Suklingphaa (ruled 1795–1811), or Kamaleswar Singha, was a king of the Ahom kingdom. He came to power when he was a toddler, and died in his teens during a small pox epidemic. The de facto ruler during his reign was Purnanada Burhagohain, who was able to consolidate power after installing him on the throne; and his parents Kadamdighala and Numali also were very powerful. Kamaleswar Singha's reign witnessed the suppression of Moamoria rebellion and restoration of Ahom rule over Upper Assam. The Dundiya Revolution in Kamrup was also suppressed during his reign. In Nagaon, the Ahom army also managed to defeat a coalition of Moamoria rebels and the Kacharis of Kachari Kingdom. Much of this was the handiwork of Purnananda Burhagohain and not Kamaleshwar Singha.

Kinaram was the eldest son of Kadamdighala Gohain and Numali and barely an infant when he became the king. Kadamdighala was the grandson of Lechai Namrupia Raja, the younger son of Supatphaa (Gadadhar Singha) and the younger brother of Sukhrungphaa (Rudra Singha). Lechai was suspected of conspiracy by his brother-king and was mutilated and banished, but was later re-established. Kadamdighala showed gallantry in an operation again the Moamoria rebels but was not himself eligible to be on the throne since he was mutilated in an eye. Kamaleswar has two siblings, one sister named Maju Aideo and one brother Sudingphaa (Chandrakanta Singha), who was born after Kinaram had ascended the throne.

Kadamdighala Gohain was holding the titular rank of Charing Raja when in 1795 the reigning monarch Suhitpangphaa (Gaurinath Singha) died at Jorhat. Since the king has no heir he entrusted Purnananda Burhagohain to select the next king who raised the elder son of Kadamdighala Gohain, Kinaram Gohain as the new king of the Ahom Kingdom, who was then a mere baby of less than two years old. Kinaram was proclaimed the sovereign of the Ahom Kingdom and was placed on the throne at the Dichoi camp. The Tai-Ahom priests conferred upon him the title Suklingphaa. The name 'Kamaleswar Singha' was sent down to Calcutta for being impressed on the coin.^{[better source needed]}

At the time of Kamaleswar Singha's accession, situation of the country was far from stable. Moamoria rebels were still at large and reports of more revolts in other parts of the country aggravate the situation. Neighbouring hill tribes were conducting frequent raids in the villages in the Brahmaputra valley, threatening peace and security of the common people. Many Assamese people fled to neighboring Cachar, Jaintia and British ruled province of Bengal. Agriculture, trade and commerce came to complete halt. On account of depleted finances of the state, for the first time, the traditional Tai-Ahom ceremony of coronation, the Singarigharutha of Kamaleswar Singha was postponed. Such a ceremony usually cost 400,000 rupees during those days. To make matters worse, the administration was full of corrupt and incompetent officials, who at times also proved their disloyalty towards the central authority, by taking sides with rebels or by declaring their independence from Ahom rule. Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain was determined to restore the lost glory of Ahom Kingdom. Immediately after Kamaleswar Singha's accession, the real power behind the throne, Purnananda Burhagohain made a clean sweep of the officials who were opposed to him and appointed his nearest relatives in positions of trust and responsibility, and having done so, devoted all his effort to the restoration of order throughout the country.

Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain knew that a well-trained, fully armed and regularly paid standing army is very essential to maintain order in the country. During the reign of the previous monarch, Suhitpangphaa (Gaurinath Singha), he had witnessed how a small group of disciplined, well-armed and well-trained British troop had defeated large groups of Moamoria rebels. Therefore, remodeling of Ahom army in the line of British troops began during the reign of Gaurinath Singha, which was continued and extended during the reign of Kamaleswar Singha. In 1803 CE, Purnananda Burhagohain dispatched an embassy, consisting of Baloram Khangia Phukan, Bhudhar Chaliha Changkakati, Madhuram Bora, Govindram Sarma Khound and Tanusyam Sarma Khound under the leadership of his son Orekhanath Dhekial Phukan to the Governor-General of British India, Lord Wellesley with formal request to supply a quota of well-trained sepoys and large quantity of arms and weapons The Ahom envoys made over to the Governor-General 2000 gold mohurs (coins) and 10,000 silver rupees as present from the Ahom government to substantiate the request. The supplies solicited by Purnananda Burhagohain were readily granted; and with their help the Ahom army was organised on up-do-date lines. Local Assamese people from Bacha and Dayang regions were recruited in the army and were trained in modern methods of weaponry and warfare with the help of these sepoys from British army. The army was divided into eighteen companies of one hundred soldiers each. Chandra Gohain, a relation of the Premier, was appointed Captain, and he was subsequently raised to the rank of a Major and then Colonel. The commander had under him a gradation of Subedars and Jamadars. Later, detachments of the new force were garrisoned at Guwahati, Jorhat, Sadiya and Mahang.

In the depleted state of the royal treasury, it was found difficult to provide funds to pay the wages of the sepoys. The Mahantas or Adhikars, the spiritual heads of the Sattras (Vaishnavite religious monasteries) were called upon to assist by contributing sums according to the following scale: rupees 4,000 from every principal Sattra; rupees 400 from a Sattra of intermediate rank; rupees 100 from each of the minor Sattras; and rupees 50 each from still smaller Sattras. The Borbarua summoned the Khataniars or representatives of various Sattras and accordingly ordered them to collect the sum. With the sum thus raised the sepoys were paid their monthly wages.

Meanwhile, serious risings were reported from Kamrup. Popular sources attributes the cause of revolt was maladministration of Badan Chandra Borphukan, the then viceroy of Guwahati as well as Lower Assam. It is said that Badan Chandra Borphukan and his subordinate officers, who were mostly recruited from Upper Assam, use to mock the indigenous ethnic groups of Lower Assam people as Dhekeri (maybe because of their unique dialect) Also they use to heap other insults and humiliations to the Lower Assam people. Some people appeal to the Ahom King and to the Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain complaining against Badan Chandra's atrocities. But the Central Ahom administration was more focused in restoring Ahom administration in Upper Assam which was badly affected by Moamoria rebellion and therefore they failed to understand the serious nature of dissatisfaction that was rising among the people of Kamrup against Badan Chandra Borphukan. Two brothers Haradatta Choudhury and Bir Datta Choudhary from Jikeri located in North Kamrup, raised a band of Kacharis, Kaibartas and others, declared themselves independent from Ahom rule. Both were previously officers under Borphukan, the Ahom viceroy at Guwahati. Large number of people flocked to their standard, and nearly the whole of North Kamrup fell into their hands. It is said that the Koch rulers of Cooch Bihar and Bijni secretly aided the rebels, hoping to recover Kamrup from Ahom rulers, which was part of erstwhile Koch Kingdom. Local sources from Kamrup termed the acts of these two brothers as patriotic attempt to free the common people from autocratic administration of Badan Chandra Borphukan, while contemporary Ahom historians and sources mocked these rebels as Dundiyas, which literally mean people who like to quarrel or engaged in petty fights.

Badan Chandra Borphukan was unable suppress the rebellion, and therefore, Purnananda Burhagohain appointed Kalia Bhomora from Sandikai family (one of the prominent Ahom family), as the new Borphukan of Guwahati. Kalia Bhomora Borphukan was an energetic and resourceful man. The rebels were threatening the Ahom garrison in Guwahati and there was no hope of any reinforcements from Purnananda Burhagohain who himself, was engaged in the restoration of Ahom rule in Upper Assam. In this critical hour, Kalia Bhomora Borphukan undertook the task of restoring Ahom rule in Kamrup on his own shoulder. He gathered some mercenaries along with some local levies obtained from the Ahom's vassal rulers, the Rajah of Beltola and Dimarua. With this force, Kalia Bhomora Borphukan crossed the Brahmaputra river, attacked and defeated the rebel forces. Meanwhile, dissension broke out in the rebel camp. Many people of Kamrup were dissatisfied by the overbearing conduct and autocratic leadership of Har Datta Choudhary and his brother Bir Datta Choudhary. The brothers tried to escape, but eventually they were caught and put to a painful death. Some of the mercenaries, who had joined the rank of the rebels, tried to cross over to the southern bank of Brahmaputra under the leadership of two Jamidars Bajusing and Alosing. Kalia Bhomora Borphukan encountered them on the river bank at Kamakhya, in which the rebels were defeated resulting in the death of a large number of mercenaries. The Dundiya revolution in Kamrup came to an end. Having received this intelligence Kamaleswar Singha and the Prime Minister Purnananda Burhagohain was delighted and presented to Kalia Bhomora Borphukan a japi or ethnic Asian conical hat with a peak of gold. The King also conferred upon him the title of Pratap-ballabh, literally, 'one whose friend is valour'.