Intro

Lachit Barphukan was an Ahom commander, known for his leadership in the Battle of Saraighat that thwarted an invasion by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I.

Battle of Saraighat

The Battle of Saraighat was the last battle in the last major attempt by the Mughals to extend their empire into Assam

The Battle of Saraighat was a naval battle fought in 1671 between the Mughal Empire (led by the Kachwaha raja, Ram Singh I), and the Ahom Kingdom (led by Lachit Borphukan) on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati, Assam, India.[3] Although weaker, the Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army by massive army, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare, military intelligence and by exploiting the sole weakness of the Mughal forces—its navy

Legacy

Lachit has been appropriated within a Hindu Nationalist grammar as an Indian military hero

BJP's rise in Assam has established Lachit as a Hindu defender against Muslim aggression.

Beginning in the early twentieth century, a few localities in Upper Assam started to commemorate November 24 as Lachit Dibox (trans. Lachit Day) as a medium of protest against the pro-migrant policies of the colonial government.