Jorhat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a 125-foot bronze statue of ‘Ahom general’ Lachit Borphukan in Assam’s Jorhat.
The ‘Statue of Valour’ was unveiled by the PM on the Lachit Barphukan Maidam Development Project at Hollongapar close to Teok.
Modi, who reached Jorhat from Arunachal Pradesh by helicopter, was wearing conventional apparel and headgear.
He participated in an Ahom ritual for the disclosing of the statue.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accompanied the prime minister through the programme.
The top of the statute, constructed by Ram Vanji Sutar, is 84 toes and it’s set on a pedestal of 41 toes, making the construction 125 toes tall.
The basis of the statue was laid by former President Ram Nath Kovind in February 2022.
Lachit Borphukan was a legendary military commander of the Ahom kingdom (1228-1826).
He is understood for his management within the 1671 ‘Battle of Saraighat’ that thwarted a drawn-out try by the mighty Mughal forces, led by Raja Ramsingh-I, to take again Assam.
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