April 2019

ASSAM   Assam History : Decline and fall of the Ahom Kingdom – I   The Moamoria Rebellion started during the reign of Swargadeo Lakshmi Singha and ended during the reign of Swargadeo Kamaleswar Singha. It continued up to 36 years, from 1769 to 1805.It was a conflict between Ahom Kings and the Moran people … Read more

ASSAM   Ahom Rule at its zenith of Rudra Singha (1696-1714) to Rajeswer Singha (1751- 1769): political history   The Zenith of the Ahom power was reached in the reign of RudraSinha or Sukhrungpha (1696-1714). He founded new capital at Rangpur presently known as Sivasagar. During his reign subjugation of Cachar and Jaintia was completed … Read more

ASSAM   IIT-Guwahati only institute from NE to break into national top 10 rankings   IIT-Guwahati was the only institute from the region that made it to the top 10 rankings in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – India Rankings 2019, released by the Union ministry of human resource development earlier this month. The … Read more

ASSAM     Childline 1098 service launched in Hailakandi   The service aims to save and nurture children in distress, and help children suffering from diseases, children who are lost or abandoned or are being exploited.   Awareness programmes on the Childline project should be organised so that people come to know about it and … Read more

ASSAM   Delhi HC sought response on the dual control of Assam rifles   TheDelhi High Court sought the response from the Cabinet Committee on Security on a plea seeking directions to remove the dual control of Assam Rifles and bring it under the Ministry of Defence.  Assam Rifles are the oldest paramilitary force of India. The administrative control of Assam Rifles lies … Read more

ASSAM   Post-Saraighat Assam Ascendancy of the Tungkhungia dynasty –the reign of Gadadhar Singha.   The kings of the Tungkhungia family ruled in Assam for 145 years, A.D. 1681—1826. The dynasty has derived its name from the village Tungkhung or ‘Tingkhang in Upper Assam where they had’ their ancestral residence. Gadadhar Singha was the founder … Read more

ASSAM   Assam in the second half of the 17 Century- the Ahom-MughalWars – Mir Jumla’s Assam Invasion   Mir Jumlas , governor of Bengal led an invasion under the reign of Arungazeb in 1662. It was the mightiest of all the mugal invasions in assam,his fleet comprising 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a fleet … Read more

ASSAM   Invasion of Ram Singha – the Battle of Saraighat (1671) and its results   The Battle of Saraighat was fought during the reign of Ahom king Chakradhvaj Sinha in 1671. The Ahom general Lachit Barphukan inflicted a crushing defeat on the Mughal General Ram Singh. The victory on the bank of the river … Read more