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	'''Ramani Gabharu''' (~~also '''Rahmat Banu Begum''';~~ born {{circa}} 1656), was the princess of [[Kingdom of Assam]] and the first wife of titular Mughal Emperor [[Muhammad Azam Shah]]. She was sent to the Mughal harem as part of the [[Treaty of Ghilajharighat]].		'''Ramani Gabharu''' ( born {{circa}} 1656), was the princess of [[Kingdom of Assam]] and the first wife of titular Mughal Emperor [[Muhammad Azam Shah]]. She was sent to the Mughal harem as part of the [[Treaty of Ghilajharighat]] and was renamed '''Rahmat Banu Begum''' .

	She was the only daughter of [[Chao Pha\|Chaopha]] [[Sutamla]], king of [[Ahom kingdom]] and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the daughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. She was the niece of [[Lachit Borphukan]] and [[Laluksola Borphukan]]. She famously resisted [[Laluksola Borphukan]]'s plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband.		She was the only daughter of [[Chao Pha\|Chaopha]] [[Sutamla]], king of [[Ahom kingdom]] and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the daughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. She was the niece of [[Lachit Borphukan]] and [[Laluksola Borphukan]]. She famously resisted [[Laluksola Borphukan]]'s plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband.
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	Then, after a period of some years, it was proposed that Guwahati should be given to the Mughals and in return Laluksola, the viceroy of Ahoms at Guwahati will be made the king. When Ramani Gabharu came to know about it, she wrote a letter to her maternal uncle Laluksola Borphukan warning him not to do such an act of betrayal. However, Laluksola Borphukan did not listen to his noble niece.{{sfn\|Pathak\|2008\|p=13}}		Then, after a period of some years, it was proposed that Guwahati should be given to the Mughals and in return Laluksola, the viceroy of Ahoms at Guwahati will be made the king. When Ramani Gabharu came to know about it, she wrote a letter to her maternal uncle Laluksola Borphukan warning him not to do such an act of betrayal. However, Laluksola Borphukan did not listen to his noble niece.{{sfn\|Pathak\|2008\|p=13}}

			==Death==
			Her death date is unknown.

			Though some put forward the theory that Ramani Gabharu was none other than [[Pari Bibi]].<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Assam: The Accord, The Discord}}</ref> This would put her death in 1678.


	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|Empress consort of Muhammad Azam Shah}}
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'''Ramani Gabharu''' (also '''Rahmat Banu Begum'''; born {{circa}} 1656), was the princess of [[Kingdom of Assam]] and the first wife of titular Mughal Emperor [[Muhammad Azam Shah]]. She was sent to the Mughal harem as part of the [[Treaty of Ghilajharighat]].

She was the only daughter of [[Chao Pha|Chaopha]] [[Sutamla]], king of [[Ahom kingdom]] and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the daughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. She was the niece of [[Lachit Borphukan]] and [[Laluksola Borphukan]]. She famously resisted [[Laluksola Borphukan]]'s plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband.

==Early life==
Ramani Gabharu was born as Ahom princess, and was the only daughter of Swargadeo [[Sutamla|Jayadhwaj Singha]], king of [[Ahom Dynasty]] and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the Tamuli Kuwari.<ref>{{cite book|first=Maheswar|last=Neog|title=Lachit Barphukan: The Victor of the Battle of Saraighat|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|year=1983|pages=28}}</ref> Her birth name was Ramani Gabharu, and was also known as Nangchen Gabharu and Maina Gabharu.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |first=Dayananda |last=Pathak |title=Pickings from the Cottonian |publisher=Cotton College Centenary Celebration Committee, Cotton College|year=2002|pages=102}}</ref>

She was the maternal granddaughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua, an able administrator and the commander-in-chief of the army in the [[Ahom kingdom]], and the niece of [[Lachit Borphukan]] and [[Laluksola Borphukan]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Malaysankar |last=Bhattacharyya |first2=Ghosh |last2=Anandagopal |title=Studies in history and archaeology: a miscellany |publisher=Indian Institute of Oriental Studies and Research |year=1989 |pages=58}}</ref> known for their participation in the [[Battle of Saraighat]] that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by [[Mughal Army|Mughal forces]] under the command of [[Ram Singh I]] to take back [[Greater Kamrup|Kamrup]].

==Marriage==
When [[Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam|Mir Jumla invaded Jayadhwaj's kingdom]] and defeated him in the war, he made a truce with [[Mir Jumla II|Mir Jumla]] on a condition for which his daughter Ramani Gabharu had to be sent to the Mughal's imperial harem when she was only six, along with the princess of the Tipam King as ransom.<ref>{{cite book |first=Anjali |last=Sarma |title=Among the Luminaries in Assam: A Study of Assamese Biography |publisher=Mittal Publications|year=1990|pages=188|isbn=978-8-170-99207-3}}</ref> Her father had to bound to deliver her daughter as a war indemnity at Aurangzeb's court on 15 January 1663.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jadunath|last=Sarkar|title=Maasir-i-Alamgiri: A History of Emperor Aurangzib-Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta|year=1947}}</ref> She was given the Muslim name of Rahmat Banu Begum after her conversion to Islam, and was brought up in the imperial harem.<ref>{{cite book|title=Islamic Culture - Volumes 21-22|publisher=Islamic Culture Board|year=1971|pages=112}}</ref> Five years later, she was married to Aurangzeb's son Muhammad Azam Shah on Sunday, 13 May 1668, with a dowry of 1,80,000 rupees at [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Suryya Kumar|last=Bhuyan|title=Atan Buragohain and His Times: A History of Assam, from the Invasion of Nawab Mir Jumla in 1662-63, to the Termination of Assam-Mogul Conflicts in 1682|publisher=Lawyer's Book stall|year=1957|pages=31}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite book|first=S. S.|last=Shashi|title=Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh|publisher=Anmol Publications|year=1996|pages=2078|isbn=978-8-170-41859-7}}</ref>

By the time, [[Guwahati]] was recovered from the Mughals by king [[Supangmung]] with the help of famous Ahom general Lachit Borphukan in the famous battle of [[Battle of Saraighat]]. Lachit Borphukan earned much fame by defeating famous Mughal general Ram Singha in this battle. Had there been no Lachit Borphukan, the general of the Ahom Army, it would have been utterly impossible on the part of the Ahoms to win the battle. In that case Guwahati would have remained as the part of Mughal Empire as before. Even after being defeated in the hands of Lachit Bagphukanas, Ram Singh I spoke highly of the manifold qualities of the Ahom Soldiers.{{sfn|Pathak|2008|p=12}}

Then, after a period of some years, it was proposed that Guwahati should be given to the Mughals and in return Laluksola, the viceroy of Ahoms at Guwahati will be made the king. When Ramani Gabharu came to know about it, she wrote a letter to her maternal uncle Laluksola Borphukan warning him not to do such an act of betrayal. However, Laluksola Borphukan did not listen to his noble niece.{{sfn|Pathak|2008|p=13}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first=Guptajit|last=Pathak|title=Assamese Women in Indian Independence Movement: With a Special Emphasis on Kanaklata Barua|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=2008|isbn=978-8-183-24233-2}}

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