Battle of Alaboi
Topic: Regional Resistance: Rajputs, Ahoms, Sikhs · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Battle of Alaboi was fought in 1669 between the Ahoms and the Mughals. It took place at Alaboi, on the north bank of the Brahmaputra near Guwahati. The Mughal army was led by Ram Singh, a Rajput general whom Aurangzeb had sent into Assam. Ram Singh's army won and killed thousands of Ahom soldiers, about 10,000 by common accounts. The Ahoms did not give up. They regrouped, and two years later they won the decisive battle of the war.
Example
After the defeat at Alaboi in 1669, the Ahom commander Lachit Borphukan rebuilt his forces. In 1671 he defeated Ram Singh's much larger army at the Battle of Saraighat, fought on the Brahmaputra.
Don't confuse with
- Battle of Saraighat (1671): this was the Ahom victory on the river, where 10,000 Ahoms beat 30,000 Mughals. Alaboi (1669) was the Ahom defeat on land that came before it.