Assam History

Md. Ismail Sidduque was popularly known as Bagh Hazarika. He is remembered in Assam’s history for his association with the Ahom resistance tradition.

Bhanumati Talukdar was popularly known as “Voluntariny Baai”. She is remembered in Assam’s freedom-movement history for her voluntary social and nationalist activities.

Malati Mem is identified in the source as the first woman martyr in Assam’s freedom struggle. The fact belongs to the history of women’s participation and sacrifice in the regional nationalist movement.

The Ahom royal succession became subject to a strict physical-fitness norm after the episode of Sulikphaa (Lora Roja). Princes with physical defects could be disqualified from kingship under this practice.

Gadadhar Singha built a temple on Umananda Island for tantric worship. His reign was marked by a strong revival of orthodox Hindu practices in the Ahom court.

The earliest legendary ruler of Pragjyotishpur/Kamarupa in traditional accounts is Mahiranga Danava, followed by other traditional dynasties before the historical Varman line.

Pangsau Pass lies in the Patkai range along the India–Myanmar frontier. It is traditionally associated with the route followed by Sukaphaa during his migration into the Brahmaputra valley.

Momai Tamuli Borbarua was an influential Ahom administrator associated with administrative and economic reforms. He is also remembered as the father of Lachit Borphukan.

Amritaprabha, a princess of Kamarupa, is described in traditional historical accounts as having married Meghavahana of the Gonanda dynasty of Kashmir.

Phuleswari, queen of Ahom king Siba Singha, is associated with the controversial court policy of promoting Shakta practices. The episode reflects the religious tensions of eighteenth-century Assam.

The Treaty of Yandabo was signed on 24 February 1826 after the First Anglo-Burmese War. It brought Assam under British control and marked the end of Burmese influence in the region.

Assam was separated from the Bengal Presidency in 1874 and made a separate Chief Commissioner’s Province. This administrative reorganization brought several adjoining areas under the new Assam province.

The Assam Association merged with the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 1921, strengthening the organizational base of the Indian National Congress in Assam.

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the first person from Assam to become President of India. He served as the fifth President from 1974 to 1977.

The Treaty of Yandabo ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. Under the treaty, the British gained Assam, Manipur, Arakan and Tenasserim, while Burma agreed to pay an indemnity and accept other terms; therefore statements 2 and 3 are correct, but statement 1 is not.

The first phase of the Moamoria Rebellion began in 1769. The prolonged rebellion severely weakened the Ahom kingdom and contributed to political instability in late eighteenth-century Assam.

Gopinath Bordoloi was arrested in 1922 for participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement. He later became the first Chief Minister/Premier of Assam after independence and a key leader of the state’s political history.

The Phulaguri uprising took place in 1861. Peasants resisted colonial revenue and taxation policies, making the uprising an important early agrarian protest in Assam.

Badan Chandra Barphukan sought Burmese assistance during the political crisis in Assam. Burmese interventions between 1817 and 1826 ultimately contributed to the collapse of Ahom authority and the British annexation of Assam.

The first president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha was Padmanath Gohain Baruah. The Sabha was established at Sivasagar in 1917 to promote Assamese language and literature.