Priyam borpatra gohain biography of martin
Priyam borpatra gohain biography of martin
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Borpatragohain
Borpatragohain (Ahom: Chao Sheng Lung) was the third of the three great Gohains (counsellors) in the Ahom kingdom.
This position was created by Suhungmung Dihingia Raja in the year 1527 when Konsheng was made the first Borpatrogohain.[1] The designation was borrowed from Vrihat-patra, the Habung dependent of the Chutiya king.[2]
The other two counselors of the Ahom kingdom, the Burhagohain and the Borgohain, strongly opposed the creation of this office, but the king successfully instituted this by claiming that three ministers are now required to stabilize the kingdom.
Suhungmung claimed that Konsheng, a formidable warrior was his half-brother who grew up in a Naga chieftain's house.[3] 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 himself to the Borpatragohain and part of the Ahom militia from the other two