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Lachit Divas
Lachit Divas is an annual day of commemoration held in Assam, India, on 24 November, the birthday of Lachit Borphukan, the Ahom general who defeated the Mughal army at the Battle of Saraighat in 1671. It is marked by state ceremonies, schools and civic bodies as a celebration of Assamese resistance to the Mughal Empire, and the best passing-out cadet of India's National Defence Academy receives the Lachit Borphukan gold medal.
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