Portal:Assam
Assam ([æˈsæm], <phonos file="Assam.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; Assamese: অসম Ôxôm, /ɔxɔm/) is a northeastern state of India. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak river valleys along with the Karbi Anglong and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles (78,438 km²). Assam is surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya. Geographically Assam and these states are connected to the rest of India via a narrow strip of land in West Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor or "Chicken's Neck". Assam shares international borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh; and cultures, peoples and climate with South-East Asia – important elements in India’s Look East policy.[1] Assam became a part of the British India after the British occupied the region following the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824–1826. (more)Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Bishnu Prasad Rava was a multifaceted artist and revolutionary singer of Assam. A doyen of the Arts, he is popularly known as Kala Guru. Bishnu Prasad Rava was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 31 January 1909. From an early stage, he played an active role in the struggle for Indian independence. He came to be influenced by left wing ideas and came close to the Communist Party of India. However, when Germany attacked Soviet Union during second world war and the Indian communists decided to work with the British government, a section of the party favoured a different approach - to oppose British imperialism and Fascism simultaneously. There are more than hundred songs composed by him. His songs are collectively called as Bishnu Rava Sangeet. This was a new genre of Assamese. (more...) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Template:/box-header Template:/In the news Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. 1.... that the Brahmaputra's upper course was long unknown, and its identity with the Yarlung Tsangpo was only established by exploration in 1884–86?
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