DHEMAJI, June 30 � Swargadeo Sukapha founded the Ahom kingdom�s capital at Habung on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in 1240 AD and after spending four years there, he left Habung because of frequent floods and went back to Sivasagar on the south bank for the permanent capital of the Ahom kingdom.
The abandoned Ahom capital at Habung, which remained full of forests for several decades in Dhemaji, was recognised as the second capital of Sukapha�s kingdom by Nagen Hazarika, the then ADC, Dhemaji, with the help of local historians in 1990. ADC Hazarika installed a Chao Cheng Ren in the Ahom capital on April 6 in that very year and since then it has become a place of historical importance which is gradually turning into a place of tourism now.
The Habung Chao Cheng Ren will step into 25 years in 2014, which will also mark the crossing of 774 years of the arrival of Sukapha to Habung. The people of the Ahom community here are making preparations for celebrating the silver jubilee of the Habung Chao Cheng Ren and crossing of 774 years of Sukapha�s advent to this place.
A public meeting was held on June 23 on the Habung Chao Cheng Ren premises which was chaired by Muhi Handique, president, Habung management committee and attended by a number of prominent Ahom citizens from here, Dhakuakhana, Ghilamara, Gogamukh, Silapathar, etc. The meeting decided to hold the silver jubilee celebrations on April 6, 7 and 8 next year. The meeting also formed a celebration committee in this regard with Phuleswar Boruah as president, Narayan Phukan of Dhakuakhana as executive president, Thaneswar Boruah, Padmeswar Gogoi and Homen Borgohain as vice presidents, Ratneswar Phukan as chief secretary and Subhash Dihingia of Ghilamara as general secretary.