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English: 35-feet-high statue of Ahom general Lachit Borphukan in the middle of the Brahmaputra, was inaugurated by former chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday 31 January, 2016. The statue depicts the Battle of Saraighat of 1671 in which Lachit and his soldiers stopped the marauding Mughal army from invading the Ahom kingdom. It comprises a bronze statue of the general, eight 18-feet statues of soldiers and two 32-feet-long water canons. The soldiers and the cannons are made of fibre glass. The total size of the pedestal on which the statues rest is 12 by 12 by 1.5 meters and it stands on a well 8.5 meters wide. The main statue stands four feet above the pedestal while the soldiers are placed below Lachit.
অসমীয়া: ৩৫ ফুট ওখ আহোম সেনাপতি লাচিত বৰফুকন প্ৰতিমুৰ্ত্তিটো ৩১ জানুৱাৰী ২০১৬ তাৰিখ দেওবাৰে প্ৰাক্তন মুখ্যমন্ত্ৰী শ্ৰী তৰুণ গগৈদেৱে উন্মোচন কৰে। এই প্ৰতিমুৰ্ত্তিটোত ১৬৭১ চনৰ শৰাইঘাটৰ যুদ্ধত লাচিত বৰফুকন আৰু তেখেতৰ সৈন্যই বিশাল মোগল সৈন্যবাহিনীক প্ৰতিৰোধ কৰাৰ এটি মুহুৰ্ত দেখুৱা হৈছে। প্ৰতিমুৰ্ত্তিটোৰ অন্তৰ্গত অংশ কেইটা - ব্ৰঞ্জৰ লাচিতৰ মুৰ্ত্তি, ১৮ফুট ওখ সৈনিকসকল আৰু দুটা ৩২ ফুট দীঘল জল বৰটোপ। সৈনিক আৰু বৰটোপ কেইটা ফাইবাৰগ্ৰাচেৰে তৈয়াৰী। প্ৰতিমূৰ্তিটোক ধৰি ৰখা স্তম্ভটো ১২x১২x১.৫ মিটাৰ আৰু ই ৮.৫ মিটাৰ ঘেৰাৰ প্ৰাচীৰৰ ওপৰত আছে। লাচিতৰ মুল প্ৰতিমূৰ্ত্তিটো স্তম্ভটোৰ চাৰিফুট ওখত আছে আৰু সৈনিকসকলৰ প্ৰতিমুৰ্ত্তিকেইটা তলত আছে।
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