarted Aurangzeb's ambition of expanding the Mughal empire into Assam. #LachitBorphukanDiwas
Thread on his Jayanti today.
Thread on his Jayanti today.
While a lot is known about the Marathas, and the valor of Shivaji, not much is really known about the Ahoms, and their spirited resistance to the Mughals.
From 1615 when the Mughal Army attacked the Ahom Kingdom to the Battle of Itakhuli in 1682 that saw a decisive Ahom victory, which resulted in the Mughal retreat. #LachitBorphukanDiwas
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The Mughals could never spread their empire in North East India. And one man who instrumental in ensuring this was Lachit Borphukan. He was a Commander in the Ahom Kingdom (present day Assam), who thwarted the Mughal attack in the Battle of Saraighat 1/n
The Mughals could never spread their empire in North East India. And one man who instrumental in ensuring this was Lachit Borphukan. He was a Commander in the Ahom Kingdom (present day Assam), who thwarted the Mughal attack in the Battle of Saraighat 1/n
Although weaker, the Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army by 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 forces—its navy. 2/n
There is an anecdote from this Battle that every child in Assam has read or heard. Before the night of the Battle, Lachit Borphukan had instructed that an earthen fortification was to be built for defense. The responsibility had been given to his Mama. 3/n
