A report on Assam

Map of Eastern Bengal and Assam during 1907–1909
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. The Assam Province (initially as the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam) can be seen towards the north-eastern side of India.
Showing a historical incident at Kanaklata Udyan, Tezpur
Blooming of Kopou Orchid marks the beginning of the festive season of Bihu in Assam.
People gathered at Kamakhya Temple for the Ambubachi Mela
Kamakhya Temple
Basistha Temple in Guwahati.
7th–8th century specimen of Assamese (Kamarupi) literature
Brahmaputra valley region of Assam
1. Tinskia 2. Dibrugarh 3. Dhemaji 4. Charaideo 5. Sivasagar 6.Lakhimpur 7. Majuli 8. Jorhat 9. Biswanath 10. Golaghat 11. Karbi Anglong 12. Sonitpur 13. Nagaon 14. Hojai 15. Karbi Anglong West 16. Dima Hasao 17. Cachar 18. Hailakandi 19. Karimganj 20. Morigaon 21. Udalguri 22. Darrang 23. Kamrup Metro 24. Baksa 25. Nalbari 26. Kamrup 27. Barpeta 28. Chirang 29. Bongaigaon 30. Goalpara 31. Kokrajhar 32. Dhubri 33. South Salmara Mankachar 34. Bajali
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The image represent's Dimaraji proposed state map
Barak Valley
Per capita income of Assam since 1950
A paddy field in Assam
A tea garden in Assam: tea is grown at elevations near sea level, giving it a malty sweetness and an earthy flavor, as opposed to the more floral aroma of highland (e.g. Darjeeling, Taiwanese) teas
Assamese women busy planting paddy seedlings in their agricultural field in Pahukata village in the Nagaon district of Assam
A group of 'Husori' for the occasion of Assamese Bohag Bihu in their traditional attire.
Dakhinpat Satra of Majuli
Girl in traditional Mekhela chador dress with a Dhol wrapped with Gamosa
A decorative Assamese Jaapi laid over a Gamosa
A Bihu dancer blowing a pepa (horn)
A beautifully adorned Jaapi
Mising girls dancing during Ali Ai Ligang (Spring Festival)
Actors of Abinaswar Gosthi performs the play "Surjya Mandirot Surjyasta" directed by Dipok Borah
Assamese Thali
An ethnic preparation of Ghost chili chicken curry of Assam
Lakshminath Bezbaroa, one of the foremost figures of Assamese literature.
Imaginary portrait of Srimanta Sankardeva by Bishnu Prasad Rabha
School girls in the classroom, Lakhiganj High School, Assam
Cotton University, Guwahati
Academic complex of IIT Guwahati
National Institute of Technology, Silchar
Jorhat Engineering College of Assam Science and Technology University
Sattriya Dance
Bodo dance Bagurumba
Jhumair dance in Tea garden
Nagara
Bhupen Hazarika
Assamese youth performing Bihu Dance
Statue of Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and Phani Sarma at District Library, Guwahati.
Lil Bahadur Chettri
Citra Bhagavata illustration
A folio from the Hastividyarnava manuscript
<center>A page of manuscript painting from Assam; The medieval painters used locally manufactured painting materials such as the colours of hangool and haital and papers manufactured from aloewood bark</center>
Bell metal made sorai and sophura are important parts of culture
Assam Kahor (Bell metal) Kahi

State in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Tigers in Bandipur National Park

Bengal tiger

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Population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies.

Population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies.

Tigers in Bandipur National Park
A young female in Kanha National Park
Tigers killed by King George V in Nepal in 1911
A tiger attacking a Sambar deer in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
A male and female interact with each other in Karnataka
Tigers at Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
The British Lion's Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger, Punch cartoon from 1857

The white tiger is a recessive mutant, which is reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar, and especially in the former State of Rewa.

Durga Puja, the most notable Hindu festival for Bengali Hindus.

Bengali Hindus

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Ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, and Assam's Barak Valley region.

Ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, and Assam's Barak Valley region.

Durga Puja, the most notable Hindu festival for Bengali Hindus.
Devi Durga Sculpture by Sandalwood. Found in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Now kept in Indian Museum, Kolkata.
Dancing Ganesha sculpture from North Bengal, 11th century CE, Asian Art Museum of Berlin (Dahlem).
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Swami Vivekananda was a leading figure of the Bengal Renaissance Vivekananda at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893)
Signature dish of Bengali: Fish And Rice.
Savitri-Satyavan story on Kalighat Painting, 3rd quarter of the 19th century.
Durga Puja, the largest festival of Bengali Hindus
Kali Puja, a major festival of Bengal
Rath Yatra at Dhamrai in Dhaka district, Bangladesh
A traditional Durga idol
The Bengali Hindu diaspora celebrate Durga Puja all over the world.
Ichhai Ghosher Deul at Gourangapur in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal. (India)
Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka. (Bangladesh)
Baro-chala Buro Shiva temple at Jalshara in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. (India)
Devi Manasa with her husband Jaratkaru & son Astik flanked by Nagas, 11th century Pala period statue from Bengal

The Raj, however, carried out some restructuring, and carved out Bengali Hindu majority districts like Manbhum, Singbhum, Santal Pargana and Purnia awarding them to Bihar and others like Cachar that were awarded to Assam, which effectively made the Bengali Hindus a minority in the united province of Bengal.

Gateway of Surya Pahar

Sri Surya Pahar

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Gateway of Surya Pahar
Shiv temple at Surya Pahar
Ruins at Surya Pahar
Jain temple
Notice Board at Surya Pahar
Ruins of Sri Surya Pahar,

Sri Surya Pahar is located about 12 km southeast of Goalpara, about 132 km northwest of Guwahati, is a significant but relatively unknown archaeological site in Assam, India.

Nepali language

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Indo-Aryan language of the sub-branch of Eastern Pahari.

Indo-Aryan language of the sub-branch of Eastern Pahari.

The Damupal Inscription in Dullu, Dailekh
Copper Inscription by King of Doti, Raika Mandhata Shahi, at Saka Era 1612 (1747 BS) in old Khas language using Devanagari script
Bhanubhakta Acharya, Aadi Kavi in Nepali-language literature

It has a significant number of speakers in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Uttarakhand.

National flag of Boroland used by NDFB

National Democratic Front of Boroland

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Armed separatist outfit which sought to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people.

Armed separatist outfit which sought to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people.

National flag of Boroland used by NDFB

The group has carried out several attacks in Assam, targeting non-Bodo civilians as well as the security forces.

Dhubri district

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Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib at Dhubri
Chilarai statue at Dhubri Town
Historic Panbari Mosque at Dhubri
Inside look of Historic Panbari Mosque at Dhubri
Historic Netai Dhubunir Ghat at Dhubri
Bhola Nath College at Dhubri

Dhubri District (Pron:ˈdʊbri) is an administrative district in the Indian state of Assam.

Garo people

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Garo Women and head of Garo Boy
The traditional house of Garo tribes
A Garo woman, 1912
Garo Boy in traditional dress
Garo girl in traditional dress
A Garo woman with traditional ornaments
Young Garo girls in traditional dress before the start of a festival in Resubelpara in 2016
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A 'Wangala' drummer of Garo Tribe of Meghalaya at the Republic Day Folk Dance Festival 2004 which was inaugurated by the President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on January 24, 2004

The Garo are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, living mostly in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, and Nagaland, and in neighboring areas of Bangladesh, including Madhupur, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Sylhet, Rangamati.

Lachit Barphukan's Statue at Jorhat, Assam, India.

Lachit Borphukan

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Lachit Barphukan's Statue at Jorhat, Assam, India.
Lachit bust at National Defense Academy.
Lachit Bhawan inside Lachit maidam.
Lachit Barphukan's maidam at Hoolungapara, Jorhat.
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Lachit Borphukon's Statue near Church field, Tezpur.

Lachit Borphukan (24 November 1622 - 25 April 1672) was a commander and Borphukan, in the Ahom kingdom, located in present-day Assam, India, known for his leadership in the 1671 Battle of Saraighat that thwarted a drawn-out attempt by Mughal forces under the command of Ramsingh I to take over Ahom kingdom.

Greater adjutant

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Member of the stork family, Ciconiidae.

Member of the stork family, Ciconiidae.

Greater adjutant in water (Kaziranga, Assam)
"Gigantic Crane" from Latham's General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801)
Photographic study of the "martial" gait by Eadweard Muybridge (circa 1887).
Greater adjutant stork in breeding plumage, perched near nest (Assam)
An 1855 illustration depicting the stork hunting a snake
Engraving showing adjutants at the cremation ghat in Calcutta, c. 1877
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Science is Measurement (1879) by Henry Stacy Marks
A view of Calcutta in 1819 by R. Havell Jr. based on James Baillie Fraser showing a number of greater adjutants standing on the buildings

Once found widely across southern Asia, mainly in India but extending east to Borneo, the greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only three breeding populations; two in India, with the largest colony in Assam, a smaller one around Bhagalpur; and another breeding population in Cambodia.

State of Assam

Assam separatist movements

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State of Assam

Assam separatist movements refers to a series of multiple insurgent and separatist movements that are or have been operating the in Northeast Indian state of Assam.