Saraighat, situated in the western extension of the Ahom kingdom, emerged as a place of importance in the seventeenth century. During that time, the political map of Assam was under a constant state of fluctuation due to the repeated invasions of the Mughals. Saraighat was separated from Gargaon, the Ahom capital, by a distance of nearly 320 kilometres. The present Saraighat, a part of greater...

Assam was brought under the British colonial bondage in 1826, as a right, legalized by the Treaty of Yandaboo. Her eventual liberation came collectively in 1947 along with the other Indian powers. The British left the land as the situation became such that no treaty or engagement could prolong their occupation and stay here.  The British were the fourth in the row of the European powers to...

The period which opened with the coming of Sukapha (1228 A.D) and ended with the deposition of Purandar Singha (1838 A.D), is generally known as the Ahom age. This period not only witnessed a gradual subjugation of the Brahmaputra valley, from the eastern frontier, by a race of conquerers of Asiatic origin, but also, their eventual elimination from the political authority by a process of...