24th Nov 2018: Lachit Divas
About Post |
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| Title : |
| Lachit Divas |
| Objective : |
| Lachit Divas is celebrated to promote the ideals of Lachit Borphukan – the legendary general of Assam’s history. |
| Colour Scheme : |
| Coblat Green; the colour of solidity |
| Focus I : |
| Statue of Lachit Borphukan, 35 ft in height midst the Brahmputra River along with the small but, brave army. |
| Misc. : |
| The best passing out cadet of National Defence Academy (NDA) is conferred the Lachit Borphukan Gold Medal every year from the year 1999 to honour this braveheart. |
Significance |
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| Date : |
| 24th November |
| Related to : |
| Birthday of Lachit Borphukan, Commander-in-Chief of the Ahom army. |
| Connect Date : |
| 24 November 1622 |
| Connect Place : |
| In Golaghat |
| Special : |
| He won battle of Saraighat with comparatively smaller number of solidiers against Mughals in 1671. |
| More Info : |
| The Mughal Army under Ram Singh I, which fought the war of Saraighat; consisted of 30,000 infantry, 15,000 archers, 18,000 Turkish cavalry, 5,000 gunners and over 1000 cannons besides a large flotilla of boats. |
