Undivided Goalpara district
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The Undivided Goalpara district.
Establishment
Historical background
The region was part of
Constituting Goalpara
In anticipation of a rapture with the Burmese, the eastern frontier was placed under a military command, with David Scott appointed as an Agent of the Governor-General to oversee the political aspect of the Northeast Frontier and the Assam affairs.
In March 1833 the erstwhile "Northeast Rangpur" was constituted as the Goalpara district.
See also
Notes
- ^ http://lsi.gov.in/library/handle/123456789/3171 [dead link]
- ^ "In 1658, the Ahoms advanced again, occupied Goalpara and held it for three years but were compelled to retreat before Mir Jumla's army". (Dutta 1995, p. 8)
- ^ " Ahom territory (i e, by and large, the Brahmaputra Valley without the Goalpara district)."(Guha 1983, p. 9)
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 8)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, pp. 4–5)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, p. 5)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, pp. 5–6)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, p. 6)
- ^ "The territory on the (west)—Biswanath to Goalpara—was known as western Assam; but another name—Lower Assam—gradually came into use" (Bannerjee 1992, p. 9)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, p. 53)
References
- Bannerjee, A C (1992). "Chapter 1: The New Regime, 1826-31". In Barpujari, H K (ed.). The Comprehensive History of Assam: Modern Period. Vol. IV. Guwahati: Publication Board, Assam. pp. 1–43.
- Dutta, Birendranath (1995). A Study of the Folk Culture of the Goalpara Region of Assam. Guwahati, Assam: University Publication Department, Gauhati University.
- Hunter, William Wislon (1879). A Statistical Account of Assam. Vol. 1. Trübner & co. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- Guha, Amalendu (December 1983), "The Ahom Political System: An Enquiry into the State Formation Process in Medieval Assam (1228-1714)", Social Scientist, 11 (12): 3–34, JSTOR 3516963