Borgohain (

Ahom language The Ahom language or Tai-Ahom language is a dead language, that was spoken by the Ahom people, that is undergoing a revival. Ahom is an important language in Tai studies. It was relatively free of both Mon-Khmer and Indo-Aryan influences and has ...

: ''Chao Thao Lung'') was the second 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 kingship,rather act as a guide to the Ahom king in matters of administering his province in an efficient manner (King Maker).The other original counsellor is the

Burhagohain Buragohain ( Ahom language: ''Chao Phrung Mung'') was the first of the two original counsellors 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 o ...

. Both the positions existed from the time of the first Ahom king,

Sukaphaa Sukaphaa (), also Siu-Ka-Pha, the first Ahom king in medieval Assam, was the founder of the Ahom kingdom and the architect of Assam. A prince of the Su/Tsu (Tiger) clan of the Mao-Shan sub-tribe originally from present-day Mong Mao, Yunnan Prov ...

. After the first major expansion of the Ahom kingdom, the

Sadiya Sadiya is a town in Tinsukia district, Assam. It was the capital of the Chutia Kingdom and after the downfall of the kingdom it became the seat of the ''Sadiya-khowa-Gohain'' of the Ahom kingdom. Extensive remains of buildings and fortificati ...

province was initially given to the Borgohain to administer. But later in the year 1527, he was replaced by King-lun Buragohain who was made ''Thao-mung Bo-ngen'' (Sadiyakhowa Gohain). After that, he was given the region south of the Dikhou river to

Kaliabor Kaliabor, a sub-division town in Nagaon district of Assam situated at a distance of 48 km east of Nagaon town. It was the headquarters of Borphukans during the Ahom era. Kaliabor lies in the middle of assam and surrounded in the north by t ...

on the south bank. In later times, he administered the region east of Burai on the north bank, as

Borbarua Borboruah ( Ahom language: ''Phu-Ke-Lung'') was one of the five (councillors) in the Ahom kingdom, a position created by the Ahom king Prataap Singha in 1621. The position included both executive and judicial powers, with jurisdiction of the A ...

was given the charge of territories between

province to Kaliabor. "The Borbarua was the chief executive officer of the state exercising his power from Sadiya to Koliabor in Upper Assam."

List of Borgohains

* Thao Mong Kang Ngan * Ta-Phi-Khun Borgohain * Ta-Ph-Kun Borgohain * Tya-Tan-Bin Borgohain * Phra-Sheng-Mong Borgohain * Kali-Kham Borgohain * Ton-Kham Borgohain * Kham-Shen Borgohain * Khampet Borgohain * Guimela Borgohain * Piling Borgohain * Leshai Borgohain * Banrukia Langisong Borgohain * Sengmung Borgohain * Laluk Borgohain * Jabang Borgohain * Madurial Laithapana Borgohain * Kamalakanta Borgohain * Harinath Borgohain * Thanunath Borgohain * Dihingia Khamchang Borgohain * Khamcheng Borgohain * Numali Brogohain * Madurial Barjana Borgohain * Bailung Borgohain * Madurial Bishnunarayan Borgohain * Madurial Nirbhoynarayan Borgohain * Gangaram Borgohain * Narahari Borgohain

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