Tinsukia (Pron: ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is an industrial town. It is situated north-east of
Guwahati and away from the border with
Arunachal Pradesh.
It is the administrative headquarters of
Tinsukia District of
Assam, India.
History
During the reign of
Sudangphaa
Sudangphaa (1397–1407) was the king of the Ahom kingdom. He was popularly known as Bamuni Konwar (Brahman prince) because of his upbringing in a Brahman's house. His reign marks the first stage in the growth of Hinduism in the Ahom dynasty. ...
(1397-1407), the relatively small
Ahom kingdom was attacked by
Mong Kawng
Mogaung ( my, မိုးကောင်း) or Möngkawng ( tdd, ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥐᥩᥒᥰ; zh, 孟拱) was a Shan state in what is present-day Myanmar. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day ...
, a
Shan state in what is today
Upper Burma. A Mong Kwang army sent under General Ta-chin-Pao advanced up to Tipam but was subsequently defeated and pushed back as far as the Kham Jang territory. The generals of the two armies conducted a peace treaty on the shore of the
Nong Jake lake and in accordance with the Tai custom dipped their hands in the lake, fixing the boundary of the two kingdoms at
Patkai hills
The Pat-kai (Pron:pʌtˌkaɪ) or Patkai Bum ( Burmese: ''Kumon Taungdan'') are a series of mountains in the Indo-Myanmar border falling in the north-eastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Upper Burma region of Myanmar. They ...
.
Tinsukia is the site of ''Bengmara'', which was originally known as ''Changmai Pathar''. It was the capital of the
Matak kingdom which was founded by Swargadeo
Sarbananda Singha
Sarbananda Singh or Mejera was a Moamoria leader. He was Matak Chutia by ethnicity. He was the first ruler of the autonomous region called Matak rajya, selected by his followers, with its capital in Bengmara, in what is now Tinsukia district in th ...
.
Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha, known as Mezara, was a member of the erstwhile
Chutia
The Chutia people (Pron: or ''Sutia'') are an ethnic group that are native to Assam and historically associated with the Chutia kingdom. However, after the kingdom was absorbed into the Ahom kingdom in 1523–24, the Chutia population was ...
royal family and rose to become an able administrator. Mezara adopted the name Sarbananda Singha after he became the king.
Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha introduced coins in his name and in Saka 1716 and 1717, he inscribed the title Swargadeo in the coins.
Geography
Tinsukia is located at . It has an average elevation of 116 metres (380 feet).
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Tinsukia had a population of 126,389. Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. Tinsukia had an average literacy rate of 70.15%, higher than the national average of 64.84%; male literacy was 77.89%, and female literacy 63.54%. 13.29% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Tinisukia city have a population of 126,389 as per 2011 census.
Hindi is spoken at 40,087,
Bengali at 38,452,
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
by 24,762 people,
Nepali
Nepali or Nepalese may refer to :
Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
at 2,194 and 13,548 people speaks other languages.
Politics
Tinsukia is part of
Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency).
Sanjoy Kishan
Sanjoy Kishan (born January 26, 1970, in Dhelakhat, Assam) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016, representing the Tinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Tinsukia const ...
of BJP is the current MLA of
Tinsukia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Tinsukia Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Tinsukia is also part of Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of Legislative Assembly
* 1957: Radha Kishen Khemka, Indian Nat ...
.
Media
The Assamese daily ''
Dainik Janambhumi'' is published from Tinsukia along with
Guwahati and
Jorhat.
Notable people from Tinsukia
*
Bhupen Hazarika
*
Mahika Sharma
*
Savitri Jindal
*
Harekrishna Deka
Notes
References
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External links
Tinsukia district official website*
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