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- The neighboring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya were once part of Assam.
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5 days ago · Assam is a state in northeastern India. The name Assam is said to be derived from the word ‘asama,’ meaning ‘peerless’ in the now extinct Ahom language. The neighboring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya were once part of Assam. The capital, formerly Shillong, was shifted to Dispur in 1972.
Assam. Nagaland. Meghalaya. Mizoram. Arunachal Pradesh. Greater Assam refers to the then undivided greater state of Assam in India soon after the Indian Independence in 1947 until 1963. In addition to the present-day Assam, it included the current states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram.
Initially, Assam was made a part of the Bengal Presidency, then in 1906 it was made a part of Eastern Bengal and Assam province, and in 1912 it was reconstituted into a chief commissioners' province. In 1913, a legislative council and, in 1937, the Assam Legislative Assembly, were formed in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of the region.
It may be noted the neighbouring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya were once part of Assam before the reorganisation of north-eastern states in early 1970s. The capital formerly Shillong (now the capital of Meghalaya), was shifted to Dispur, a suburb of Guwahati, in 1972.
t. e. The history of Assam is the history of a confluence of people from the east, west, south and the north; the confluence of the Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman (Sino-Tibetan), Tai and Indo-Aryan cultures. Although invaded over the centuries, it was never a vassal or a colony to an external power until the third Burmese invasion in 1821, and ...
The capital of Assam was formerly Shillong (now the capital of Meghalaya), and later shifted to Dispur, a suburb of Guwahati, in 1972. The States of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram got their own separate states. The history of Assam has passed several stages of development to reach to its present state.
In the earliest recorded times, Assam was part of Kamarupa, a state that had its capital at Pragjyotishapura (now Guwahati ). Ancient Kamarupa included roughly the Brahmaputra River valley, Bhutan, the Rangpur region (now in Bangladesh ), and Koch Bihar, in West Bengal state.
