Border peace goodwill meeting in Selenghat

In an attempt to foster peace and tranquility between the people of Assam and Nagaland, a goodwill conclave was held at Selenghat, Jorhat district in memory of late Sati Joymoti, the wife of legendary Ahom King Godadhor Hingha, organized by a conglomeration of 20 villages bordering the foothills.
According to a press release, the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) initiated a proactive role in this conclave for an effective coordination amongst the people. BPCC (A-N) vice president Imsu Jamir led the delegation, which comprised executives from both the sides.
It is to be mentioned that during 1680s due to some unwarranted situation in the Ahom kingdom, sensing trouble, Sati Joymoti persuaded her husband Godadhar Hingha (the eligible king) to go on exile and took shelter in the Naga Hills.
In order to find his whereabouts, the kingdom’s army arrested Godadhar’s wife Sati Joymoti and tortured her in the infamous “Jerenga Pathar” near Rongpur (Sivasagar). She died there after eighteen days of torture by the army. It was fact that on knowing his beloved wife’s fate, Godadhar came to see her in disguise with his Naga friends but Sati Joymoti on recognizing him pleaded to run away before the army gets him.
It was thus, Godadhar Hingha lived with the Nagas in different ranges in the Naga Hills for nearly two and half years where he befriended with them.
Later, he became King and married a Naga woman from Tanghai village (Mon dist) and made her queen. Godadhar Hingha emphasized for good relations between Ahoms and Nagas where he was regarded the best king amongst all the Ahom kings who could establish good relations with Naga people and turned the ferocious warriors from neighbourhood to brotherhood.
In his goodwill message, Imsu Jamir exhorted the gathering to imbibe the good relations that existed between the people more than four centuries ago.
The Nagas, even today, remembered the fond memoirs that existed with the Godadhar king and his subjects.
He appealed to all citizens of the either side of the people to uphold the age old good relations and vow for peace and tranquility for all round development in this border region. The meeting was attended by a large number of people from around twenty villages.