Word: borphukan
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...have always been closer to Burma and Tibet than to the rest of India. In tribute to their proud and independent past, the students have taken to calling their movement "the 18th war of independence," a reference to the 17 wars fought by Assam's legendary King Lachit Borphukan, who in the 1600s was the only ruler in the region to repulse Mogul invaders...
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