When was assam divided

In the epic period this place was known as 'Pragjyotisha' or the place of eastern astronomy and later it was known as Kamrupa. At that time Assam King Bhaskaraverman, who was contemporary of Harshavardhan the emperor of Northern India, ruled over the state.

The advent of the Ahoms across the eastern hills in AD was the turning point in Assam history. This state came under British rule in Prior to this Assam was ruled by Burmese kings. Some of the Burmese king fought against British rulers and as many as 17 Mughal invasion were beaten back by them. Assam has a glorious role in freedom fight. Finally, in Assam has emerged as a integral part of free India. The present Assam is a shadow of its former self. It suffered diminution because one after another four states were to be born out of its womb.

First Nagaland, then Mizoram, Meghalaya came in the next and finally Arunachal Pradesh separated from the control of Assam. The total land area has been reduced to one third of its original size in forty years after independence. Present Assam has come into existence on 21st January The state is the sentinel of northeast India is most strategically situated close to India's international borders as many as four countries, i.

China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It is surrounded on all other sides by pre-dominantly hilly or mountains tracts. The Assam valley built mostly by the aggradational work of Brahmaputra and its tributaries is almost flat level plain and very little slope from its northeast corner at Sadiya to Dhubri in the West. Cachar district, which constitutes the upper portion of Surma valley, is a level plain crossed by a number of perennial water channels.

The north portion of this district is totally under hills. Assam has a thick fertile soil. Assam has humid tropical type weather.

It gets plenty of rainfall and it varies between and cm. All this rainfall is concentrated in 4 months - June to September. Assam is connected with the rest of the Indian Union by a narrow corridor in West Bengal that runs for 56 km below the foothills of Bhutan and Sikkim.

Assam has four well defined seasons in a year namely, winter, summer, monsoon and spring. The climate of the state is characterized by its extreme humidity.

Its most distinguishing feature is the copious rainfall between March and May at a time when precipitation in upper India is at its minimum. The temperature is moderate. Winter sets in from around the end of October and lasts till the end of February. Assam's economy is mainly dominated by agriculture. Main food crop is rice and the cash crops are tea, jute, oilseeds, cotton, sugarcane and potato.

Horticulture items are orange, lemon, other citrus fruit, banana, pineapple, guava, coconut, jackfruit, mango, papaya, litchi, and arecanut etc. Tea plantation started in Assam by the British. Varieties of flora and fauna are available from the forests.

Timber is a major product of the state's extensive forests and bamboo is another bringing Assam substantial revenue and adding to its wealth. This state is rich in wildlife resources. This is famous for one horn rhino and elephants. The state is also one of the major sources of fresh water fish in its vast perennial rivers, swamps, marshes and bils.

Despite, the richness of mineral resources, the state has not made great headway in industrialization. It shares borders with the countries of Bhutan and Bangladesh and is surrounded by the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya, which together with Assam, are called the Seven Sister States of the country.

Dispur, the capital of Assam, lies in the north-eastern corner of the state. Had it not been for the narrow corridor called the Siliguri corridor in West Bengal, Assam would have been isolated from the rest of India. Geographically, Assam can be divided into Brahmaputra valley in the north, Barak plain in the south, and Karbi Anglong and North Cacher hills that divides the two regions.

Let us explore all of them in detail, through the following lines. Brahmaputra Valley A major population of Assam resides in the vast Brahmaputra valley in the north. Amidst numerous mountains, streams and rivulets from the nearby hills, this extended valley offers a magnificent view and is a great attraction among tourists and travelers. The mighty river Brahmaputra enters the state after gorging through Arunachal Pradesh.

It runs south-east and finally merges with the Ganges, to form a vast delta. Its entire course can be navigated from the Barak valley to the district of Dibrugarh. Based on the flow of Brahmaputra River, the entire state of Assam can be divided into two parts Upper and Lower Assam. Barak Valley The southern zone or the Barak valley region of Assam is, in fact, an extension of the neighboring country Bangladesh. The major districts of this region are Karimganj, Cachar and Hailakandi.

To the south of the district lies the districts of North Cachar and Nagaland.