Sutingphaa (1644–1648) was a

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of the Ahom kingdom. He was sickly and had

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, and thus was also known as noriya roja and ''kekura roja''. He was often unable to attend to public duties and had to be carried in a

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Ascension

Sutingphaa became the king after his brother, the erstwhile king, was deposed. He got in palace intrigues and was eventually deposed himself by his son

Sutamla Sutamla (1648–1663) Jayadhwaj Singha was the 20th Ahom Dynasty, king of the Ahom kingdom. During his reign the Mughal viceroy at Bengal Mir Jumla II invaded and occupied his capital Garhgaon as a result of which he had to retreat to the N ...

and killed.

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* 1640s deaths Ahom kings Ahom kingdom Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{India-royal-stub