[10][11] As Borphukan, he worked to develop Lower Assam by organising new villages, instituting crafts classes for women and taking a census of the population.

[18] Beginning in the early twentieth century, a few localities in Upper Assam began commemorating November 24 as Lachit Dibox (trans.

"[5][b] Nonetheless, the legend survived in the backwaters of Assamese nationalism, with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) — a secessionist organization seeking the creation of an independent and sovereign Assam — extensively using Lachit's imagery for propaganda.

[19][c] Lachit's memory would be significantly appropriated by the state only under the governorship of Srinivas Kumar Sinha;[d] Sharma, writing as of 2004, found that it was no more the ULFA but the Government of Assam that tried the most to bring him into prominence.

[24][19][5][25] His fellow commanders in the Saraighat War included Assamese Muslims, also known as "Gariya" and the most famous among them was Ismail Siddique, locally known as Bagh Hazarika.