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'''Borpatragohain''' ([[Ahom language|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 appointed the first Borpatrogohain.<ref>{{harvcol|Barua|1939|p=61}} "Thaomung-mungteu Konsheng was made Chao-sheng-lung (Borpatrogohain) in Lakni Rungrao 1527."</ref> The designation was borrowed from ''Vrihat-patra'', the [[Habung]] dependent of the [[Chutiya kingdom|Chutia]] king.<ref>{{harvcol|Guha|1983|p=20}} "It appears that the novel designation of Barpatragohain was borrowed from the civil list of Habung where the local ruler, a dependent of the Chutiya king, had the title of ''Vrhat-Patra''." </ref> The Buranji chronicles mention the Chutia official as ''Pator-Lung'' (''Lung'' meaning “Great” in [[Ahom language|Ahom]]) who fought alongside ''Kasitara Barua'' against ''Phrasenmung [[Borgohain]]'' and ''Klinglun [[Burhagohain]]'' in the Ahom-Sutia battle at Dibrugarh.<ref>Barua, Gopal Chandra, ''Ahom Buranji'', p. 55</ref><ref>Bhuyan, S.K., ''Deodhai Asam Buranji'', Chapter 31</ref>. The Chutia Borpatra official appears to have been retained until the later part of the reign of [[Suklenmung|Suklenmung]]. He was killed following a rebellion led by a Brahmin official against the king; the rebel Brahmin, however, escaped and fled to [[Koch Bihar]].<ref>Mahanta, Sukumar, Assam Buranji, p.25, "At that time, the king said, 'By subduing the Sutias and suppressing the Bhuyans, my father and I have taken their kingdom. Why, then, is a Brahmin seeking to become king—why have I appointed the Sutia Borpatro for?'<br />
Saying this, the Borpatra was executed. The king then attempted to execute the Brahmin as well, but he fled and escaped to Koch Bihar."</ref><br />
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The other two counselors of the Ahom kingdom, the ''[[Burhagohain]]'' and the ''[[Borgohain]]'', strongly opposed the creation of this office. However, 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 had grown up in a [[Naga people|Naga]] chieftain's house.<ref>{{harvcol|Guha|1983|p=20}} "The third counsellor so appointed, was publicly claimed by the king to be his own half-brother, posthumously born to a banished queen in a Naga chief's house."</ref> 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 his command to the Borpatragohain and part of the Ahom militia from the other two counselors to himself. To placate the aggrieved two counselors, Suhungmung created two additional frontier Gohain positions that were exclusive to the two lineages, and ruled that the Borpatragohain's family could not have any marital relationship with the king's lineage.<ref>{{harvcol|Guha|1983|p=20}}</ref> <br />
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In later times, people from non-Ahoms families, like those of Garhgayan Patar and [[Moran people|Maran]] Patar were also made Borpatragohain in later times.<ref>{{harvcol|Barua|1993|p=26}}</ref> The Borpatrogohains administered the region from the [[Daphla Hills]] to the [[Brahmaputra]], and between the Gerelua and Pichalua rivers.<br />
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==List of Borpatragohains==<br />
* Kon-Sheng/Kan-Seng<br />
* Klan-Jang<br />
* Ban Jangi<br />
* Laku Borpatragohain<br />
* Banchangia Borpatragohain<br />
* Lai Borpatragohain<br />
* Chereli Borpatragohain<br />
* Bhaga Borpatragohain<br />
* Achuk Borpatragohain <br />
* Kenduguria Sengkong Borpatragohain<br />
* Paramananda Borpatragohain<br />
* Kalugayan Harinath Borpatragohain<br />
* Kenduguria Mrittunjay Borpatragohain<br />
* Redeshwar Borpatragohain <br />
* Maran Borpatragohain<br />
* Kenduguria Rudresvar Borpatragohain<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* Gait, Edward (1905) ''History of Assam'', Calcutta<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Barua |first1=Swarna Lata |title=Last Days of Ahom Monarchy: A History of Assam from 1769-1826 |date=1993 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-215-0462-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFFuAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}<br />
* {{Citation| last = Guha| first = Amalendu| title = The Ahom Political System: An Enquiry into the State Formation Process in Medieval Assam (1228-1714)| journal = Social Scientist| volume = 11 |pages = 3–34| date = December 1983| doi = 10.2307/3516963| issue = 12| jstor = 3516963 | url = http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/3259}}<br />
*{{Cite book|last=Barua|first=G.C.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.450867/mode/1up|title=Ahom Buranji|date=1939|language=en}}<br />
*{{Cite book|last=Bhuyan|first=Surya Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAuhRwAACAAJ|title=Deodhai Asam Buranji: with several shorter chronicles of Assam (compiled from old Assamese buranjis)|date=1962|language=as}}<br />
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