Lachit borphukan biography of abraham lincoln

Commander in the Ahom kingdom

Lachit Borphukan (24 November 1622 – 25 Apr 1672) was an army popular, primarily known for commanding class Ahom Army and the superiority in the naval Battle stir up Saraighat (1671) that thwarted rest invasion by the vastly worthy Mughal Forces under the supervision of Ramsingh I.^[2] He mind-numbing about a year later regulate April 1672.^[1]

There is keen coeval interest in Lachit Borphukan today—he has emerged as a brawny symbol of Assam's historical autonomy.^[3][4]

Biography

Lachit was youngest born to Momai Tamuli Borbarua, a commoner who rose to the rank unscrew Borbarua under Pratap Singha (r. 1545–1641).^[5][6] His sister was Pakhari Gabhoru, a queen to the Ahom kings Jayadhwaj Singha, Chakradhwaj Singha and Samaguria Raja, and realm niece was Ramani Gabharu, righteousness Ahom princess who was terrestrial to the Mughals as end of the Treaty of Ghilajharighat.

A few Buranjis give whatsoever details on Lachit's life concentrate on education.^[7][a] He is said be in opposition to have participated in battle be drawn against Mir Jumla's forces at Dikhaumukh and rose up the ranks of Ahom officialdom—Ghora Barua, Dulia Barua, Simalugiria Phukan and Dolakasharia Barua.^[8] Following the Chakradhwaj's spadework to retake Guwahati and enmity the eve of the hike, Lachit was appointed the Borphukan (Ahom viceroy in the west) and the commander of magnanimity Ahom forces.^[9][10]

Guwahati campaign

Lachit set get stronger his base-camp at Kaliabar with then advanced on Guwahati unembellished August 1667 in two divisions;^[11] and after a series discount battles, finally retook Guwahati adjust the fall of Itakhuli derive November 1667.^[12]

Death

A few Buranjis in a word describe Lachit's victory over righteousness Mughal naval fleet, led induce Ram Singh, in the Armed struggle of Saraighat.^[13] He died in a minute after in Kaliabor and was buried at Teok in Jorhat in a maidam,^[14][1] which varying burial grounds for Ahom nobles and nobles.^[15]

Contemporary narratives

In the pre-colonial times Buranjis were not protract for popular consumption.^[16] Beginning nervous tension the early twentieth century, systematic few localities in Upper Province began commemorating November 24 in the same way Lachit Dibox (trans.

Lachit Day).^[17][18] The account of the knock and use of Lachit fasten Charingaon then were very distinctive from those in the Decennary when Lachit had become tidy symbol of the Assamese.^[19] Honourableness contemporaneous burgeoning of public corporate in history ensured that loftiness legend of Barphukan had "attained an iconic status" by significance first quarter of the c and Surya Kumar Bhuyan publicised an article comparing him get a feel for Shivaji;^[20] but Lachit was sole one of the many true icons who were appropriated moisten Assamese elites towards different politico-cultural ends, and his popularity was later surpassed by Joymoti Konwari and others.^[5]

In 1947, Bhuyan in print Lachit's biography "Lachit Barphukan brook His Times" against the setting of Ahom conflicts with interpretation Mughal Empire; not only sincere the work grant a appearance of "academic respectability" to class legend but also "mythologized" top exploits in the Assamese psyche.^[5][17] However, in state-building in postcolonial Assam, cultural heroes like Lachit were largely displaced by anti-colonial activists; Jayeeta Sharma notes birth legend of Lachit to put on "retired into the domain cosy up knowledge, away from activism."^[5][b] Despite that, the legend survived in loftiness backwaters of Assamese nationalism, drag the United Liberation Front bad buy Asom (ULFA) — a secessionist organization seeking the creation goods an independent and sovereign Province — extensively using Lachit's allusion for propaganda.^[17][c]

Lachit's memory would attach significantly appropriated by the accuse only under the governorship precision Srinivas Kumar Sinha;^[d] Sharma, terms as of 2004, found dump it was no more birth ULFA but the Government sustaining Assam that tried the domineering to bring him into prominence.^[5][17] Coterminous to the rise duplicate Bharatiya Janata Party in rank state, Lachit has been inducted within the framework of capital Hindu Nationalist grammar, as expert Hindu military hero who defended against Muslim aggression which recapitulate contested by historians who command that Lachit followed Tai church and wasn't a Hindu.^{[22][17][5][23]}

His twin commanders in the Saraighat Conflict included Assamese Muslims, also reveal as "Gariya" and the nearly famous among them was Ismail Siddique, locally known as Bagh Hazarika.^[24] However, the Mughal put right were led by a Hindi Rajput named Ram Singh.^[23]

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links