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    Assam is a state located in Northeast India with Dispur as its capital. It is known for the Brahmaputra River and home to the one-horned rhinoceros. Tea leaves and crude oil are important to Assam's economy. The state contains several national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and world heritage sites including Kaziranga National Park. Traditional arts include silk weaving, dances like Deodhani, and musical instruments like the dhol drum. The cuisine features rice and fish. In the past, Assam experienced an influx of illegal immigrants which led to the Assam Accord after student protests in the 1980s.

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    Assam is a state located in Northeast India with Dispur as its capital. It is known for the Brahmaputra River and home to the one-horned rhinoceros. Tea leaves and crude oil are important to Assam's economy. The state contains several national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and world heritage sites including Kaziranga National Park. Traditional arts include silk weaving, dances like Deodhani, and musical instruments like the dhol drum. The cuisine features rice and fish. In the past, Assam experienced an influx of illegal immigrants which led to the Assam Accord after student protests in the 1980s.

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    Assam is a state located in Northeast India with Dispur as its capital. It is known for the Brahmaputra River and home to the one-horned rhinoceros. Tea leaves and crude oil are important to Assam's economy. The state contains several national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and world heritage sites including Kaziranga National Park. Traditional arts include silk weaving, dances like Deodhani, and musical instruments like the dhol drum. The cuisine features rice and fish. In the past, Assam experienced an influx of illegal immigrants which led to the Assam Accord after student protests in the 1980s.

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    ASSAM

    (CITY OF EASTERN
    ASTROLOGY) Sun over Brahmaputra
    Rhino
    Tea leaves

    CAPITAL –Dispur

    Before 1947 its capital was Shillong


    -Samaira Goyal
    CM : Himata Biswa Sarma
    State
    Anthem
    State Symbols
    RIVERS
    BRAHMAPUTRA
    Majuli Island
    •Majuli is the biggest inhabited riverine islands in the world located in the river Brahmaputra.
    •It is India's First island district. It has 144 villages with a population of over 1,50,000.
    •Majuli was once 1200 square kilometres but due to excessive erosion has shrunk to under 500 square kilometres. KUSIYARA river
    •It is the nerve centre of neo-Vaishnavite culture. It has many 'Sattras' (religious and cultural institutions). and

    •It has been included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. BARAK river
    WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
    •Pobitora
    •Laokhowa
    •Bornadi
    •Nambor
    • Sonai Rupa
    • Hollongapar Gibbon
    •Garampani
    •East Karbi Anglong
    •Bura-Chapori
    •Chakrasila
    •Pani Dihing Bird Sanctuary
     
    .
    CRUDE OIL discovered in DIGBOI i.e, Oil city of assam

    WORLD HERITAGE SITES Kaziranga national park


    Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
    MAKHELA CHADOR
    Assam is the home of several types of silks, the most prominent and prestigious being
    "Muga", the natural golden silk exclusive only to Assam. Apart from "Muga", there are
    other two varieties called "Paat", a creamy-bright-silver coloured silk and "Eri", a
    variety used for manufacturing warm clothes for winter. Apart from Sualkuchi, the
    centre for the traditional silk industry, in almost every part of the Brahmaputra Valley,
    rural households produce silk and silk garments with excellent woven designs.
    Moreover, various ethno-cultural groups in Assam make different types of cotton
    garments with unique woven designs and wonderful colour combinations. Traditional
    Mekhela Chadors are made from Cotton, Muga, Paat Silk or Eri Silk. However, now a
    day"s some modern low-budget Mekhela Chadors are also made with varying blends of
    Cotton and Muga or Paat Silk with synthetic materials
    DANCES
    DEODANI DANCE
    ‘
    Deodhani The Deodhani dance is associated with the
    worship of the snake goddess Manasa. A Deodhani
    girl, in an inspired state, goes on dancing to the
    accompaniment of Kham (drum) and Ciphung (flute)
    propitiating many a deity beginning with Shiva and
    ending with Lakshmi. There are actually two types of
    Deodhani Nritya. One is a semi-classical dance and
    the other one is a trance form (not a dance). The
    Deodhani Nritya found in Mangaldoi and southwest
    Kamrup area is linked to the Sukanani Oja-Pali. The
    Deodhani Nritya was observed at the Maa Kamakhya
    Temple as a Festival since the year 2007. It is
    believed that people taking part in this form of dance
    inherit some superficial power from Goddess
    Kamakhya.
    MUSIC
    • Assam, being the home to many ethnic groups and different cultures, is rich
    in folk music. Traditional instruments include "Pepa", an instrument made
    from buffalo horn and "Bholuka baahor toka", a musical instrument made of
    split bamboo. The "Dhol" too is an important and a quintessential instrument
    used in Bihu dance. The "Dhol" is a double-sided barrel drum covered with
    goat, cow or buffalo skin and is played with a stick on one side and a handon
    the other. "Dhol" like instruments are found in almost every culture of the
    world, however, the Assamese "Dhol"or "PatiDhol" is distinguished by its
    small size and relatively produces a loud sound. These are extensively used in
    Bihu Geets, dances, and have also become a part of modern-day music.
    • The "Gogona" is a type of jaw harp, a vibrating reed instrument that is used
    primarily in the traditional Bihu music in Assam by the women folk. It is made
    of a piece of bamboo/horn that has a bifurcation on one end.
    • Some of the popular yester year artists like Jyoti Prasad Agarwala,
    Bishnuprasad Rabha, Parvati Prasad Baruva, Bhupen Hazarika, Nirmalendu
    Choudhury & Utpalendu Choudhury, Pratima Barua Pandey, LuitKonwar
    Rudra Baruah, Parvati Prasad Baruva, Jayanta Hazarika, Khagen Mahanta
    and Beauty Sarma Baruah has laid the foundation of the Assamese music
    industry with a confluence of indigenous folk music. Among the new
    generation, singers like Zubeen Garg, Angaraag Mahanta, Kalpana Patowary,
    Joi Barua, JitulSonowal and Manoj Borah are well known.
    CUISINE
    .
    HISTORY
    The first Governor of independent Assam was Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
    and Chief Minister was Gopinath Bordoloi who witnessed the foundations laid of Gauhati University (1948),
    Gauhati High Court (1948) and Guwahati station of All India Radio (AIR). When Gopinath Bordoloi passed away in 1950,
    Bishnu Ram Medhi took over as the next Chief Minister of Assam. During his tenure from 1950 to 1957,
    the First Five-Year Plan was started, Panchayat system of governance was introduced and the agricultural sector got more
    importance.
    The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of
    India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985. A six-year agitation demanding
    identification and deportation of illegal immigrants was launched by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) in 1979. It
    culminated with the signing of the Assam Accord. Today Assam has an area of 78,438 square kilometers. It consists of
    thirty three districts and is credited to be the most populous state in the entire Northeast India

    The Assam Movement (1979-1985) was a popular movement against illegal immigrants in Assam. The movement, led by All
    Assam Students Union (AASU) and the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP), developed a program of protests and
    demonstration to compel the Indian government to identify and expel illegal, (mostly Bangladeshisi), immigrants and protect and
    provide constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to the indigenous Assamese people. The agitation programs were
    largely non-violent, but the Nellie massacre was a case of extreme violence. The agitation program ended in August 1985
    following the Assam Accord, which was signed by leaders of AASU-AAGSP and the Government of India.

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