Suhitpangphaa reign (1780–1795), also Gaurinath Singha, was an Ahom king of the Ahom kingdom. He lost his capital Rangpur to the Moamoria rebellion and camped in the Nagaon and Guwahati region till Captain Welsh removed the rebels. Thereafter he established his capital at Jorhat, the Burhagohain's base during the rebellion. Reign The nobles placed Gaurinath Singh on the throne and he was installed with the usual ceremonies. He caused the other princes of the blood to be mutilated to disqualify them for succession. The Bar Barua was chosen by him as his Chief adviser and at his instigation the Bar Gohain and several of his near relatives were beheaded on the allegation that the Bar Gohain was against Gaurinath Singh’s accession. The Bar Barua himself offended the king by transacting affairs without consulting him and was dismissed and deprived of his possessions. Burning of Capital Gaurinath became the disciple of a son of Ramananda Acharya. A bitter enemy of the Moamarias, he lost no opportunity of oppressing them and goaded them into a fresh rebellion. One night in April, 1782 a band of Moamarias attached themselves to the king’s party, disguising themselves as torch-bearers, when the king was returning to Garhgaon after a fishing expedition and thus gaining admittance to the town, attacked and killed several of the king’s attendants. The king could escape to the palace on an elephant. The insurgents who wanted to set fire to the town were driven away by the Burha Gohain who arrived with soldiers in time?. The insurgents next marched to Rangpur, broke open the gates of the town, paraded the streets, killed whomsoever they met and set fire to houses and put local officers to flight. The Burha Gohain came and dispersed them?. The energetic and capable Burha Gohain advised conciliatory methods for winning over the malcontents and had his advice been followed, the Moamarias perhaps would not have given further trouble. The new BarBarua advised whole-sale extermination of the Moamarias, which commended itself to the cruel and vindictive nature of the king. Massacre of the insurgents A general massacre of the Moamarias was proclaimed ; many thousands including women and children were put to death, four sons of the deposed Bar Barua were blinded for having been cognisant of the rising. These atrocities fanned the flames of disaffection. A Mahanta, of the Jakhalabandha Gosain’s family hatched a conspiracy at Jayasagar and