Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, boasts many bazaars, temples, and wildlife sanctuaries.

The district boasts the largest population of hoolock gibbons in Assam.

Tinsukia boasts some of the finest malls and restaurants in upper Assam.

He was born while his father was on a tour of the neighbouring state of Assam, spreading God's word. There is a famous saying that a ruler was destined to be born in a land where, intelligent and strong he would lead the Sikhs as a brave warrior and so it was that he was born by the side of the Holy Ganges ( present day Patna Sahib ) where he learned Persian and Sanskrit when he was a child and was also trained to become a warrior.

In India, in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Orissa, it is called kanh and kansa and is used for cooking and eating utensils, with Sarthebari in Assam and Balakati near Bhubaneswar most famous for this craft.

File: Arijit ssk. JPG | Mannequins draped in traditional Assamese Bihu attire depicting the famous Bihu dance of Assam

Bhairabkund is a famous picnic spot in Assam.

1946 ) at Dhubri is one of the oldest and famous institutes in Assam.

The folk-lores of the Karbis, however, indicate that during the long past, once they used to live on the banks of the rivers the Kalang and the Kapili and the entire Kajiranga area, the famous National Park situated in Assam, was within their habitation.

There are three most famous regions in Indian to produce black teas-Darjeeling, Assam and Nilgiri.

Pramathesh Barua, the famous Bengali film personality, who was the Maharaja of Gouripur ( Assam ), also lived on Ballygunge Circular Road ( now named Pramathesh Barua Sarani ).

Many wildlife sanctuaries and national park like Manas National Park in Assam, Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Buxa National Park, Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Reserve and the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal are located in this region.

* 1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

* 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam ( b. 1926 )

* Assamese New Year ( Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu ) is celebrated on 14 – 15 April in the Indian state of Assam.

In 1826, British India gained a common border with China after the British wrested control of Manipur and Assam from the Burmese, following the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 – 1826.

* 1826 – Britain annexes Assam.

* April – Ahom King Swargadeo Chakradhwaj Singha or Supangmung of Assam, India

* date unknown – Suremphaa – King of Assam

* April – Battle of Saraighat: The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan defeats the Mughal forces on the outskirts of present day Guwahati, of then sovereign Assam.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( also transliterated Caitanya, IAST ) ( 1486 – 1534 ) was a Vaishnava saint and social reformer in eastern India ( specifically present-day Bangladesh and states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Assam, and Orissa of India ) in the 16th century, worshipped by followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the full incarnation of Lord Krishna.

Srimanta Sankardeva's ( 1449 – 1568 ) propagated his school of thought, called Ekasarana Dharma, in the greater Assam region.

* T. m. maximus is a large montane subspecies found from eastern Afghanistan east through the Himalayas between 3200 and 4800 metres ( 10, 560 – 16, 000 ft ) to Sikkim, Assam, southern Tibet and western Szechwan, China.

Tai – Kadai, an ethnic group dispersed from Assam to Taiwan, is a diverse group, and yet its genetic structure shows a distinctive profile, different from those of the other groups in East and Southeast Asia, although some resemblance between Tai – Kadai and Austronesian groups, especially Taiwanese aborigines, is noticeable.

He conquered Arakan in 1784, annexed Manipur in 1813, and captured Assam in 1817 – 1819, leading to a long ill-defined border with British India.

Bodawpaya's successor King Bagyidaw was left to put down British instigated rebellions in Manipur in 1819 and Assam in 1821 – 1822.

* Mooga silk – Assam

The last name " Singh " is in fact used by a wider population from Bihar Jharkhand Punjab to Uttar Pradesh and from Kashmir down into Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharastra to Uttarakhand as well as the far eastern states of Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Sikkim, and even Bhutan, spanning the entire subcontinent and even reaching Southeast Asia, where in Thailand, as the Chakri Dynasty strove to empower Siam after the fall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Singh Singhaseni ( 1777 – 1849 ) was a prominent general, and Chao (" Lord ") Racha Wong Singh governed Yasothon, 1815 – 1823.

AASU then constituted the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad ( AAGSP ) which consisted of representatives of various organizations including the Asom Sahitya Sabha, two regional political parties – Asom Jatiyabadi Dal and Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad, the Sadau Asom Karmachari Parishad, Asom Jatiyabadi Yuva-Chatra Parishad, Asom Yuvak Samaj, All Assam Central and semi-Central Employees ’ Association etc.

A national convention of the people of Assam, organised at Golaghat on October 13 – 14, 1985 decided that a regional political party under the name and style of Asom Gana Parishad ( AGP ) be constituted, and the Asom Gana Parishad was finally launched at Golaghat on October 14, 1985.

The cultivation and production of Assam tea in the first two decades ( 1840 – 1860 ) were monopolised by the Assam Company, which operated in districts of Upper Assam and through the labour of the local Kachari labour.

Also known as ' Mini Kaziranga ', the Orang National Park is situated on the northern bank of the river Brahmaputra, in the state of Assam, covering an area of 78. 81 sq.

Kaziranga National Park (,, pronounced ) is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Fourteen years later, in 1968, the state government passed ' The Assam National Park Act of 1968 ', declaring Kaziranga a designated national park.

An ongoing separatist movement in Assam by the United Liberation Front of Asom ( ULFA ) has crippled the economy of the region, but Kaziranga has remained unaffected by the movement — in fact — instances of rebels from the United Liberation Front of Assam protecting the animals and, in extreme cases killing poachers, have been reported since the 1980s.

Kaziranga is located between latitudes 26 ° 30 ' N and 26 ° 45 ' N, and longitudes 93 ° 08 ' E to 93 ° 36 ' E within two districts in the Indian state of Assam — the Kaliabor subdivision of Nagaon district and the Bokakhat subdivision of Golaghat district.

* Department of Environment and Forests ( Government of Assam )– Kaziranga

The sanctuary holds the maximum number of rhinos population in India after Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

The success of this school prompted the establishment of another counter-insurgency training centre, the Kaziranga Special Jungle Warfare Training School in Assam.

* Manas National Park, a national park in the state of Assam, India

Wildlife sanctuary and a World Heritage Site ( declared by UNESCO ), situated in the Barpeta district of Assam and partly along Bhutan foothills, the Manas National Park is shelter to rare species of as many as 55 mammals, 50 reptiles, 380 birds and 3 amphibians.

By road it is from Imphal and from Guwahati ( Assam ) on the National Highway No. 53.

Category: National parks of Assam

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland, also known as NDFB or the Bodo Security Force, is an extremist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Bodoland for the Bodo people in Assam, India.

Rashtriya Democratic Alliance ( National Democratic Alliance ), was a front of five political parties contesting the 2001 state legislative assembly elections in the Indian state of Assam.

Asom Jatiya Sanmilan ( Assam National Conference ), a political party in the Indian state of Assam.

National Highway 31 connects Siliguri to Guwahati in Assam which is the most critical highway in the region, owing to the insurgents in the vicinity.

MNF emerged out of the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Indian central government towards the famine situation in the Mizo areas of the Assam state in 1959.

CC was formed ahead of the 2001 Assam assembly elections by a group of Indian National Congress dissidents.

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland was formed in 1980 to establish a Greater Nagaland, encompassing parts of Manipur, Nagaland, the north Cachar hills ( Assam ).

The Historic Panbari Mosques is situated on the National Highway 31, about 25 km east from Dhubri town, near Panbari and Rangamati, is considered to be the oldest mosque in the Indian state of Assam.

Considered as the commerce capital of Assam, the district is known for its best quality tea production, wood related products like Kitply, Merino Ply, National Ply etc.

He is a member of the Indian National Congress and has led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in Assam.

Gogoi was elected Chief Minister of Assam in 2001 after he led the Indian National Congress to victory in the state elections.

* Silver medal in skeet shooting at the 33rd National Games, Guwahati, Assam, 2007

The city of Jowai lies on the National Highway 44 ( NH 44 ) which connects Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and parts of Manipur, specifically Lamka ( Churachandpur ), where the Highway NH 44 is sole link to it.