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This was the decisive battle that ended the years long Mughal siege of Guwahati, with the Ahoms pushing away the Mughals west beyond the Manas river. The Ahoms, smarting from the occupation of the capital by Mir Jumla and the harsh conditions of Treaty of Ghilajharighat, decided to lure a Mughal imperial force to Saraighat and take a stand ...
The Ahom Army consisted of cavalry, infantry as well as naval units based on the Paik system militia of the Ahom kingdom (1228–1824). The kingdom did not have standing army units of professional soldiers till late 18th and early 19th centuries, when Purnandan Burhagohain raised one after noticing the effectiveness of Captain Thomas Welsh's sepoys in subjugating the Moamoria rebellion.
The Battle of Samdhara which took place in 1616, was the first battle fought between the Ahoms and Mughals, followed by Battle of Alaboi in 1669, Battle of Saraighat in 1671 and Battle of Itakhuli in 1682. [7]
Battle of Samugarh; Battle of Saraighat; Battle of Sarsa; Second Battle of Lohgarh; Second siege of Anandpur; Shivaji's invasions of Janjira; Siege of Amritsar (1748) Siege of Daulatabad (1633) Siege of Kotla Begum (1710) Siege of Kunjpura (1772) Siege of Parenda (1634) Siege of Patiala (1779) Siege of Ram Rauni; Siege of Ramsej; Siege of ...
Lachit Borphukan (24 November 1622 – 25 April 1672) was an army general, primarily known for commanding the Ahom Army and the victory in the naval Battle of Saraighat (1671) that thwarted an invasion by the vastly superior Mughal Forces under the command of Ramsingh I. [2] He died about a year later in April 1672. [1]
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Saraighat (Pron: ˌʃəraɪˈgɑ:t) is a neighborhood in the Indian city of Guwahati, on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra. Sarai was a small village where the old abandoned N.F. Railway station of Amingaon was located.
He was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb as a commander of 4000 in 1667 [1] to invade the Ahom Kingdom of present-day Assam, [2] but the loss at the Battle of Saraighat (1671) and the subsequent retreat [3] led to his recall to the capital and following disgrace and a downfall in rank and order at the imperial Mughal court which ...