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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== | ||
===Current divisions=== | ===Current divisions=== | ||
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!Area | !Area | ||
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| [[Hills and Barak Valley | | [[Hills and Barak Valley Division|Barak Valley]] || [[Silchar]] || [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]], and [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]] | ||
|3,612,581 | |3,612,581 | ||
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