Borhat
Borhat is a partially urbanised village in the eastern part of Charaideo district, Assam separated from Namrup town in the east by the river Disang or Delehi. In the west Sapekhati, in the south the Tirap district, Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, in the north the Tingkhong tehsil of Dibrugarh district including the town of Namrup, Assam. The nearest towns are Sonari, Duliajan and Naharkatiya, Naharkatia. There is a small railway station named Borhat which is in the centre of the region. During the rule of the Chutias, it was a place for finding mineral salt, after 1523 it came under the rule of Suhungmung Dihingia Raja (1497–1539) and under the domain of the Ahom kingdom."The Chutiya kingdom had also several salt-springs at places like Borhat, which came under the Ahoms after its annexation" During Ahom's rule, Borhat was known as a place for finding mineral salt. The name Borhat is originated from Bor (meaning big) and hat (meaning market). There was a marketplace where s ...
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