The news of this valour reached the Ahom king Chakradhwaj Singha and he called the young man to his court to display his strength.

This event marks the beginning of the legend of the brave Bagh ("Tiger" in Assamese language) Hazarika that culminated in his acts of bravery during Battle of Saraighat.

[1] In this first conflict, the Mughal forces were well entrenched on the hills of the north bank of the Brahmaputra River with a chain of gigantic cannons.

That night an advance party led by Bagh Hazarika along with a few soldiers crossed the Brahmaputra by boat and landed on the northern bank of the river and laid in wait for the right moment.

Bagh Hazarika thus went down in the annals of Assam history as a highly skilled front ranking military officer.