Assam History

Bushu is a major festival of the Dimasa community. It is associated with post-harvest celebration and community life.

Bharata Muni is traditionally credited with the Natya Shastra, a foundational Sanskrit treatise on drama, dance, music and performance theory.

The source identifies the Treaty of Majuli. The Subansiri became an important boundary in the changing political relations between the Ahom and Koch kingdoms.

The source places the beginning of the Ahom-Mughal conflicts during Pratap Singha's reign. These conflicts continued for decades and culminated in Ahom victory at Saraighat.

The source identifies Langi Panisingia Borphukan as the first Borphukan. The Borphukan was a powerful Ahom administrative and military office, especially in Lower Assam.

The source identifies Syed Muhammad Saadulla. He was a prominent political leader from Assam and served as a member of the Constituent Assembly.

The source gives 1996. The Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 provided the framework for a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the state.

The source identifies Bathou, also described as Lord Shiva in the source. Bausagu is a major festival associated with the Bodo community.

The source identifies Lambudar Bora as the translator of Shakuntala into Assamese. The work reflects the early development of modern Assamese literary translation.

Dev Kant Barooah served as Congress President during the Emergency period, 1975–77. He was a major Congress leader from Assam.

The source identifies Dhemaji. Assam is known for muga, eri and mulberry silk, with sericulture forming an important rural livelihood.

The source gives 1872. The first all-India census attempt was conducted in the 1870s, while regular synchronous decennial censuses began from 1881.

Chandra Kumar Agarwala was the first editor of Jonaki, launched in 1889. The magazine became a major platform of the Jonaki literary movement.

Dr. Hoemle translated the Bargao copper-plate inscription in 1897. Copper-plate grants are important sources for reconstructing early Assam's political and land-grant history.

The Assam Association was formed in 1903. It was an important early political organisation before the formation of the Assam Provincial Congress Committee.

Manik Chandra Barua was the first secretary of the Assam Association. Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua served as its first elected president.

Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua was the first elected president. The association was founded in 1903 and initially pursued constitutional political reform.

The first session was held at Dibrugarh. The Assam Association represented an early phase of organised political activity in colonial Assam.

Gopinath Bordoloi was not the founding president. Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua was the first elected president, while Manik Chandra Barua was the first secretary.

The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was followed by policies encouraging migration and settlement. The issue later became an important part of Assam's demographic and political history.