Kuranganayani
| Kuranganayani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Manipur |
| 💀Died | Assam |
| 💼 Occupation | Queen |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Suremphaa |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Jay Singha |
Tai Ahom rulers ruled Assam for 600 years. Assam was at its Golden period and Swargadeo Suremphaa was at his best. In 1758, under the leadership of Mantora, the Burmese attacked Manipur. At that time, Jay Singha was the king of Manipur, who could not sustain the Burmese attacks, and escaped to Assam. Jay Singha took shelter with Chaopha Suremphaa, as he wanted Chaophaa to help him in conquering the Maans (Burmese). Chaophaa Suremphaa helping Jay Singha led the battle of Lata Kata Ron [1] in the year 1768, and regained the throne for Jay Singha in July 1773. Getting back the throne, Jay Singha gifted his most valuable daughter, Kuranganayani, to Chaophaa Suremphaa. Swargadeo Suremphaa, according to Ahom rituals, completed the marriage procedure and married Kuranganayani. The beauty and charm of the princess made her achieve a special place in Swargadeo’s heart. She was the grand queen or chief queen of Chaopha Suremphaa. In Assamese, the grand queen is called Bor Konwari. With the princess, Jay Singha also sent a group of Manipuri families who were at that time said to be established in a place named Magalu Khat, about four miles from Jorhat town. After the death of Swargadeo Suremphaa, his brother Swargadeo Sunyeophaa became the king of the Ahom kingdom (Assam). During his reign, the Moamoria rebellion broke out. The rebels attacked Gargaon and imprisoned Sunyeophaa in Joydol. Ragho Moran, the chief rebel, set Ramakanta on the throne and he himself became Borbaruah. Ragho Borbaruah, without the consent of Kuranganayani, married her by force and also married the daughters of higher officials of the Ahom kingdom. But Kuranganayani planned to throw all the rebels out of her kingdom. She planned with some noteworthy officials to kill Ragho Moran. The officers were Kuwoiganya Bhogi Buragohain's son, Ghanashyam Gohain Hazarika, Sotai-Alia Dol-Bandha Borgohain's son, Laithapona Borgohain's grandson, Bhadrasen of Bokotial, both sons of Jado Tamuli – Ramkrishna and Ramnath – and Khanikar Bhuyan's son, Kekeru Kalita Hazarika. Around 200 people gathered for a meeting in this regard and all of them planned to kill Ragho Borbaruah on the day of Sot Biihu. Kuranganayani advised Ragho to pay honor to all and take their blessings. She convinced him that the subjects of Assam were all in praise of him and wanted to offer him tokens of their love. At this, Ragho Borbaruah got flattered and agreed to do whatever Kuranganayani said. After that, he went out to welcome the villagers who, according to Kuranganayani, had come to thank and bless him, but actually those villagers were there to kill him. Ragho was also holding a weapon while going out to meet the villagers, but Kuranganayani said that doing so would mean showing disrespect to them and then convinced him to meet the villagers empty-handed. When Ragho Borbaruah bowed down to the villagers, all jumped on him with weapons and killed him. Due to her intelligence and bravery, Swargadeo Sunyeopha regained the throne.
See also
Notes and references
- Gogoi, Padmeswar (1968) The Tai and the Tai kingdoms, Gauhati University, Guwahati.
- Barpujari, H. K., The Comprehensive History of Assam, Vol-III, Publication Board, Assam.
- Naoboicha Phukan, Padmeswar., Asom Buranji, Publication Board, Assam, Guwahati-781 021
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- ↑ Gogoi 1968, p518
