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226:), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880. In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley; in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.
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Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas
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Economics Of
Informal Milk Producing Units In Assam
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218:, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in
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1035:"Citizens submit memo to Sonowal,
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1289:Tezpur municipal region"
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386:South Salmara-Mankachar
290:Hills and Central Assam
35:Divisional Commissioner
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224:Assam Valley
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1053:21 December
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726:Upper Assam
701:North Assam
660:Lower Assam
641:East Kamrup
523:Assam Hills
436:Upper Assam
402:North Assam
394:13,179,980
332:Lower Assam
251:Population
1435:Categories
1398:References
1301:2017-04-07
1272:2017-04-07
1225:2017-04-07
1196:2017-04-07
1089:2017-04-07
932:2017-04-07
678:Bongaigaon
665:Bongaigaon
562:Hailakandi
533:Dima Hasao
517:Districts
482:7,840,943
428:4,246,834
354:Bongaigaon
324:5,894,460
300:Dima Hasao
282:3,612,581
274:Hailakandi
248:Districts
1124:ignored (
1114:cite book
1009:Bose 1985
996:Bose 1985
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967:ignored (
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788:Dibrugarh
760:Sivasagar
744:Dibrugarh
736:Charaideo
715:Lakhimpur
711:Biswanath
591:Kokrajhar
578:Kokrajhar
566:Karimganj
474:Sivasagar
466:Lakhimpur
454:Dibrugarh
446:Charaideo
412:Biswanath
382:Kokrajhar
278:Karimganj
220:Meghalaya
63:Dibrugarh
1385:5 August
1355:5 August
1163:5 August
882:Golaghat
857:Goalpara
847:Guwahati
783:Guwahati
764:Tinsukia
748:Golaghat
719:Sonitpur
686:Goalpara
632:Guwahati
616:Morigaon
595:Udalguri
573:Bodoland
478:Tinsukia
458:Golaghat
424:Udalguri
420:Sonitpur
390:Tamulpur
366:Goalpara
337:Guwahati
316:Morigaon
216:Shillong
127:Guwahati
111:Golaghat
95:Goalpara
1108:. 1921.
951:. 1921.
887:Silchar
800:Silchar
740:Dhemaji
690:Nalbari
670:Barpeta
637:Darrang
587:Chirang
553:Silchar
450:Dhemaji
416:Darrang
370:Nalbari
358:Chirang
346:Barpeta
265:Silchar
191:Silchar
41:History
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877:Jorhat
872:Tezpur
867:Nagaon
862:Dhubri
762:, and
756:Majuli
752:Jorhat
731:Jorhat
717:, and
706:Tezpur
692:, and
682:Dhubri
674:Bajali
651:, and
627:Kamrup
620:Nagaon
618:, and
607:Nagaon
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558:Cachar
539:, and
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476:, and
470:Majuli
462:Jorhat
441:Jorhat
422:, and
407:Tezpur
384:, and
362:Dhubri
350:Bajali
320:Nagaon
318:, and
295:Nagaon
276:, and
270:Cachar
175:Tezpur
159:Nagaon
143:Jorhat
79:Dhubri
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898:Notes
612:Hojai
583:Baksa
528:Diphu
342:Baksa
304:Hojai
254:Area
31:Assam
1423:2015
1387:2016
1357:2016
1165:2016
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