2nd December 2022
In honour of Chaolung Sukapha, the founder of the Ahom kingdom, which lasted for a period of nearly 600 years, the day is also known as Sukapha Divas.
According to Ahom tradition, Sukapha was a descendant of the god Khunlung, who had come down from the heavens and had ruled Mong-Ri-Mong-Ram. During the reign of Suhungmung, which saw the composition of the first Assamese chronicles and increased Hindu influence, he was declared the progenitor of the Indravamsa kshatriyas, a lineage created for the Ahoms by the Hindu Brahmins.
