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Dhekiajuli
Dhekiajuli is a town and a municipal board in Sonitpur district in the state of Assam, India. Demographics India census, Dhekiajuli has a population of 21,579. Males constitute 51.42% of the population and females 48.58%. Dhekiajuli has an average literacy rate of 81.41%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy rate is 85.07% while female literacy rate is 77.54%. 9.58% of the population is under 6 years of age. The town is fairly active in commercial trade centres. There is a daily market and weekly market hosting numerous shop vendors and people who sell their own as well as the local produce. The weekly market is open on Sundays. The town and its shops, except for medical centres and other public services, are officially closed on Tuesdays for restocking supplies. Languages Bengali is spoken at 10,748, Assamese at 5,314, Hindi by 4,028 people, Nepali at 332 and 1,157 people speaks other languages. Geography Dhekiajuli is located at . It has an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhekiajuli Assembly Constituency
Dhekiajuli Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Dhekiajuli forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly Following are details on Dhekiajuli Assembly constituency- *Country: India. * State: Assam. * District: Sonitpur district . * Lok Sabha Constituency: Tezpur Lok Sabha/Parliamentary constituency. * Assembly Categorisation: Rural constituency. * Literacy Level:81.66%. * Eligible Electors as per 2021 General Elections: 2,17,380 Eligible Electors. Male Electors:1,10,867 . Female Electors: 1,06,511 . * Geographic Co-Ordinates: 26°49'05.2"N 92°28'06.6"E. * Total Area Covered: 748 square kilometres. * Area Includes: Dhekiajuli thana (excluding Barchalla and Borgaon mouzas) in Tezpur sub-division, of Sonitpur district of Assam:. * Inter State Border :Sonitpur. * Number Of Polling Stations: Year 2011-232,Year 2016-233,Year 2021-71. Assembly election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhekiajuli Road Railway Station
Dhekiajuli Road Railway Station is a railway station on Rangiya–Murkongselek section under Rangiya railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. This railway station is situated at New Misamari, Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district in the Indian state of Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor .... References Railway stations in Sonitpur district Rangiya railway division {{Assam-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College
Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College, abbreviated as LOKD College is a general degree undergraduate, coeducational college situated in Dhekiajuli, Assam established in 1970. This college is affiliated with the Gauhati University. History LOKD College was established on 15 July 1970. During its inception it was named ''Dhekiajuli College'' but later on, in the year 1975, it was renamed to ''Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das College'' after Late Omeo Kumar Das, the first Education Minister of Assam in Independent India. At present it imparts education to more than 3500 students with three faculties: Arts, Science and Commerce. The college is affiliated to Gauhati University. Originally, the college offered education in higher secondary and degree only in Arts. However, in the latter part of the eighties, the need for the Science was strongly felt and in 1992 the college introduced the Science faculty with well-equipped laboratory facilities. To meet the growing demand opened by the corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonitpur District
Sonitpur district ron: ˌsə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊə or ˌʃə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊəis an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezpur. Etymology The name of the district is derived from a story found in Hindu epics specifically the Bhagavata Purana and in the locally composed Kalika Purana by the Brahmin pandits where the city was established by Banasura the eldest son of Bali who did great penance or tapasya to Lord Shiva who promised to look over the city. The Sanskrit word ''Śōṇita'' means blood. The etymology of Tezpur, the headquarter of this district is also based on the story. History Duars Sonitpur district falls under the Darrang Duars which includes the region between the Bornadi River and Dhansiri River. Trade and relation with Tibet According to Tibetan chronicles, the ruler of Darrang (now Sonitpur district) used to pay tribute to Wongme Palder the ruler of Thembang (now West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation All Out (2014)
In December 2014, a series of attacks by militants resulted in the deaths of more than 76 people in the Assam state in India. The attacks took place in the Chirang, Sonitpur, and Kokrajhar districts on 23 December 2014. They were attributed to the Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB(S)). The Adivasi people of Assam are mostly Santhals. The NDFB claims to represent the Bodo people; it has fought a secessionist war with the government for the establishment of a separate nation (Bodoland). Although a number of NDFB militants had agreed to a ceasefire and peace talks in the 2000s, the NDFB(S) faction, led by I K Songbijit, has refused to give up militancy. In May 2014, the government attributed a similar attack on Muslim migrants to the NDFB(S), but the NDFB denied its involvement. The December attacks, described as one of the worst massacres in the history of North-East India, resulted in the deaths of 65 people by Bodo militants, and led to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Reserve Police Force
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a central armed police force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The CRPF assists states and Union Territories in maintaining law and order and internal security. It is composed of the Central Reserve Police Force ( Regular) and Central Reserve Police Force (Auxiliary). It was established on 27 July 1939 as Crown Representative's Police with the objective of providing security to the British Crown Representatives in India. The force was later renamed as the Central Reserve Police Force by an Act of Parliament in 1949. The CRPF played a major role in the Parliamentary elections of September 1999. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest central armed police force in India, comprising 247 battalions and exceeding a total strength of 301,376 personnel, as of 2019. CRPF officers are also deployed in United Nations missions. History Originally constituted as the Crown Representative Police in 1939, CRP was raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Front Of Boroland
The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was an armed separatist outfit which sought to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India. NDFB traces its origin to Bodo Security Force, a militant group formed in 1986. The current name was adopted in 1994, after the group rejected Bodo Accord signed between the Government of India and ABSU- BPAC. The group has carried out several attacks in Assam, targeting non-Bodo civilians as well as the security forces. In particular, it has targeted Santhal, Munda and Oraon adivasis (tribals), whose ancestors had been brought to Assam as tea labourers during British Raj. Its involvement in attacks on Adivasis during Bodo-Adivasi ethnic clash during the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly elections led to the formation of Adivasi Cobra Force, a rival militant group. After 1996, NDFB was also involved in conflicts with the militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I K Songbijit
Ingti Kathar Songbijit is a militant leader who once led the secessionist faction of National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) in North-East India. Although he served as the leader of an organization that claims to represent Bodo people, Songbijit is not a Bodo himself. He was born in a Karbi family. He hails from the Chelaikhati village, which is located in the Biswanath Chariali sub-division of Sonitpur district, Assam. Kathar is a sub-clan (''kurjon'') of the Ingti clan, which enjoys a high status in the Karbi society; the traditional chief priests come from the Kathar ''kurjon''. As a young man, Songbijit joined National Democratic Front of Boroland, a militant group seeking secession from India, to establish a sovereign Boroland. After a section of NDFB gave up the secessionist demand and agreed to stage talks with the government, NDFB split into two factions. Songbijit remained with the anti-talks faction NDFB(ATF), which was led by NDFB's founder Ranjan Daimary. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokrajhar District
Kokrajhar district is an administrative districts of Assam, district in Bodoland, Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Bodo people, Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of . It has two civil sub-divisions namely Parbatjhora and Gossaigaon and five revenue circles namely Kokrajhar, Dotma, Bhaoraguri, Gossaigaon and Bagribarilll. History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan From early 17th-century present-day Kokrajhar district was under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan, till the Duar Wars in 1865 when British Raj, British removed the Bhutanese influence and later the areas were merged to undivided Goalpara district of the India, Indian Union in 1949. The Druk Desi (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་སྡེ་སྲིད་) of Bhutan appointed Paro Province, Paro Penlop to look after the Duars, who in turn appointed local people as Subahdar, Subah or Laskar, below this was an officer called Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirang District
Chirang District is an administrative Districts of Assam, district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam state in the North-East India, North-East of India. Etymology The word "Chirang" has derived from Garo language, Garo word – "chi" means water and "rang" means "rain". It may also be a copy of Tsirang District of neighbouring Bhutan. On the other hand, most of the people regarded the word Chirang is derived from the Bodo word Chirang or Sirang. Si means life and Rang means Money. History Duars Chirang district falls under the Dooars#Eastern Dooars, Eastern Duars which includes the region between the Sankosh river and the Manas river. Guma, Bijni and Chirang Dooars are three important Dooars in Chirang district. Under the Kingdom of Bhutan From early 17th-century present-day Chirang district was under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan, till the Duar Wars in 1865 when British Raj, British removed the Bhutanese influence and later the areas were merged to undivided Goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Frontier Railway Zone
The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across Northeast India, Northeastern states and some districts of eastern Bihar and northern West Bengal. Divisions Northeast Frontier Railway is divided into 5 divisions: * Katihar railway division * Alipurduar railway division * Lumding railway division * Rangiya railway division * Tinsukia railway division Each of these divisions is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager, a Senior Administrative Grade officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India. The departmental setup at headquarters level and divisional setup in the field assists the General Manager in running the railways. Various departments namely engineering, mechanical, electrical, signal & telecom, operations, commercial, safety, acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangiya Railway Division
Rangiya railway division is one of the five railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 2003 carved out from Alipurduar railway division and its headquarter is located at Rangiya in the state of Assam. , , and are the other four railway divisions under the NFR Zone headquartered at Maligaon, Guwahati. List of railway stations and towns The list includes the stations under the Rangiya railway division and their station category. Serving districts The Rangiya division serves the districts of Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Barpeta, Chirang, Nalbari, Udalguri, Baksa, Kamrup(Rural), Kamrup(Metro), Sonitpur, North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji in the state of Assam, West Kameng and Papumpare (Itanagar) in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and Resubelpara (North Garo Hills) in Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
