Monthly Archives: July 2010

About Udalguri Udalguri is a town and the headquarters of Udalguri district in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. Udalguri became the district headquarters when the new district was formally inaugurated on June 14, 2004. (Under wikipedia GNU)Get weekly Udalguri …

About Cachar The last of the Kachari Kings, Raja Gobind Chandra was assassinated by a group of seditious persons with the help of some of his personal attendents on April, 24, 1830 at Haritikar. In absence of natural heirs, his …

Kokrajhar is one of the twenty-three districts of Assam and can be described as the gateway to the northeastern region of India. Both road and rail touches this district at Srirampur before they go on to other districts in Assam …

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF BARPETA Barpeta has been a place of great religious importance. Known by various names like Tatikuchi, Porabhita, Mathura, Vrindavan, Choukhutisthan, Nabaratna-Sabha, Icchakuchi,Pushpak Vimana, Kampur and Barpeta. It was Koch King Naranarayan who founded Barnagar (Sorbhog) The present …

About Nalbari Nalbari District is situated in between Kamrup and Barpeta District. For better administration, old Kamrup District has been divided into three Districts. Nalbari was declared a sub division of undivided Kamrup District in 1967. Rajendra Mohan Goswami, ACS …

ORIGIN OF THE NAME KAMRUP The Present Assam was referred to as Kamrup in many of the ancient Indian literature. It was also known as Pragjyotishpur due to the astrology (Jyotish Shashtra) practices that prevailed in this part of the …

About the Darrang The District of Darrang (undivided) had been created with effect from July’1983 converting the erstwhile Sub-Division of Mangaldai. The name Darrang was derived from the Bodo word Dourang, which means ‘Lilabhumi’ (Playground) of Gods. According to Scholar …

Aboute Nagaon The Central Assam District of Nagaon (spelled by the British as Nowgong) is one of the largest districts of Assam. It sprawls across almost four thousand square kilometres of fertile alluvial plains and thickly forested hills. Lakes and …

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Sonitpur: The name `Sonitpur

About the District Golaghat is an administrative district of Assam with headquarters located at Golaghat town. The district is bounded by the river Brahmaputra on the North; state of Nagaland on the South; district Jorhat on the East and Karbi …

About Lakhimpur Origin :-

Dhemaji at a glance Dhemaji District is one of the districts situated in the remote corner of North East India on the north bank of river Brahmaputra. The boundaries of the district are the hilly ranges of Arunachal Pradesh to …

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About Dibrugarh The district of Dibrugarh with only one sub-division is situated in the eastern part of Assam. The district is surrounded by Dhemaji district and a part of Lakhimpur district in the north, part of Sivasagar district and Arunachal …

Introduction to Vizianagaram One becomes nostalgic when one looks at the proud and undestroyed forts of antiquity. The land, inhabited by high spirited rajahs, passionate poets and writers is not a stone, which is everywhere. Ipso facto it is a …

About Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam is a coastal, port city, often called “The Jewel of the East Coast”, situated in

About Srikakulam Srikakulam District is the extreme Northeastern District of Andhra Pradesh situated within the geographic co-ordinates of 18?-20? and 19?-10? of Northern latitude and 83?-50? and 84?-50? of Eastern longitude. The District is skirted to a distance by Kandivalasagedda, …

About Prakasam The Prakasam district was originally constituted on the 2 February 1970, carved out of Guntur, Nellore and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. It was renamed as Prakasam district on 12 May 1972, in memory of the great patriot …

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This history of Satavahana period (230 BC -227 AD): The Satavahanas ruled this region with headquarters at Srikaakulam. Prominent rulers during this period were Srimukha (founder), Goutamputra Satakarni and Yagnasri Satakarni (last Satavahan king). The Satavahanas imparted more stability and …

About West Godavari

Guntur Guntur is one of the districts of Andhra Pradesh bounded by Krishna district and Bay of Bengal in the East, while on its south lies Prakasam district, in the west Mahabubnagar district and Krishna and Nalgonda districts in the …

East Godavari District The East Godavari District is located in the North Coastal part of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The District boundaries are Visakhapatnam, West Godavari, Khammam Districts and Bay of Bengal. The District is known as rice bowl …

about Kurnool

About cuddapah Cuddapah district is said to be the heart of the Rayalaseema as it is centrally located and well connected with the 4 districts of Rayalaseema.The District has a glorious history and a rich cultural heritage. It is identified …

History of Hyderabad Hyderabad’s history starts with emergence of the Qutub Shahi dynasty. The city was won by Quli Qutub in 1512 and established the fortress city of Golconda. But due to certain inadequacies he left it and established the …

ABOUT KHAMMAM