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Battle of Saraighat

1671 · 17th century · Part of the Ahom–Mughal conflicts

The Battle of Saraighat was fought in 1671 on the Brahmaputra near Guwahati between the Ahom kingdom and a Mughal army under Raja Ram Singh I of Amber. The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, though ill, rallied his forces in a river battle that defeated the Mughal fleet and ended the Mughal attempt to recover Guwahati and western Assam.

Battle of Saraighat
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Battle of Saraighat. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-saraighat
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