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| | name = Upper Assam
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| | other_name = Soumarpith
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| | settlement_type = [[Divisions of India|Division]]
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| | subdivision_name = [[India]]
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| | subdivision_name1 = Assam
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| | seat = [[Jorhat]]
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| | seat_type = Headquarters
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| | population_total = 7.5 million
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| '''Upper – Assam''' (also Soumarpith) is an [[Divisions of Assam|administrative division]] of the state of [[Assam]] comprising the undivided [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]] and [[Sivasagar district|Sivasagar]] (previously, Sibsagar) districts, of the upper reaches of the [[Brahmaputra valley]]. The other divisions are: [[Lower Assam|Lower – Assam]], [[North Assam]] and [[Hills and Barak Valley]]. The division is under the jurisdiction of a Commissioner, stationed at [[Jorhat]].
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| Consisting of 7 districts initially, the Upper – Assam division now contains 10 districts, that includes Biswanath, [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]], [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]], [[Dhemaji district|Dhemaji]], [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]], [[Charaideo district|Charaideo]], [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]], [[Majuli district|Majuli]], [[Sivasagar district|Sivasagar]], and [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]]. While Charaideo and Majuli are the newest districts that were raised to district status in 2016,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.eastern-today.com/entries/blog/preparations-afoot-for-inauguration-of-charaideo-district-at-sonari|title=Preparations afoot for inauguration of Charaideo district at Sonari, ''The Eastern Today''|work=ET Correspondent|date=10 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://hindustantimes.com/indianews/assam-majuli-to-become-india-s-first-river-island-district/story-hzFoxSUxh3IpRpSeIqrhtM.html| title=Assam: Majuli becomes 1st river island district of India| work=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=27 June 2016| access-date=28 June 2016| location=[[Guwahati]]}}</ref> Golaghat and Tinsukia are the biggest districts in terms square kilometre area in the region, raised to the district status in the years of 1987 and 1989 respectively.<ref name="Statoids">{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.assaminfo.com/districts/|title=Various Districts in Assam}}</ref>
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| Dibrugarh,{{ref|1|1}} Golaghat{{ref|2|2}} and Jorhat{{ref|3|3}} are also the oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban centres (municipal areas) in the region based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, constituted before the Indian independence of 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZmusO1pWjUC|title=Quit India Movement In Assam|first=Anil Kumar|last=Sharma|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|access-date=5 August 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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| An extended list of Upper – Assam region also includes the districts of [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]], [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]] & [[Nagaon district|Nagaon]]. The region is the most productive part of the state of Assam, which is rich in natural resources like [[coal]], oil and natural gas as well as tea plantations.
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| [[Dhubri]], [[Kokrajhar]], [[Bongaigaon]], [[Goalpara]], [[Darrang]], [[Morigaon]], [[Baksa district|Baksa]], [[Udalguri]], [[Chirang district|Chirang]], [[Kamrup Rural district|Kamrup]], [[Barpeta]] & [[Nalbari]] come under [[Lower Assam|Lower – Assam]].
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| ==History==
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| ===Medieval===
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| ====[[Chutia Kingdom]] (1187-1673)====
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| The Chutia people are an indigenous ethnic group and were among the first to settle in this region about 4000 years ago. The medieval Chutia Kingdom was established by Birpal in 1187 on the bank of the river [[Brahmaputra]]. It was a powerful kingdom which had ruled for over 400 years in northeastern [[Assam]] and some areas of present-day [[Arunachal Pradesh]], with the capital at [[Sadiya]]. The kingdom controlled almost the entire region of present Assam districts of [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]], [[Dhemaji district|Dhemaji]], [[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]] and [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]] as well as parts of [[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]], [[Golaghat district|Golaghat]], [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]] and [[Sibsagar district|Sibsagar]] districts. In Arunachal Pradesh, it covered the districts bordering Assam.
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| ====[[Ahom Kingdom]] (1228-1826)====
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| The '''Ahom Kingdom''' was a kingdom in the [[Brahmaputra]] valley in [[Assam]], [[India]] that maintained its sovereignty for nearly 600 years and successfully resisted [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] expansion in [[North-East India]]. Established by [[Sukaphaa]], a [[Tai peoples|Tai]] prince of Chinese origin from [[Mong Mao]], it began as a [[Mueang|Mong]] in the upper reaches of the [[Brahmaputra river]]. It expanded suddenly under [[Suhungmung]] in the 16th century after annexing the Chutia kingdom and parts of Kachari kingdom and therefore became multi-ethnic in character. The kingdom became weaker with the rise of the [[Moamoria rebellion]], and subsequently fell to a succession of [[Burmese invasion of Assam|Burmese invasions]]. With the defeat of the Burmese after the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]] and the [[Treaty of Yandabo]] in 1826, control of the kingdom passed into British ([[East India Company]]) hands.
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| == Demographics ==
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| The Upper Assam division has a population of 7.56 million (24 percent of Assam's population). More than 80 percent of the people follow Hinduism with Islam as the second largest religion. More than 60 percent of the people speak Assamese with a sizeable [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and Hindi minority.
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| The major communities of Upper assam are [[Ahom people|Ahom]], [[Chutiya people|Chutia]], Tea tribes, [[Mishing people|Mishing]], [[Sonowal Kacharis]], Moran, Matak, [[Deori people|Deori]], and [[Thengal-Kachari|Thengal Kacharis]].
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| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery>
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| Dibrugarh_Night_View.jpg|<center>Dibrugarh <br><small>''Night view of Dibrugarh''</small></center>
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| Jorhat.jpg|<center>Jorhat <br><small>''Evening view of Jorhat''</small></center>
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| City_Skyline_-_Golaghat.png|<center>Golaghat <br><small>''Skyline of Golaghat Central (west)''</small></center>
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| GNB_Road_and_Ranghr_Complex.jpg|<center>Tinsukia <br><small>''Evening view of G. N. B. Road, Tinsukia''</small></center>
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| == Notes ==
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| *{{note|1|1}} Formation of Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dibrugarhmunicipality.org.in/|title=Dibrugarh Municipal Board}}</ref>
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| *{{note|2|2}} Formation of Golaghat municipal region, 1920.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150119/jsp/northeast/story_9079.jsp#.V0OXAZMrIcg|title=AGP lists civic poll candidates (Golaghat Municipal Board)|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref>
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| *{{note|3|3}} Formation of Jorhat municipal region, 1909.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|title=Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam|access-date=2016-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181336/http://jorhatmunicipalboard.org/jorhat_municipal_board.php|archive-date=2016-03-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| *{{cite book
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| | first = Leslie
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| | last = Shakespear
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| | title = History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and Northeast Frontier.
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| | year = 1914
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| | publisher = Cambridge University Press.
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