Jongal Balahu - The Great Tiwa King

05/01/2023

– Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (03/01/2023) announced that Jongal Balahu Diwas will be accorded state recognition.

The chief minister informed this during a public meeting at Jongal Balahu Garh in Nagaon’s Raha on Tuesday.

He said that January 3rd 2023 will be officially celebrated as Jongal Balahu Diwas.

CM Sarma said, “As a mark of respect to the Tiwa king Jongal Balahu and the contributions of the Tiwa community towards enriching Assam's cultural mosaic, we have decided to accord official recognition to Jongal Balahu Diwas.”

“Our government is working for the development of the Jongal Balahu Garh. The area will be developed into a tourist centre within 18 months. Rs 100 crores have been approved for the project. The centre will help throw light on the community's role in building an inclusive society,” Sarma further said.

Himanta Biswa Sarma performed Bhumi Pujan for the Jongal Balahu tourist centre at Raha earlier on Tuesday. He also offered floral tributes at the statue of Tiwa king Jongal Balahu.

11/12/2021

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01/12/2021

Bir "Jongal Balahu Diwas"
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31/05/2021

The Great Warrior "Jongal Balahu"

*Photo Courtesy: Nipjyoti Saika.

16/03/2021

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08/11/2020

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16/07/2020

Jongal Bahalu Khîdri

02/07/2020

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31/01/2019

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06/03/2018

The Tiwa King " " (Statue)

*King Arimatta and his son Jongal Balahu is shrouded in mystery and many legends cluster round them. Arimatta , a local adventurer, subdued the Bar Bhuyans and then occupied Kamata in 1365-85 A.D. Arimatta's name is also associated in a Nishi legend related to the Hita fort in present Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. Arimatta may have had his seat of power at Vaidyagarh near present Rangia , the ruins of which is still extant. It is said that the high embankments known as Jongal Garh in the area are remains of an old fort of Jongal Balahu. The site is said to have been the capital of Jongal Balahu who ruled over the region after his father Arimatta’s death. Later Jongal Balahu was defeated in a battle by the Kacharis and drowned himself in the Kalong river.
During the period 1330-64 Tribal rulers governed Kamata. At this time (1330) a Hindu chieftain had organized the subordinate chiefs of Dakhinkul (present south Goalpara and Kamrup) and ruled this territory independently. The Kamata King Indranarayan was dependent on this chieftain, the independent Bara Bhuyans as also the Kachari King Mahamanikya for resources to organize effective resistance to the Muslim rulers of Bengal. Sometimes this was not forthcoming if these allies themselves had internal feuds to contend with in their own kingdoms. This was the situation in 1356-61 when Sikander Shah occupied Kamta. When Sikander wished to advance further he was resisted by an alliance of some Bar Bhuyans and the Kachari King.

It must be noted that the Kachari King Mahamanikya's (1330-70) kingdom extended from the Kalong to Dikhou along the south bank of the Brahmaputra which included parts of present Nagaon, Doboka, the Dhansiri valley, Dimapur and the tract later known as North Cachar. He had erected temples and patronized the composition of Ramayana in Assamese prose by Madhav Kandali.

At this time a local adventurer Arimatta subdued the Bar Bhuyans and then occupied Kamata (1365-85). Interestingly Arimatta's name is associated in a Nishi (Arunachal Pradesh) legend related to the Hita fort in present Itanagar. Arimatta may have had his seat of power at Vaidyagarh (near present Rangia) the ruins of which is still extant. His son Jungalbolohu may have had his eastern frontier upto Raha (the ramparts built has today been converted to fish rearing tanks of the present Pisiculture College). One of his successors gave his daughter in marriage to the Ahom King Sudangpha (sometime after 1401) in order to avert an attack for hosting a fugitive from the Ahom kingdom.

The successors of Arimatta ruled Kamata till about 1440. A Tibeto-Burman confederacy dominated by a Khyan (Khen) chieftain from Uttarkul by the name of Niladwaj (1440-60) rose to power and occupied Kamatapur. The ascendancy of the Khen dynasty and the consolidation of their rule was made possible because many political changes were occurring in Bengal during this time and there was a lull in Bengal's eastward designs. The last king of the Khen dynasty was Nilambar (1480-98). This king was said to be powerful and was the master of the wide dominion from Barnadi in the east to the Karatoya (present river Teesta) on the West. He strengthened his eastern frontier by building a military road from Kamatapur to Dinajpur (present Bengal-Bangladesh border)

However once the anarchical condition in Bengal was subdued by the Hussain Shahi dynasty the rulers grew alarmed at the consolidating activities of the Khen King. Thus the first serious attempt at annexing Kamrup permanently was launched. With 2,40,000 infantry and a war flotilla Kamatapur was besieged and taken (1498). It took the invaders three years to capture the Khen stronghold at Hajo and the entire kingdom up to Barnadi. Measures to consolidate this annexation was taken and Kamata (Kamru) became a colony of Bengal. Hussain Sahi's coins declaring him the conqueror of Kamru was in circulation till 1518.

For nearly three centuries the Kingdom of Kamata was an effective bar that helped isolate Upper Assam valley from experiencing the ravages of the Muslim rulers of Bengal and the Delhi Sultanate. With the establishment of Hussain Sahi's rule up to Barnadi it was the turn now of the Ahom Kings to be alarmed. But for such a contingency the Tai-Ahoms had a historical preparation.

King Arimatta, the son of Ram Chandra is believed to have ruled around that period somewhere in lower Assam.

24/04/2017

HISTORY

07/03/2017

THE GREAT "JONGAL BALAHU" STATUE

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