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Chaolung Sukaphaa , also Siu-Ka-Pha, the first Ahom king in medieval Assam, was the founder of the Ahom kingdom.
A Tai prince originally from Mong Mao, the kingdom he established in 1228 existed for nearly six hundred years.
Since 1996 December 2 has been celebrated as the Sukaphaa Divas, or Asom Divas (Assam Day) in Assam.
Sukapha day commemorates the advent of the first king of the Ahom kingdom in Assam after his journey over the Patkai Hills.
According to Ahom tradition, Sukaphaa was a descendant of the god Khunlung, who had come down from the heavens and had ruled Mong-Ri-Mong-Ram.
The details of Sukaphaa's life and origins before his entry into Assam, available from different chronicles, both Ahom and non-Ahom.
Sukaphaa's father had earlier divided his Mong among his three sons, and Sukaphaa became the ruler of Mong Mit about 1209.
He married the daughters of Badaucha, the Matak Chief and Thakumatha, the Barahi chief and established cordial relations with them.
As he began establishing his domain, he avoided regions that were heavily populated.
The local Borahi and the Moran people, addressed Sukaphaa's people as "Ha-Cham", that later on developed into "Assam" or "Ahom".