Lachit Borphukan - India's greatest Admiral

402nd anniversary - 2024 November

Born on 24 November 1622 in Charaideo, Assam, he excelled in the art of Guerrilla Warfare.

He is known for his exemplary leadership in the Battle of Saraighat (1671), where the Ahoms defeated the Mughal forces led by Raja Ramsingh under Aurangzeb.

The Saraighat battle, one of the greatest naval battle on river in thw world, wrought the morale of the Mughal army, set the beginning of the decline for mughl power.

The battle was fought on the Brahmaputra river near Saraighat and was the last major attempt by the Mughals to extend their empire into Assam.

He died on 25th April 1672 at the age of 49 in Jorhat, Assam.

He was the inspiration behind strengthening India’s naval force and revitalizing inland water transport and creating infrastructure associated with it due to his great naval strategies.