Assam Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Indian state
About Assam
Assam (অসমaw-xawm) is part of a transitional region betweenSouth AsiaandSoutheast Asia. Prior to Indian independence in 1947, Assam had been a part of British India since the British annexed the Kingdom of Assam and its tributary states in 1826 following the Treaty of Yandaboo. Assam used to be a larger state.Sylhet Division, formerly part of Assam, was allotted toPakistanin the 1947 United Nations India Partition and subsequently became part ofBangladeshafter the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, whileArunachal Pradesh,Nagaland,MizoramandMeghalayawere carved out of Assam during the 1960s and 70s. With an area of 78,438 km, Assam in its current configuration is almost equivalent to the size ofIrelandorAustria. History of urban development goes back to almost two thousand years in the regi
Assam Travel Guide Sections
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