Borpatragohain ( Ahom: ''Chao Sheng Lung'') was the third of the three great ''Gohains'' (counsellors) in the Ahom kingdom. This position was created by

Suhungmung Suhungmung (), or Dihingia Roja was one of the most prominent Ahom Kings who ruled at the cusp of Assam's medieval history. His reign broke from the early Ahom rule and established a multi-ethnic polity in his kingdom. Under him the Ahom Ki ...

Dihingia Raja in the year 1527 when Konsheng was appointed the first Borpatrogohain. The designation was borrowed from ''Vrihat-patra'', the

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dependent of the Chutiya king. The other two counselors of the Ahom kingdom, the '' Burhagohain'' and the ''

Borgohain Borgohain (Ahom language: ''Chao Thao Lung'') was one of the two original counselors in the Ahom kingdom. He was selected by the Ahom king from members of the Ahom nobility (''Satgharia Ahom''), who vowed not to fight for the position of Ahom kin ...

'', strongly opposed the creation of this office. However, the king successfully instituted this by claiming that three ministers are now required to stabilize the kingdom.

claimed that Konsheng, a formidable warrior was his half-brother who had grown up in a Naga chieftain's house. Since the other two counselors refused to transfer part of the militia (''hatimur'') they commanded to the new office, Suhungmung transferred non-Ahom militia under his command to the Borpatragohain and part of the Ahom militia from the other two counselors to himself. To placate the aggrieved two counselors, Suhungmung created two additional frontier Gohain positions that were exclusive to the two lineages, and ruled that the Borpatragohain's family could not have any marital relationship with the king's lineage. In later times, people from non-Ahoms families, like those of Garhgayan Patar and

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Patar were also made Borpatragohain in later times. The Borpatrogohains administered the region from the Daphla Hills to the

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, and between the Gerelua and Pichalua rivers.

List of Borpatragohains

* Kon-Sheng/Kan-Seng * Klan-Jang * Ban Jangi * Laku Borpatragohain * Banchangia Borpatragohain * Lai Borpatragohain * Chereli Borpatragohain * Bhaga Borpatragohain * Achuk Borpatragohain * Kenduguria Sengkong Borpatragohain * Paramananda Borpatragohain * Kalugayan Harinath Borpatragohain * Kenduguria Mrittunjay Borpatragohain * Redeshwar Borpatragohain * Maran Borpatragohain * Kenduguria Rudresvar Borpatragohain

Notes

Bibliography

* Gait, Edward (1905) ''History of Assam'', Calcutta * * * * {{refend Assamese-language surnames