Assam’s bid to promote another historical icon after Ahom general Lachit Borphukan has a Bangladesh flavour.
The North East Regional Centre (NERC) of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) in Guwahati staged a Hindi play titled ‘Mahaveer Chilarai’, based on the life of legendary Koch general Sukladhwaja.
Sukladhwaja was the younger brother of Naranarayan, the second king of the 16th-century Kamata kingdom’s Kock dynasty but was more popular as Chilarai, a nickname he earned for carrying out military strikes as fast as a chila, Assamese for a kite.
