PRESENT RULER: Rajkumar GEET NARAYAN SINGHA, present Head of the Ahom Royal Family since August 2018.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Today one of the 25 States of the Republic of India, Assam was the region of the Kings of Kamarupa who were conquered in 1228 by the Ahom, a people that originally came from the Chinese province of Yunnan. With time the Ahoms were absorbed into the local Assamese population. The dynasty lasted until 1819, when they were overrun by the Burmese, revived in Upper Assam from 1833 until 1838, when Assam was eventually annexed by the British. Rulers were.....

• Swargadeo Raja SUKAPHAA 1228/1268, married and had issue.

  • Raka SUTEPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUTEPHAA 1268/1281, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUBINPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUBINPHAA 1281/1293, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUKHAANGPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUKHAANGPHAA 1293/1332, he and his chief queen were deposed and executed by the ministers for their autocratic rule; married and had issue.

  • Raja SUKHRAMPHA (qv)

  • Raja SUTUPHAA (qv)

  • Raja TYAO KHAAMTI (qv)

• Raja SUKHRAMPHA 1332/1364, he was assassinated by the king of the Chutiya kingdom on a barge on the Suffry river.

INTERREGNUM 1364/1369

• Raja SUTUPHAA 1369/1376

INTERREGNUM 1376/1380

• Raja TYAO KHAAMTI 1380/1389, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUDANGPHAA [Baamuni Kunwar] (qv)

INTERREGNUM 1389/1397

• Raja SUDANGPHAA [Baamuni Kunwar] 1397/1407, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUJANGPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUJANGPHAA 1407/1422, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUPHAKPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUPHAKPHAA 1422/1439, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUSENPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUSENPHAA 1439/1488, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUHENPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUHENPHAA 1488/1493, he was speared to death in his palace by a Tai-Turung chief in revenge for being accused of theft; married and had issue.

  • Raja SUPIMPHAA (qv)

• Raja SUPIMPHAA 1493/1497, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUHUNGMUNG [Swarganarayan, Dihingiaa Rojaa I] (qv)

• Raja SUHUNGMUNG [Swarganarayan, Dihingiaa Rojaa I] 1497/1539, he was assassinated by palace staff in a plot engineered by his son, Suklenmung; married and had issue.

  • Raja SUKLENMUNG [Garhgayaan Rojaa] (qv)

  • Suleng [Deo Raja] (second son), married and had issue.

    • Unknown son, married and had issue.

      • Raja CHAKRADHWAJ SINGH [Supangmung] (see below)

  • Suteng (third son), married and had issue.

    • Unknown son, married and had issue.

      • Raja PARVATIA ROJAA (see below)

• Raja SUKLENMUNG [Garhgayaan Rojaa] 1539/1552, married and had issue.

  • Raja SUKHAAMPHAA [Khuraa Rojaa] (qv)

• Raja SUKHAAMPHAA [Khuraa Rojaa] 1552/1603, married and had issue.

  • Raja PRATAP SINGHA [Langi Gohain] [Susenghphaa] [Burhaa Rojaa, Buddhiswarganarayan] (qv)

• Raja PRATAP SINGHA [Langi Gohain] [Susenghphaa] 17th Raja of Assam 1603/1641, born about 1545, nicknamed the Burha Raja (Old King), due to his advanced age; his reign saw an expansion of the Ahom kingdom to the west, the beginning of the Ahom-Mughal conflicts, and an administrative reorganization of the kingdom; he was able to devote much attention to the internal organisation of his kingdom, development of backward tracts and the construction of roads, embankments and tanks; he married (amongst others) (a), a Jaintia princess, married (b), 1608, Rani Mangaldahi, daughter of Raja Parikshit Narayan of Darang (see Cooch Behar), and had issue. He died 1641.

  • Raja JAYADITYA SINGH [Bhogaa Rojaa][Suramphaa] (qv)

  • Raja NORIYAA ROJAA [Sutingphaa] (qv)

  • (name unknown) Gohain, married and had issue.

    • Raja CHAKRADHWAJ SINGH [Supangmung] (qv)

    • Raja UDAYADITYA SINGH [Sunyatphaa] (qv)

    • Raja RAMADHWAJ SINGH [Suklamphaa] (qv)

  • Namrupian Gohain, married and had issue.

    • Raja DIHINGIA ROJAA II (see below)

• Raja JAYADITYA SINGH [Bhogaa Rojaa][Suramphaa] 1641/1644, he was deposed by his ministers and later murdered on the instructions of his nephew, Sutingphaa.

• Raja NORIYAA ROJAA [Sutingphaa] 1644/1648, he was deposed and later murdered on the instructions of his son and successor, Sutamla; married and had issue.

  • Raja JAYADHWAJ SINGH [Bhoganiyaa Rojaa][Sutamla] (qv)

• Raja JAYADHWAJ SINGH [Bhoganiyaa Rojaa][Sutamla] 1648/1663, he was the first Ahom king to be initiated into the Mahapuruxiya Dharma.

• Raja CHAKRADHWAJ SINGH [Supangmung] 1663/1670, died 1670.

• Raja UDAYADITYA SINGH [Sunyatphaa] 1670/1672, his religious fanaticism had made him unpopular and his palace was stormed by his brother (and successor king) with a thousand-strong contingent of men led by Lasham Debera, and the king was executed the next day.

• Raja RAMADHWAJ SINGH [Suklamphaa] 1672/1674, died 1674, poisoned on the instructions of Debera Borbarua when he tried to assert his authority.

• Raja SAMAGURIA ROJAA [Suhunga] 1674/1675, a descendant of Suhungmung, he was deposed by Debera Borbarua and later executed, along with his Rani.

• Raja GOBAR ROJAA 1675 (twenty four days only), he was deposed and executed on the order of Atan Burhagohain, the de facto ruler; married and had issue. He was killed in 1675.

  • Raja GADADHAR SINGH (qv)

• Raja DIHINGIA ROJAA II [Arjun Konwar][Sujinphaa] 1675/1677, he tried to regain control by moving against the de facto ruler, Atan Burhagohain, but was routed in a skirmish, whereupon he was blinded and held captive until he committed suicide by continually striking his head against a stone.

• Raja PARVATIA ROJAA [Sudoiphaa] 1677/1679

• Raja RATNADHWAJ [Lora Rojaa] [Sulikphaa] 1679/1681, he belonged to the Samaguria family, and was deposed and killed in 1681.

• Raja GADADHAR SINGH [Gadapani][Supaatphaa] 1681/1696, formally installed in August 1681; he established the rule of the Tungkhungia clan of the Ahom kings and made his capital at Barkola; his first act as Raja was to retake Guwahati from the Mughals in 1682, and established a strong rule by quelling internal disputes, reviving the waning national sprit, driving the Mughals beyond Manas and putting a stop to the raiding which was plaguing the kingdom; he built roads, stone bridges and tanks; he also commenced a detailed survey of the kingdom which was only finished after his death; married Rani Sati Joymati, and had issue, two sons. He died February 1696.

  • Raja RUDRA SINGH [Lai] (qv)

  • Lechai Gohain, married and had issue.

    • Ayusut, married and had issue.

      • Kadam Dighala, overlooked in the succession due to a physical defect, he exerted considerable influence during the reign of his minor son; married and had issue.

        • Raja KAMALESHWAR SINGH [Suklingphaa] (see below)

        • Raja CHANDRA KANTA SINGH (qv)

• Raja RUDRA SINGH [Sukhrungphaa] 1696/1714, he is best known for building a coalition of rulers in the region and raising a vast composite army against the Mughal Empire; he encouraged exchanges with other kingdoms and sent ambassadors to other royal houses in various parts of India; he brought architects from outside the kingdom for constructing the palace and other buildings in the new capital city of Rangpur; he built the Rangnath Temple in 1703, the royal palace at Rangpur, the Namdang stone bridge of Gaurisagar and the Kharikatia road; he married and had issue. He died 1714.

  • Raja SIBA SINGH [Xiba Xingha] (eldest son) (qv)

  • Raja PRAMATTA SINGH (second son) (qv)

  • Mohanmala Gohain (third son), overlooked in the succession due to a physical defect, but was installed as Raja of Namrup in compensation.

  • Raja RAJESWAR SINGH (fourth son) (qv)

  • Raja LAKSHMI SINGH (fifth son) (qv)

• Raja SIBA SINGH [Sutanphaa] 1714/1744, during his reign peace generally prevailed; he erected numerous temples and was a great patron of literature and music; married 1stly, Bar Raja (Bor-Rojaa) Pramateswari Devi [Phuleswari Kunwari], died 1731, married 2ndly, 1731 Bar Raja (Bor-Rojaa) Ambika Devi [Deopadi], died about 1738, married 3rdly, Bar Raja (Bor-Rojaa) Sarbeswari Devi [Enadri/Anadari Kunwori]. He died 1744.

• Raja PRAMATTA SINGH [Sunenphaa] 1744/1751, a kind and lenient ruler and his reign was peaceful and prosperous; he constructed new buildings and masonry gateways at Garhgaon and Rangpur; he built the Rang Ghar amphitheatre in 1746, as well as many temples and buildings, married and had issue. He died 1751.

  • Unknown Generations

    • Raja PURANADAR SINGH (qv)

• Raja RAJESWAR SINGH [Suramphaa] 1751/1769, like his predecessors he constructed many temples, including the Manikarnesvaar Temple in 1755), the Sukreswar Temple in 1759), and the Siddhesvara Temple in 1764; in November 1768 he sent an army, accompanied by the deposed Raja of Manipur, in order to drive out the Burmese puppet Raja Kelemba; he married (amongst others), 1768, Senior Rani Kuranganayani, daughter of Raja JAI SINGH of Manipur, and had issue. He died 1769.

• Raja LAKSHMI SINGH [Sunyeophaa] 1769/1780, shortly after he was installed, he became a captive of the rebels of the Moamoria rebellion for a few months but soon regained his kingdom; he married (amongst others), Rani Kuranganayani, widow of his predecessor, and daughter of Raja JAI SINGH of Manipur, and had issue.

  • Raja GAURINATH SINGH (qv)

• Raja GAURINATH SINGH [Suhitpangphaa] 1780/1795, he commissioned a team of Nora astronomers and experts who re-examined documents pertaining to the history of Ahom; he lost his capital Rangpur in the Moamoria rebellion and afterwards established his capital at Jorhat.

• Raja KAMALESHWAR SINGH [Suklingphaa] 1795/1811, installed as a minor. He died of small pox in 1811.

• Raja CHANDRA KANTA SINGH [Sudingphaa] 1811/1818 and 1819/1821, deposed in 1818, mutilated and confined as a prisoner near Jorhat; in 1821 he fled to Guwahati when the Burmese army, led by Mingimaha Tilwa, approached Jorhat; he married and had issue.

  • Rajkumar (name unknown), married and had issue.

    • Raja Keshab Kanta Singh, born November 1852, he was granted the title of Raja on the 2nd February 1861 for personal use only ^(#1) .

• Raja PURANADAR SINGH [Swargadeou Purandhar Singha] 1818/1819 and tributary Raja in Upper Assam 1833/1838. He married (amongst others) (a) Maharani Chandrakala - the Parvatia Queen, a Manipuri princess, (b) Chandrakanti Kunwari and (c) Ambavati Kunwari, and had issue, the present Royal Family of Assam.

  • Jubraj Kameswar Singha (see below)

• Raja YOGESHWAR SINGH 1821/1822, installed as a puppet ruler by the Burmese General, Mingimaha Tilwa (who usurped the throne in June 1822); he was a brother of Queen Hemo Aideu, a wife of Bagyidaw Min of Burma.

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• Raja Kameswar Singha, succeeded his father Raja Purandhar Singha in 1847. He married (a) Rani Lakhipriya, (b) Padmahari Kunwari and (c) Madhavi Maju Kunwari, as well as a concubine named Rupavati Khatania. Later he died on June 10, 1852 and his remains were entombed near his father's tomb, at Raja Maidam in Jorhat, Assam.

  • Raja Kandarpeswar Singha, (by Rani Lakhipriya) he succeed his father Raja Kameswar Singha in 1848 and he received the title of "Charing Raja". He was born in 1840. During Indian Rebellion of 1857, he was suspected of disloyal manoeuvres by the Imperial British Government. He was place under arrest along with his agent who is a well known freedom fighter of Assam Maniram Dewan Barbhandar Baruah who was then in Calcutta, petitioning the Governor-General for the restoration of the Ahom kingdom to Kandarpeswar Singha. As a result of the trial, Kandarpeswar Singha was sent to Alipur and then to Burdwan to be detained there as a state prisoner. Maniram Dewan was executed on February 26, 1858 CE. Kandarpeswar was later released and granted pension of 500 rupees per month. Later he died in Guwahati, Assam. His two sons Kumudeswar and Nareswar died in the lifetime of Raja Kandarpeswar Singha.

    • Rajkumar Kumudeswar (by Rani Kamalapriya) died young

    • Rajkumar Nareswar (by Rani Kamalapriya) died young

    • BorRajkumari Princess Troilokyeswari Aideo, she succeeded her father Raja Kandarpeswar Singha and became the BorRajkumari (the Crown Princess), married Chandra Narayan Singha, son of Nagendra Narayan Singh, and had issue, two daughters and three sons.

      • Rajkumar Ajit Narayan Singha (the Crown Prince), born 15th September 1949 at Gar-Ali, Jorhat, he succeeded his mother. He belonged to the Tungkhungia clan of the Ahom royal dynasty. He studied Political Science at JB College, Jorhat. He was a Mouzadar of Jorhat (Government Appointed Land Tax/Revenue Collector); a well known writer and columnist in Dainik Janmabhumi (a daily Assamese Newspaper); and had a NGO called HOPELINE. He married Rajmata Rajita, professor at prestigious Cotton College of Guwahati, Assam, and had issue, one son and a daughter. He died on 19th August 2018 at Jorhat aged 70.

        • Rajkumar Geet Narayan Singha (the crown Prince), succeeded his father Rajkumar Ajit Narayan Singha.

        • Rajkumari Sujata Narayan Singha, a professor in Jorhat Engineering College, Assam.

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Rajkumar Shri Jaydip Phukan (blog), a grandson of Rajkumar Ajit Narayan Singha, the Viceroy of Jorhat (Assam), he is a State Level Shooter in Assam Rifles Shooters Association, member in Assam Arts & Crafts Society, and a professional poet.