This position was created by Suhungmung Dihingia Raja specially for an Ahom prince who grew up in a Naga chieftains house.
Borpatrogohain is the third of the great Gohains (the others being Burhagohain and Borgohain, instituted by Sukaphaa).
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He is also called the Dihingia Raja, because he made Bakata on the Dihing River his capital.
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It is suspected that Suhungmung's son Suklenmung, who became the next king, was responsible for the death.
This position was reserved for the descendant of the first Borpatrogohain, Kancheng, who was the son of Supimphaa and the half-brother of Suhungmung.
In the Ahom Buranji translated by G.C. Boruah it is mentioned that Suhungmung Dihingia Raja after defeating the Kacharis on the banks of the river Dhansiri in 1563 occupied the whole of the Dhansiri valley along with the northern portion of the Kolong river.