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CAPITAL: Dispur
ESTABLISHED: November – 1, 1956
CHIEF MINISTER: Sarbananda Sonowal
GOVERNOR: Jagdish Mukhi
Image credit: assampanchayat.gov.in
RULING PARTY: BJP
HIGH COURT: Guhavathi
DISTRICTS: 33
LANGUAGES: Assami, Bengali, Bodo, Karbi
POPULATION : 3, 12, 05, 576 (15th)
[Males = 1, 59, 39, 443 and Females = 1, 52, 66, 133]
M : F = 1000 : 954
AREA: 78, 550 sq km (16th)
LITERACY: 72. 19%
ASSEMBLY: 126
LOK SABHA : 14
RAJYA SABHA : 7
BOUNDARY STATES: Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal, Bhutan, Bangladesh
STATE ANIMAL: One-horned Rhino
STATE BIRD: White Pagad Wood Duck
STATE TREE: Hollong
STATE FLOWER: Foxtail Orchids
STATE DANCE: Bishaki Bihu (Folk Dance), Khanoy, Nongkrem, Rasaleela, Khelgopal, Bagurumba, Maharas, Ojapali, Sattriya (Classical Dance), Jammur Nach, Naga Dance
TRIBES: Garo, Khasi, Avo, Mickry, Chutiya
FESTIVALS: Bhagel Bihu, Bohag Bihu, Kati Bihu, Konyak Nagas, Ambubashi Mela, Rangoli Bihu, Parasuram Mela
TEMPLES: Kamakhya temple, Navagraha (temple of nine planets), Surkeswar temple, Gita – Mandir, Madan Kamdev temple
RIVERS: Brahmaputra, Manas, Subansiri, Sonai
POWER PLANTS: Bongaigaon Thermal Power Plant
ASSAM NATIONAL PARKS SANCTUARIES
♦ Kaziranga National Park
♦ Manas National Park
♦ Dibru – Saikhow National Park Nameri National Park
♦ Rajiv Gandhi orange National Park
♦ Amchang Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ Chakrashila Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ Nambor Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ Dihing Patkai Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ East Karbi Anglong Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ North Kabri Anglong Wild Life Sanctuary
♦ Garampani Wild Life Sanctuary
INDUSTRIES
♦ Digboyi
♦ Noonumathi
♦ Bongayugav
♦ Agro – Industries, Refinery, Cottage, Handicraft, Silk(types: Muga, Tassar, Endi)
MAIN CITIES: Dibrugarh (Brahmaputra River), Guwahati, Dispur, Silchar, Jorhat, Karimganj, Diphu, Nagaon, Marigaon, Barpeta, Dhuburi, Matia
AIRPORTS: Lok Priya Gopinath Bardolia International Airport – Guwahati, Silchar Airport
IMPORTANT PERSONS: Indira Goswami, Hemachandra Goswami, Hemachandra Baruva
MISCELLANEOUS
Manchester of East = Salkuchi
Muga Silk is produced only in Assam State in the world
Gateway of North – East = Assam
Atal – Amrit Abhiyan scheme: It is a health assurance scheme which will provide coverage against several critical illnesses
Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana: To bring about paradigm shift towards holistic development of villages in the state
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