Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is a regional public holiday that is celebrated every year on 24th November in the Indian State _________.

The Correct Answer is Assam . Key Points Lachit Divas (Lachit Day) is a regional public holiday is celebrated every year on 24th November in the Indian state of Assam. The Assamese government celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Lachit Borphukan , the legendary Ahom army general, on this holiday. The Mughal Empire was influential over large swathes of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th century. The empire also had eyes on Assam, which was part of the Kingdom of Ahom, stretching from the Deccan plateau in South India to Afghanistan and Kashmir in the north. Chao Lachit was an Assam army general (Borphukan) who fought aggressively to curb the rise of the Mughal Empire in Assam, reversing the region's Mughal territorial gains. Lachit was the commander of the Battle of Saraighat, which was fought in 1671 between the Mughals and the Ahom Kingdom on the River Brahmaputra in Saraighat, now in Guwahati.