Question

5. The Ahom commander-in-chief who defeated the
Mughals at the Battle of Saraighat was:
a. Rudra Singha b. Lachit Barphukan
c. Raja Ram Singh D. Gadadhar Singha​

Answer 1

Lachit Barphukan's Statue at Jorhat, Assam, India. Lead the Ahom army to decisive victory in 1671 Battle of Saraighat against the Mughals.

The Battle of Saraighat was a naval battle fought in 1671 between the Mughal Empire (led by the Kachwaha king, Raja Ramsingh I), and the Ahom Kingdom (led by Lachit Borphukan) on the Brahmaputra river at Saraighat, now in Guwahati, Assam, India.[1] Although weaker, the Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army by brilliant uses of the terrain, clever diplomatic negotiations to buy time, guerrilla tactics, psychological warfare, military intelligence and by exploiting the sole weakness of the Mughal forces—its navy.[citation needed]

The Battle of Saraighat was the last battle in the last major attempt by the Mughals to extend their empire into Assam. Though the Mughals managed to regain Guwahati briefly later after a Borphukan deserted it, the Ahoms wrested control in the Battle of Itakhuli in 1682 and maintained it till the end of their rule.