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{{short description|Regional divisions in Assam}}
{{short description|Regional divisions in Assam}}
[[File:Divisions of Assam.svg|thumb|300px|{{center|The five divisions of Assam}}]]
[[File:Assam districts map.svg|thumb|400px|Administrative division of Assam:
The state of [[Assam]] in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts. The person responsible for the administration of a division is designated as a ''Divisional Commissioner''.
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|{{legend|#02D554|[[Lower Assam division|Lower Assam]]}}
|{{legend|#CE88E0|[[North Assam Division|North Assam]]}}
|{{legend|#FF8182|[[Upper Assam division|Upper Assam]]}}
|{{legend|#FFCD01|[[Central Assam division|Central Assam]]}}
|{{legend|#FF8027|[[Barak Valley]]}}
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The state of [[Assam]] in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts. The Divisional Commissioner is the head of administration of a division.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
 
== History ==
== History ==
{{Location map+ |India Assam|float=right |width=300 |caption={{center|Location of the oldest urban centres recognised as a municipality region of Assam before 1947.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|title=Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India|work=Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University|date=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&q=permanent+centres+of+commerce&pg=PA1|title=Report on the Administration of North East India|work=K. M. Mittal|date=1921}}</ref>}}|places=
{{Location map+ |India Assam|float=right |width=300 |caption={{center|Location of the oldest urban centres recognised as a municipality region of Assam before 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|title=Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India|work=Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University|date=2005|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026171344/https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&q=permanent+centres+of+commerce&pg=PA1|title=Report on the Administration of North East India|work=K. M. Mittal|date=1921}}</ref>}}|places=
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=27.48|long=95.00|label_size=80 |label=[[Dibrugarh]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=27.48|long=95.00|label_size=80 |label=[[Dibrugarh]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=26.02|long=90.00|label_size=80 |label=[[Dhubri]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=26.02|long=90.00|label_size=80 |label=[[Dhubri]]|position=bottom}}
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{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=26.63|long=92.8|label_size=80 |label=[[Tezpur]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=26.63|long=92.8|label_size=80 |label=[[Tezpur]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=24.82|long=92.8|label_size=80 |label=[[Silchar]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |India Assam|lat=24.82|long=92.8|label_size=80 |label=[[Silchar]]|position=right}}
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In 1874, Assam was constituted as a ''Chief Commissioner's province'' with the seat of the government in [[Shillong]], the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in [[Meghalaya]]. To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called [[Assam Valley]]), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880.<ref>"In 1879, Sir Bayley, therefore, proposed to the Government of India that the Judge of Assam Valley to be the ex-officio Commissioner of Assam Valley.  High Court objected to the proposal. But Government of India approved the scheme and the Chief Commissioner invested the Judge of Assam with the powers of a Commissioner of a Division." {{harv|Bose|1985|p=32}}</ref> In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley;<ref>{{harv|Bose|1985|p=33}}</ref> in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.<ref>{{harv|Bose|1985|p=36}}</ref>
In 1874, Assam was constituted as a ''Chief Commissioner's province'' with the seat of the government in [[Shillong]], the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in [[Meghalaya]]. To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called [[Assam Valley]]), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880.<ref>"In 1879, Sir Bayley, therefore, proposed to the Government of India that the Judge of Assam Valley to be the ex-officio Commissioner of Assam Valley.  High Court objected to the proposal. But Government of India approved the scheme and the Chief Commissioner invested the Judge of Assam with the powers of a Commissioner of a Division." {{harv|Bose|1985|p=32}}</ref> In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley;<ref>{{harv|Bose|1985|p=33}}</ref> in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.<ref>{{harv|Bose|1985|p=36}}</ref>
==List of divisions==
==List of divisions==
===Historical divisions (until 2015)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%"
|-
! Division Name !! Divisional Office !! Districts
|-
| [[Hills and Barak Valley Division|Hills and Barak Valley]] || [[Dispur]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]
|-
| [[Lower Assam Division|Lower Assam]] || [[Guwahati]] || [[Baksa district|Baksa]], [[Barpeta district|Barpeta]], [[Bongaigaon district|Bongaigaon]], [[Chirang district|Chirang]], [[Dhubri district|Dhubri]], [[Goalpara district|Goalpara]], [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]], [[Kamrup Metropolitan district|Kamrup Metropolitan]], [[Kamrup district|Kamrup Rural]], and [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]]
|-
| [[North Assam Division|North Assam]] || [[Tezpur]] || [[Darrang district|Darrang]], [[Morigaon district|Morigaon]], [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]], [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]], and [[Udalguri district|Udalguri]]
|-
| [[Upper Assam Division|Upper Assam]] || [[Jorhat]] || [[Dhemaji district|Dhemaji]], [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]], [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]], [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]], [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]], [[Sivasagar district|Sivasagar]], and [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]
|}
===Current divisions===
===Current divisions===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%"
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!Area
!Area
|-
|-
| [[Hills and Barak Valley (B V)Division|Barak Valley]] || [[Silchar]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]
| [[Barak Valley division|Barak Valley]] || [[Silchar]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]
|3,612,581
|3,612,581
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Central Assam Division|Hills and Central Assam]] || [[Nagaon]] || [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]], [[Hojai district|Hojai]], [[East Karbi Anglong district|East Karbi Anglong]], [[West Karbi Anglong district|West Karbi Anglong]], [[Morigaon district|Morigaon]], and [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]]
| [[Central Assam Division|Central Assam and Hills]] || [[Nagaon]] || [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]], [[Hojai district|Hojai]], [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]], [[West Karbi Anglong district|West Karbi Anglong]], [[Morigaon district|Morigaon]], and [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]]
|5,894,460
|5,894,460
|
|
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<ref>{{harv|Press Trust of India2015}}</ref>
<ref>{{harv|Press Trust of India2015}}</ref>


===Proposed divisions (new)===
===Proposed divisions (new) {{cn|date=August 2022}} ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%"
|-
|-
! Division Name !! Divisional Office !! Districts
! Division Name !! Divisional Office !! Districts
|-
|-
| [[Assam Hills]] || [[Diphu]] || [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]], [[East Karbi Anglong district|East Karbi Anglong]], and [[West Karbi Anglong district|West Karbi Anglong]]
| [[Assam Hills]] || [[Diphu]] || [[Dima Hasao district|Dima Hasao]], [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]], and [[West Karbi Anglong district|West Karbi Anglong]]
|-
|-
| [[Barak Valley]] || [[Silchar]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]
| [[Barak Valley]] || [[Silchar]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]]
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===Municipal corporation (present)===
===Municipal corporation (present)===
* [[Guwahati]]
* [[Guwahati]]
 
* [[Dibrugarh]]
===Municipal corporation (proposed)===
* [[Silchar]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161222/jsp/northeast/story_126084.jsp#.WOeV1BIrIch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223005542/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161222/jsp/northeast/story_126084.jsp#.WOeV1BIrIch|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2016|title=Citizens submit memo to Sonowal, ''The Telegraph (Calcutta – Gauhati)''|work=Avik Chakraborty|date=21 December 2016|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
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* [[Silchar]]
*Dibrugarh
*
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161222/jsp/northeast/story_126084.jsp#.WOeV1BIrIch|title=Citizens submit memo to Sonowal, ''The Telegraph (Calcutta – Gauhati)''|work=Avik Chakraborty|date=21 December 2016|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>


==Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas==
==Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas==
The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|title=Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India|work=Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University|date=2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&q=permanent+centres+of+commerce&pg=PA1|title=Report on the Administration of North East India|work=K. M. Mittal|date=1921}}</ref> constituted before [[Indian Independence Act 1947|India's Independence of 1947]].
The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|title=Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India|work=Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University|date=2005|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026171344/https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/igu-urban/files/shared/Manta.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pL_GfLfK3lYC&q=permanent+centres+of+commerce&pg=PA1|title=Report on the Administration of North East India|work=K. M. Mittal|date=1921}}</ref> constituted before [[Indian Independence Act 1947|India's Independence of 1947]].
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%"
! Type || Formation period||| Urban areas
! Type || Formation period||| Urban areas
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| [[Nagar Palika|Municipal board region]] || [[Independence Day (India)|Prior to India's independence in 1947]] ||
| [[Nagar Palika|Municipal board region]] || [[Independence Day (India)|Prior to India's independence in 1947]] ||
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# [[Guwahati]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJroCwAAQBAJ|title=Economics Of Informal Milk Producing Units In Assam <br> – Guwahati municipal region, 1853, reconstituted 1873.'' |first=Dr Jugal|last=Saikia|date=8 April 2016|publisher=Notion Press|access-date=5 August 2016|via=Google Books|isbn=9789352069385 }}</ref>  
# [[Guwahati]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJroCwAAQBAJ|title=Economics Of Informal Milk Producing Units In Assam <br> – Guwahati municipal region, 1853, reconstituted 1873. |first=Jugal|last=Saikia|date=8 April 2016|publisher=Notion Press|access-date=5 August 2016|via=Google Books|isbn=9789352069385 }}</ref>
# [[Silchar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silchartoday.com/silchar/silchar-municipal-board-silchar-municipality-assam/|title=Silchar Municipal Board (Silchar Municipality) Assam – Silchar Karimganj Hailakandi – ''Silchar municipal region, 1922''|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728100952/http://silchartoday.com/silchar/silchar-municipal-board-silchar-municipality-assam/|archive-date=28 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
#  [[Dibrugarh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|title=Dibrugarh Municipal Board – ''Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2016-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611150105/http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  
#  [[Dibrugarh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|title=Dibrugarh Municipal Board – ''Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2016-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611150105/http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  
# [[Goalpara]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goalparamb.org.in/Aboutus.html|title=Goalpara Municipal Board-About Us – ''Goalpara municipal region, 1875.''}}</ref>
# [[Goalpara]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goalparamb.org.in/Aboutus.html|title=Goalpara Municipal Board-About Us – ''Goalpara municipal region, 1875.''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2016-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625135907/http://goalparamb.org.in/Aboutus.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Dhubri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhubrimb.org.in/|title=Dhubri Municipal Board – ''Dhubri municipal region, 1883.''}}</ref>
# [[Dhubri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhubrimb.org.in/|title=Dhubri Municipal Board – ''Dhubri municipal region, 1883.''}}</ref>
# [[Nagaon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nagaon.gov.in/hist.html|title=Nagaon – History – ''Nagaon municipal region, 1893.''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418063334/http://nagaon.gov.in/hist.html|archive-date=2018-04-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Nagaon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nagaon.gov.in/hist.html|title=Nagaon – History – ''Nagaon municipal region, 1893.''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418063334/http://nagaon.gov.in/hist.html|archive-date=2018-04-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Tezpur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tezpurmb.co.in/AboutMunicipalBoard.aspx|title=About Municipal Board – Tezpur – ''Tezpur municipal region|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2016-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624164612/http://www.tezpurmb.co.in/AboutMunicipalBoard.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Tezpur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tezpurmb.co.in/AboutMunicipalBoard.aspx|title=About Municipal Board – Tezpur – ''Tezpur municipal region''|access-date=2017-04-07|archive-date=2016-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624164612/http://www.tezpurmb.co.in/AboutMunicipalBoard.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Jorhat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|title=Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam – ''Jorhat municipal region, 1909''|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181336/http://jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|archive-date=2016-03-27}}</ref>
# [[Jorhat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|title=Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam – ''Jorhat municipal region, 1909''|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181336/http://jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|archive-date=2016-03-27}}</ref>
# [[Golaghat]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/northeast/story_9079.jsp#.V0OXAZMrIcg|title=AGP lists civic poll candidates – ''Golaghat municipal region, 1920''|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref>
# [[Golaghat]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/northeast/story_9079.jsp#.V0OXAZMrIcg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630120603/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/northeast/story_9079.jsp#.V0OXAZMrIcg|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015|title=AGP lists civic poll candidates – ''Golaghat municipal region, 1920''|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref>
# [[Silchar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silchartoday.com/silchar/silchar-municipal-board-silchar-municipality-assam/|title=Silchar Municipal Board (Silchar Municipality) Assam – Silchar Karimganj Hailakandi – ''Silchar municipal region, 1922''|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728100952/http://silchartoday.com/silchar/silchar-municipal-board-silchar-municipality-assam/|archive-date=28 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
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== Notes ==
== References ==
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{{reflist}}
==References==
===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last=Bose |first=M L |title=Development of Administration in Assam |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |location=New Delhi |year=1985}}
* {{cite book |last=Bose |first=M L |title=Development of Administration in Assam |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |location=New Delhi |year=1985}}
* {{cite newsgroup |author=Press Trust of India |title=Assam reorganises different divisions |date=October 31, 2015 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/assam-reorganises-different-divisions-115103101125_1.html |access-date=November 1, 2015}}
* {{cite newsgroup |author=Press Trust of India |title=Assam reorganises different divisions |date=October 31, 2015 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/assam-reorganises-different-divisions-115103101125_1.html |access-date=November 1, 2015}}
{{refend}}
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Administrative division of Assam: Template:Legend-col

The state of Assam in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts. The Divisional Commissioner is the head of administration of a division.[citation needed]

History[edit | edit source]

Location of the oldest urban centres recognised as a municipality region of Assam before 1947.[1][2]

In 1874, Assam was constituted as a Chief Commissioner's province with the seat of the government in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya. To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called Assam Valley), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880.[3] In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley;[4] in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.[5]

List of divisions[edit | edit source]

Current divisions[edit | edit source]

Division Name Divisional Office Districts Population Area
Barak Valley Silchar Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj 3,612,581
Central Assam and Hills Nagaon Dima Hasao, Hojai, Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Morigaon, and Nagaon 5,894,460
Lower Assam Guwahati Baksa, Barpeta, Bajali, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, and South Salmara-Mankachar, Tamulpur 13,179,980
North Assam Tezpur Biswanath, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri 4,246,834
Upper Assam Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia 7,840,943

[6]

Proposed divisions (new) [citation needed][edit | edit source]

Division Name Divisional Office Districts
Assam Hills Diphu Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, and West Karbi Anglong
Barak Valley Silchar Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj
Bodoland Kokrajhar Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, and Udalguri
Central Assam Nagaon Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon
Kamrup Guwahati Darrang, East Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, and South Kamrup
Lower Assam Bongaigaon Barpeta, Bajali, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, and South Salmara-Mankachar
North Assam Tezpur Biswanath, Lakhimpur, and Sonitpur
Upper Assam Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia

Municipal corporations[edit | edit source]

Municipal corporation (present)[edit | edit source]

Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas[edit | edit source]

The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies,[8][9] constituted before India's Independence of 1947.

Type Formation period Urban areas
Municipal board region Prior to India's independence in 1947
  1. Guwahati[10]
  2. Silchar[11]
  3. Dibrugarh[12]
  4. Goalpara[13]
  5. Dhubri[14]
  6. Nagaon[15]
  7. Tezpur[16]
  8. Jorhat[17]
  9. Golaghat[18]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India" (PDF). Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  2. ↑ Report on the Administration of North East India. 1921. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "In 1879, Sir Bayley, therefore, proposed to the Government of India that the Judge of Assam Valley to be the ex-officio Commissioner of Assam Valley. High Court objected to the proposal. But Government of India approved the scheme and the Chief Commissioner invested the Judge of Assam with the powers of a Commissioner of a Division." (Bose 1985, p. 32)
  4. ↑ (Bose 1985, p. 33)
  5. ↑ (Bose 1985, p. 36)
  6. ↑ (Press Trust of India2015)
  7. ↑ "Citizens submit memo to Sonowal, The Telegraph (Calcutta – Gauhati)". Avik Chakraborty. 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India" (PDF). Rinku Manta, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Geography - Gauhati University and Dr. Jnanshree Borah, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Geography: Arya Vidyapeeth and Cotton College - Gauhati University. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  9. ↑ Report on the Administration of North East India. 1921. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ Saikia, Jugal (8 April 2016). Economics Of Informal Milk Producing Units In Assam
    – Guwahati municipal region, 1853, reconstituted 1873    . Notion Press. ISBN 9789352069385. Retrieved 5 August 2016 – via Google Books.
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  12. ↑ "Dibrugarh Municipal Board – Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  13. ↑ "Goalpara Municipal Board-About Us – Goalpara municipal region, 1875.". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  14. ↑ "Dhubri Municipal Board – Dhubri municipal region, 1883.".
  15. ↑ "Nagaon – History – Nagaon municipal region, 1893.". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  16. ↑ "About Municipal Board – Tezpur – Tezpur municipal region". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  17. ↑ "Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam – Jorhat municipal region, 1909". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27.
  18. ↑ "AGP lists civic poll candidates – Golaghat municipal region, 1920". Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

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