Major Points about Assam
Assam |
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| No. of districts & Capital |
33
Dispur |
| Formed on |
26 January 1950 |
| Languages | Assamese,Bodo, Bengali |
| High Court |
Guwahati, Assam |
| Known as/for | -India’s gateway to Northeast India -The first oil reserves of India were discovered in Assam -The first oil well in Asia was drilled in Assam -The largest producer of bamboos in India -The largest producer of tea in India |
| Physical Characteristics |
-A land of plains and river valleys -Three principal physical regions: -the Brahmaputra River valley in the north, -the Barak River (upper Surma River) valley in the south, -the hilly region between Meghalaya (to the west) and Nagaland and Manipur (to the east) in the south-central part of the state separating the two valleys |
| Natural Vegetation |
Tropical moist deciduous and tropical evergreen |
| Major Rivers |
Subansiri, Lohit (Tellu), Dihang/Siang, Kopili, Dhaleswari, Barak, Dhaleswari, Kameng, Brahmaputra, Kameng |
| Major Regional Festivals |
Bihu, Ambubachi, Elephant festival, Brahmaputra beach festival, Majuli, Baishagu, Baikho, Me-Dum-Mi-Phi |
| Major Art Forms |
Assam School of Painting (Manuscript paintings) Music – Ainaam, Borgeet, Hiranaam, Dihanaam, Zikr and Zari, Malitas (Ballad) Dance – Satriya Nritya, Bhaona, Oja Pali, Bihu, Jhumur Naach, Deodhani, Gumrag,Dhuliya, Bhawariya, Bhortal Nritya, Bagurumba |
| Industry | Fertilizer, jute, paper, silk and textiles, sugar, chemicals, electronics, and cement, Sawmills, plywood and match factories |
| Minerals | Hard sandstone, soft and loose sand, conglomerates, coal seams, shales, petroleum, sandy clays, and limestone |
| Agriculture | Rice, tea, jute, oilseeds, pulses,legumes such as peas, beans,lentils) corn (maize), sugarcane, rape (an oil-yielding plant) |
| Geographical Indications | Muga Silk, Tezpur Litchi, Karbi Anglong Ginger |
| State Animal | One-horned rhinoceros |
| State Bird | White-winged wood duck |
| State Flower | Kopou phul (Foxtail Orchid) |
| State Tree | Hollong |
| Important Historical Sites |
Moidams – the Mound-Burial system of the Ahom Dynasty, Sibsagar, Cachari ruins In Khaspur, Carvings, inscriptions, pillar on the Urvasi Island in Guwahati |
| World Heritage Sites |
Kaziranga National Park on the bank of the Brahmaputra, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary near the border with Bhutan |
| Ramsar Sites |
Deepor Beel |
| Biodiversity Hotspots |
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| Bird Sanctuaries |
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| National Parks |
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park, Nameri National Park, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park |
| Biosphere Reserve |
Dibru-Saikhowa, Manas |
| Wildlife Sanctuaries |
-Amchang WLS -Barail WLS -Barnadi WLS -Bherjan-Borajan- -Padumoni WLS -Burachapori WLS -Chakrashila WLS -Deepor Beel WLS -Dihing Patkai WLS -East Karbi -Anglong WLS -Garampani WLS -Hollongapar -Gibbon WLS -Lawkhowa WLS Marat Longri WLS -Nambor WLS -Nambor Doigrung WLS -Porbitora WLS -Pani-Dihing Bird WLS -Sonai Rupai WLS |
| Tiger Reserve |
Orang, Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri |
| Elephant Reserve |
Sonitpur, Dihing-Patkai, South Arunachal, Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong, Intanki, Chirang-Ripu, Eastern Dooars |
