Lachit Borphukan

Subject: Medieval history

Context: Assam polls have seen frequent invocation of Ahom warrior Lachit Borphukan as Hindu warrior and one who defeated Mughals.

Concept:

Remembered as the greatest military hero of Assam, Lachit Borphukan was a general of Ahom kings.
He is best known for the Battle of Saraighat (1671) on the Brahmaputra, where he beat the Mughals.
He is best remembered as high point of Ahom empire when Assamese race was united and able to fight an alien, formidable force such as the Mughals
Lachit Divas has been celebrated on November 24 (his birth anniversary) in Assam since the 1930s