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Give a brief account of resistance offered by Ahom State against the Mughal rule

  • UPSC 2014
  • Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

Alone among the regional powers that faced the Mughal Empire at its zenith, the Ahom kingdom of upper Assam was never permanently subjugated — its nearly seven-decade resistance (1615–1682) stands as one of the few sustained Mughal military failures.

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  • Early Resistance under Jahangir
  • Contest and Compromise under Shah Jahan
  • Mir Jumla's Offensive under Aurangzeb
  • The Battle of Saraighat and Lachit Borphukan
  • Why the Mughals Failed

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