Bengal Province | Burma |
From 1228 to 1826 Assam was ruled by the Ahom Dynasty, western Assam until late into the 16th century by the Koch Dynasty.
A Burmese invasion of Assam in 1824 caused the First Anglo-Burmese War
1824-1826, in the course of which Assam was annexed by the E.I.C. (
Bengal Presidency). It formed the eastern frontier of British India. In 1905, the Province of East Bengal
and Assam was separated from Bengal Presidency. This partition of Bengal met
strong opposition, and in 1912 East Bengal and Assam was dissolved; now the Province of Assam was formed (including present-day
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
and Sylhet District). In 1937 Assam got its own parliament and chief minister. When British India was released into independence, Assam joined the Republic of India, except for Sylhet district which became part of East Pakistan (present Bangla Desh). In 1955 Nagaland became a Union Territory. In 1971 Meghalaya was separated from Assam; in 1972 Mizoram. Alternative spellings : Assam, Asam, Acham, Azem Assam since 1971 . Assam 1947-1971 Timeline : Assam Historical Atlas, Assam, British India, India, Burma Page |
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DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles | Current |
From India Net Zone;
from Wikipedia;
from Webindia 123 Assam State Portal Article Assam, from Banglapedia |
Historical |
R.B. Pemberton, Report on the eastern frontier of British India,
1835, GB John M'Cosh, Topography of Assam, 1837, GB Book III : District of Assam, pp.600-696 in R.M. Martin, The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India, 1838, GB Butler, John, A sketch of Assam with some account of the Hill tribes ; with illustrations from sketches by the author, 1847, SBB Mills, A. J. Moffatt, Report on the province of Assam, 1854, SBB |
Links | General |
Category : Assam, from Wikipedia |
on History |
WikiAssam : History Category History of Assam, from Wikipedia |
Organizations |
Historical Dictionary |
WikiAssam |
Timelines | see here |
Accounts of History | Current |
History of Assam, from Webindia 123,
from Assam.org,
from Assam Tourism,
from Assamese Cyber Initiative,
from Government of Assam,
from RCILTS;
from Wikipedia |
Historical |
Book III : District of Assam, pp.600-696 in R.M. Martin,
The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India, 1838, GB Gait, Edward Albert, A history of Assam, 1906, SBB |
Specific Periods |
W. White, A Political History of the Extraordinary Events which Led to the Burmese
War, 1827, GB Articles Koch Dynasty, Ahom Dynasty, from Wikipedia |
Politics |
Article Politics of Assam, from Wikipedia Assam, posted by ULFA, secessionist. Caution advised History, from Assam Legislative Assembly |
Military |
Assam, from Global Security History, from Assam Rifles Assam Assessment, from SATP Article : First Anglo-Burmese War, from Wikipedia |
Economy & Finances |
The Economy of Assam, from Webindia 123,
from North East India Databank,
from Economy Watch Article Assam Tea, from Wikipedia Crafts of Assam, from India Crafts |
Social History |
Ethnography |
People of Assam, from Webindia 123 Minorities at Risk - India, Assamese, Bodo India, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
Religion |
The Assamese Muslims of India, from The Commission Archdiocese Shillong-Gauhati, from Catholic Hierarchy Patron Saint Index : Diocese of Bongaigaon |
by Region |
Selection of papers regarding the hill tracts between Assam and Burmah and on the upper Brahmaputra, 1873, SBB |
Local History |
History of Guwahati, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
History, from Assam Police;
History, of Gauhati High Court History of Assam University, Silchar; History, of Gauhati University Structurae : Assam |
Culture |
Biographies |
Others |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), scroll down |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : India, by State (Province), from
Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyer Planning & Development Department, Assam Population of Cities : India, Assam, from City Population |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2001) India Election Database, results since 1989 Election Database, from Election Commission of India, results since 1977 Statistical Reports of State Elections, from Election Commission of India |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Modern Newspapers |
links from IPL |
Image Databanks |
Photos of Assam, by Peter Langer |
Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) Search Janus |
Constitutions, Laws |
Treaties |
A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, GB :
The Treaties vol.1 : relating to Bengal, Burmah, and the Eastern Archipelago,
1862, (vol.3 not on Google Books, on May 25th 2010) |
Document Collections |
Assam Documents, from SATP Bulletins of the Campaign, compiled from the London Gazette, 1826, GB Bulletins and other state intelligence 1824, 1825, 1826, GB |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Royaume d'Azem, p.209 in vol.21 of
Encyclopedie Methodique, ou par Ordre de Matieres, 1783, in French, GB Article Assam, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Articles Eastern Bengal and Assam, Assam, Gauhati, from EB 1911 |
Religious |
Economic |
E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful
arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1,
vol.2,
vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Assam |
Geographical |
Entry : The Kingdom of Assam, pp.85-87, in : T.G. Smoillett, The Present State of the World,
vol.7 1768, posted on Google Books The Kingdom of Assam (Asam), pp.740-767 in vol.2 of W. Hamilton, A geographical, statistical, and historical description of Hindostan and the Adjacent Countries, 1820, GB Kingdom of Assam, pp.136-137 in vol.3 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or, a Description of All the Parts of the World, 1822, GB G.Th. Landmann, A universal gazetteer; or, Geographical dictionary of the world (1835), posted on Google Books Assam, pp.297-298 in vol.1 of G.N. Wright, A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer, 1834, GB Article Assam, Cachar District, Darrang District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, Gauhati Subdivision, Goalpara District, Jaintia Parganas, Kamrup District, Lakhimpur District, Lushai Hills, Naga Hills, Nowgong District, Sibsagar District, Sylhet District from Imperial Gazetteer of India (1909), posted by DSAL |
Ethnographical |
Royaume d'Assam, pp.390-391 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique
ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB |
Historical |
Azem, p.736 in vol.2 of D. van Hoogstraten and M. Brouerius van Nidek,
Groot algemeen woorden-boek, historisch,
geographisch, genealogisch, en oordeelkundig, based on Moreri et al., 1725, in Dutch, GB Azem, p.324 in vol.1 of J.Chr. Iselin, Neu-vermehrtes historisch- und geographisches allgemeines Lexicon, 1726, in German, GB Azem, p.700 in L. Moreri, Le grand dictionaire historique, 1731, in French, GB Azem, p.806 in L. Moreri, Le grand dictionaire historique, 1740, in French, GB Acham, p.286 in vol.1 of Th. Salmon, Modern History or the Present State of All Nations, 1744, GB The Kingdom of Azem, pp.224-225 in vol.43 of The Modern Part of an Universal History, 1765, GB The Kingdom of Assam, pp.116-119 in vol.6 of The Modern Part of an Universal History, 1781, GB |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) House of Lords, Sessional Papers, 1801-1833, vol.61 1812-1813, GB |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
Birmah : Assam, pp.245-251 in J. Conder, Birmah, Siam, and Anam,
1826, GB J.D. Hooker, Himalayan Journals (1854, on Nepal, Sikkim, Bengal, Khasi Hills), posted by Gutenberg Library Online Cooper, Thomas Thornville, The Mishmee Hills an account of a journey made in an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam to open new routes for commerce, 1873, SBB |
Residence Memoirs |
Barker, George M.,
A tea planter's life in Assam with seventy-five illustrations by the author, 1884, SBB Flex, Oscar, Pflanzerleben in Indien kulturgeschichtliche Bilder aus Assam, 1873, SBB |
Institutions | Archives |
Assam State Archives, from
Libraries and Archives in South Asia Wiki |
Musea |
Article Assam State Museum, from Wikipedia |
Monuments |
Alphabetical List of Monuments - Assam, from
Archaeological Survey of India Assam Temples, from Indian Temples Portal |
Libraries |
Libraries in Assam, from Maps of India |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Search Coin Archives for Assam Coins of Assam, Coins of Independent Kingdom, from India Net Zone Coins of Independent Kingdoms : Assam, by Nupam Mahajan Ahom Coins, posted on Igougo Asam, pp.774-787 in vol.2 of W. Marsden, Numismata orientalia illustrata, 1825, GB |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
on India |
Indcat, Online Uinion Catalogue of Indian Universities, from INFLIBNET, click Union Database D. Ludden, Bibliography on South Asian Agrarian History (c.1990) |
on Assam |
on Assam, from NIC;
on Assamese History, posted by Jugal Kalita;
on Recent Books on Assam, from Assam.org |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus International Boundary Studies Gallica Search DBNG for Bengalen etc. |
on India |
Digital Library of India History of India Digital Library |
Online Journals |
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
vol.1, 1832,
vol.3, 1834,
vol.4, 1835,
vol.5, 1836,
vol.6 pt.1, 1837,
vol.6 pt.2, 1837,
vol.7 pt.1, 1838,
vol.7 pt.2, 1838,
vol.9 pt.2, 1840,
vol.10 pt.1, 1841,
vol.10 pt.2, 1841,
vol.11 pt.1, 1842,
vol.11 pt.2, 1842,
vol.12 pt.1, 1843,
vol.12 pt.2, 1843,
vol.13 pt.1, 1844,
vol.13 pt.2, 1844,
vol.14 pt.1, 1845,
vol.14 pt.2, 1845,
vol.15, 1846,
vol.16 pt.1, 1847,
vol.16 pt.2, 1847,
vol.17 pt.1, 1848,
vol.17 pt.2, 1848,
vol.18 pt.1, 1849,
vol.18 pt.2, 1849,
vol.19, 1851,
vol.20, 1852,
vol.21, 1853,
vol.22, 1854,
vol.23, 1855,
vol.26, 1858,
vol.27, 1859,
vol.28, 1859,
vol.29, 1861,
vol.31, 1863,
vol.32, 1864,
vol.33, 1865,
vol.36, 1867,
vol.37 pt.1, 1868,
vol.37 pt.2, 1868,
vol.38 pt.1, 1869, GB |
General Accounts |
Edward Gait, A History of Assam, (1926) Guwahati : LBS 1983 [G] |
Specific Topics |
Rajen Saikia, Social and Economic History of Assam 1853-1921, Delhi : Manohar 2000 [G] Archana Chakravarty, History of Education in Assam 1826-1919, Delhi : Mittal 1989 [G] M.L. Bose, Social History of Assam, New Delhi : Concept 1989 [G] Rajen Saikia, Social and Economic History of Assam 1853-1921, Delhi : Manohar 2000 [G] |
Historical Atlasses |
C. Collin Davies, An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula, Oxford : UP, 2nd edition, 1959 [G] Historical and Cultural Maps, National Atlas of India Vol.8, published by National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Calcutta 1983, edited by G.K . Dutt, S.K. Biswas [G] J.E. Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago : UP 1978 [G] |
Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
Yearbooks |
Article Assam, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 p. 613 (on events of 1912) [G] Article : India and Dependencies : Assam, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1928 pp.146-147 (data of 1926-1928) [G] Article : India and Dependencies : Assam, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1937 pp.155-156; Assam States p.175 (data of 1935-1937) [G] Article : India : Assam, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.354-356, 1975-1976 pp.359-361, 1976-1977 pp.360-361, 1978-1979 pp.626-628, 1979-1980 pp.631-632, 1980-1981 pp.628-630, 1981-1982 pp.632-633, 1983-1984 pp.634-635, 1984-1985 pp.635-636, 1985-1986 pp.638-640, 1986-1987 pp.641-642, 1987-1988 pp.647-649, 1988-1989 pp.649-651, 1989-1990 pp.655-657, 1990-1991 pp.656-658, 1991-1992 pp.653-655, 1992-1993 pp.725-727, 1993-1994 pp.726-728, 1994-1995 pp.718-720, 1995-1996 pp.714-716, 1996-1997 pp.656-658, 1997-1998 pp.661-663, 1998-1999 pp.713-714, 2000 pp.819-821, 2001 pp.798-800, 2002 pp.828-830, 2003 pp.830-832, 2004 pp.835-836, 2005 pp.835-836, 2006 pp.832-833 [G] Articles : Assam pp.44-46, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |