What the records say
- When
- Mar 1671
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 26.18° N, 91.67° E
- Description
- 17th century battle in Assam
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Saraighat
1671 battle of the Ahom-Mughal conflicts
The Battle of Saraighat was a naval battle fought in 1671 between the Mughal Empire, and the Ahom Kingdom on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati, Assam, India. This was the decisive battle that ended the years long Mughal siege of Guwahati, with the Ahoms pushing away the Mughals west beyond the Manas river.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the Battle of Saraighat in India, fought in mid-March, General Lachit Borphukan of the Ahom kingdom”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page