Portal:Assam

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Assam ([æˈsæm], <phonos file="Assam.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; Assamese: অসম Ôxôm, /ɔxɔm/) is a northeastern state of India. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km²). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a narrow strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck". Assam shares international borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh; and cultures, peoples and climate with South-East Asia – important elements in India’s Look East policy. Assam became a part of the British India after the British occupied the region following the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824–1826. (more)Template:/box-footer Bishnu Prasad Rava was a multifaceted artist and revolutionary singer of Assam. A doyen of the Arts, he is popularly known as Kala Guru. Bishnu Prasad Rava was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 31 January 1909. From an early stage, he played an active role in the struggle for Indian independence. He came to be influenced by left wing ideas and came close to the Communist Party of India. However, when Germany attacked Soviet Union during second world war and the Indian communists decided to work with the British government, a section of the party favoured a different approach - to oppose British imperialism and Fascism simultaneously. There are more than hundred songs composed by him. His songs are collectively called as Bishnu Rava Sangeet. This was a new genre of Assamese. (more...) The Peacock Island is a small river island of the river Brahmaputra, is located near Guwahati city, is known as smallest inhabited Riverine Island in the world. It is the place of Umananda Devaloi (Shiva Temple) which was built by the Ahom King Gadadhar Singha (1681–1696) Country boats that are available on the bank of Brahmaputra take the visitors to the island. The mountain on which the temple has been built is known as Bhasmacala. (more...) 1.... that the Brahmaputra's upper course was long unknown, and its identity with the Yarlung Tsangpo was only established by exploration in 1884–86? 2.... that Camellia sinensis is the species of plant whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage tea? 3.... that a total of six Tai language were spoken in Assam, although two are now extinct - Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, Khamti, Khamyang (critically endangered), Ahom (extinct), Turung (extinct)? 4.... that the Talatal Ghar, together with its above-ground counterpart the Kareng Ghar, is also the largest of all Ahom monuments? 5.... that the First Anglo-Burmese War ended under the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, with the East India Company taking control of Assam? 6.... that Assam is divided into 27 administrative districts, 49 sub-divisions, 219 development-blocks, 206 police stations and 2489 village panchayats covering 26247 villages? 7.... that Assam is a major producer of crude oil and it accounts for about 15% of India's crude output, exploited by the Assam Oil Company Ltd., natural gas in India and is the second place in the world (after Titusville in the United States)? Template:/box-header Template:/WikiProjects Template:/box-footer GS Road, the main commercial hub of Guwahati at night The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: References What are portals? List of portals Featured portals