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词条 Upper Assam Division
释义

  1. History

     Medieval  Ahom Kingdom (1228-1826)  Chutiya Kingdom (1187-1673) 

  2. Demographics

  3. Gallery

  4. Notes

  5. References

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Upper – Assam is an administrative division of the state of Assam comprising the undivided Lakhimpur and Sivasagar (previously, Sibsagar) districts, of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra valley. The other divisions are: Lower – Assam, North Assam and Hills and Barak Valley. The division is under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, stationed at Jorhat.

Consisting of 7 districts initially, the Upper – Assam division now contains 9 districts, that includes Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Charaideo, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia. While Charaideo and Majuli are the newest districts that were raised to district status in 2016,[1][2] Golaghat and Tinsukia are the biggest districts in terms square kilometre area in the region, raised to the district status in the years of 1987 and 1989 respectively.[3][4]

Dibrugarh,{{ref|1|1}} Golaghat{{ref|2|2}} and Jorhat{{ref|3|3}} are also the oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban centres (municipal areas) in the region based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, constituted before the Indian independence of 1947.[5]

An extended list of Upper – Assam region also includes the districts of Sonitpur, Karbi Anglong & Nagaon. The region is the most productive part of the state of Assam, which is rich in natural resources like coal, oil and natural gas as well as tea plantations.

Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Darrang, Morigaon, Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang, Kamrup, Barpeta & Nalbari come under Lower – Assam.

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History

Medieval

Ahom Kingdom (1228-1826)

The Ahom Kingdom was a kingdom in the Brahmaputra valley in Assam, India that maintained its sovereignty for nearly 600 years and successfully resisted Mughal expansion in North-East India. Established by Sukaphaa, a Tai prince from Mong Mao, it began as a Mong in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river. It expanded suddenly under Suhungmung in the 16th century and became multi-ethnic in character. The kingdom became weaker with the rise of the Moamoria rebellion, and subsequently fell to a succession of Burmese invasions. With the defeat of the Burmese after the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, control of the kingdom passed into British (East India Company) hands.

Chutiya Kingdom (1187-1673)

The Chutiya Kingdom was established by Birpal in 1187 on the northern bank of the river Brahmaputra. It was a powerful kingdom which had ruled for over 400 years in northeastern Assam and some areas of present-day Arunachal Pradesh, with the capital at Sadiya. The kingdom controlled almost the entire region of present Assam districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh as well as parts of Sonitpur, Golaghat, Jorhat and Sibsagar districts. In Arunachal Pradesh, it covered the districts bordering Assam.

Demographics

The Upper Assam division has a population of 7.56 million (24 percent of Assam's population). More than 80 percent of the people follow Hinduism with Islam as the second largest religion. More than 70 percent of the people speak Assamese with a sizeable Bengali and Hindi minority.

The major communities of Upper assam are Ahom, Chutia, Tea tribes, Mishing, Sonowal Kacharis, Moran, Matak, Deori, and Thengal Kacharis.

Gallery

Notes

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  • {{note|1|1}}  Formation of Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.[6]
  • {{note|2|2}}  Formation of Golaghat municipal region, 1920.[7]
  • {{note|3|3}}  Formation of Jorhat municipal region, 1909.[8]
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References

1. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.eastern-today.com/entries/blog/preparations-afoot-for-inauguration-of-charaideo-district-at-sonari|title=Preparations afoot for inauguration of Charaideo district at Sonari, The Eastern Today|work=ET Correspondent|date=10 February 2016}}
2. ^{{cite news | url=http://hindustantimes.com/indianews/assam-majuli-to-become-india-s-first-river-island-district/story-hzFoxSUxh3IpRpSeIqrhtM.html| title=Assam: Majuli becomes 1st river island district of India| work=Hindustan Times | date=27 June 2016| accessdate=28 June 2016| location=Guwahati}}
3. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | accessdate = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}
4. ^{{cite web |url =http://www.assaminfo.com/districts/|title=Various Districts in Assam}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZmusO1pWjUC|title=Quit India Movement In Assam|first=Anil Kumar|last=Sharma|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|accessdate=5 August 2016|via=Google Books}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|title=Dibrugarh Municipal Board}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/northeast/story_9079.jsp#.V0OXAZMrIcg|title=AGP lists civic poll candidates (Golaghat Municipal Board)|publisher=|accessdate=5 August 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|title=Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam|access-date=2016-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181336/http://jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|archive-date=2016-03-27|dead-url=yes|df=}}
  • {{cite book

| first = Leslie
| last = Shakespear
| title = History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and Northeast Frontier.
| year = 1914
| publisher = Cambridge University Press.

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