Administrative divisions of Assam

History

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. In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley; in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.

List of divisions

Current divisions

Proposed divisions (new) {{cn|date=August 2022}}

Municipal corporations

Municipal corporation (present)

• Guwahati
• Dibrugarh
• ( Silchar)

Municipal corporation (proposed)

• Silchar

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, constituted before India's Independence of 1947.

References

Sources

References

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2. (1921). "Report on the Administration of North East India". K. M. Mittal.
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." {{harv. Bose. 1985
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8. (2005). "Urbanisation and Growth of Small Towns in Assam, India". 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.
9. (1921). "Report on the Administration of North East India". K. M. Mittal.
10. Saikia, Jugal. (8 April 2016). "Economics Of Informal Milk Producing Units In Assam
    – Guwahati municipal region, 1853, reconstituted 1873.". Notion Press.
11. "Silchar Municipal Board (Silchar Municipality) Assam – Silchar Karimganj Hailakandi – ''Silchar municipal region, 1922''".
12. "Dibrugarh Municipal Board – ''Dibrugarh municipal region, 1873.''".
13. "Goalpara Municipal Board-About Us – ''Goalpara municipal region, 1875.''".
14. "Dhubri Municipal Board – ''Dhubri municipal region, 1883.''".
15. "Nagaon – History – ''Nagaon municipal region, 1893.''".
16. "About Municipal Board – Tezpur – ''Tezpur municipal region''".
17. "Jorhat Municipal Board(JBM), Jorhat, Assam – ''Jorhat municipal region, 1909''".
18. "AGP lists civic poll candidates – ''Golaghat municipal region, 1920''".