Assam Province
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Assam Province was a province of
The Assam territory was first separated from Bengal in 1874 as the 'North-East Frontier'
History
In 1824, Assam was occupied by British forces following the First Anglo-Burmese War and on 24 February 1826 it was ceded to Britain by Burma under the Yandaboo Treaty of 1826.[4] Between 1826 and 1832, Assam was made part of Bengal under the
From 16 October 1905, Assam became part of the Province of East Bengal and Assam. The province was annulled in 1911 following a sustained mass protest campaign and on 1 April 1912 the two parts of Bengal were reunited and a new partition based on language followed,
British India's
The Government of India Act 1935 provided provincial autonomy and further enlarged the elected provincial legislature to 108 elected members.[7] In 1937, elections were held for the newly created Assam Legislative Assembly established in Shillong. The Indian National Congress had the largest number of seats, with 38 members, but declined to form a government. Therefore, the Assam Valley Party with Muslim League's support Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla was invited to form a ministry. Saadulla's government resigned in September 1938, after the Congress changed its decision, and the Governor, Sir Robert Neil Reid, then invited Gopinath Bordoloi. Bordoloi's cabinet included the future President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. During the
When fresh elections to the provincial legislatures were called in 1946, the Congress won a majority in Assam, and Bordoloi was again the Chief Minister. Prior to the
Chief commissioners
- 1889 – 1891 James Wallace Quinton (b. 1834 – d. 1891)
- 1912 – 1918 Archdale Earle (b. 1861 – d. 1934)
- 1918 – 3 January 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (b. 1867 – d. 1936)
Governors
- 3 January 1921 – 2 April 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (s.a.)
- 3 April 1921 – 10 October 1922 Sir William Sinclair Marris (b. 1873 – d. 1945)
- 10 Oct 1922 – 28 June 1927 Sir John Henry Kerr (b. 1871 – d. 1934)
- 28 Jun 1927 – 11 May 1932 Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond(b. 1873 – d. 1939)
- 11 May 1932 – 4 March 1937 Sir Michael Keane (b. 1874 – d. 1937)
- 4 March 1937 – 4 May 1942 Robert Neil Reid (b. 1883 – d. 1964)
- 4 May 1942 – 4 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow(b. 1890 – d. 1957)
- 15 Mar 1944 – Jul 1944 Mutaguchi Renya (b. 1888 – d. 1966) Mil (Japanese military commander)
- 16 Mar 1944 – Jul 1944 A. C. ChatterjeeIIL (for the provisional government of Free India)
- 4 May 1947 – 15 August 1947 Sir Saleh Hydari (b. 1894 – d. 1948)
Chief ministers
- 1 April 1937 – 19 September 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla (b. 1885 – d. 1955) ML (1st time)
- 19 Sep 1938 – 17 November 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st time) (b. 1890 – d. 1950) INC
- 17 Nov 1939 – 24 December 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla(s.a.) ML (2nd time)
- 24 Dec 1941 – 24 August 1942 Governor's Rule
- 25 Aug 1942 – 11 February 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla(s.a.) ML (3rd time)
- 11 Feb 1946 – 15 August 1947 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd time) (s.a.) INC
Deputy Commissioners of the Naga Hills District
- 1912–1913 J. K. Webster
- 1913–1917 H. C. Berners
- 1917–1935 John Henry Hutton (b. 1885 – d. 1968)
- 1935–1937 James Philip Mills (b. 1890 – d. 1960)
- 1937–1947 Charles Ridley Pawsey(b. 1894 – d. 1972)
Demographics
Religion in Assam Province (1941)[citation needed]
See also
Notes
- ^ Province area after Simla Convention and accession of South Tibet excluding dependent states.
- ^ Province area. Total area including dependent states (Manipur - 8456 sq mi and Khasi Hills - 6157 sq mi) is 61,682 sq mi (159755 км2)
- ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) Vol. IV. p.14.
- ^ Aitchison, C. U., ed. (1931), The Treaty of Yandaboo, (A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads: Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Vol. XII.), Calcutta: Projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu, pp. 230–233, archived from the original on 2 December 2008
- ^ "The Assam Legislative Assembly". Times of Assam. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ISBN 81-8324-089-5.
- ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly – MLA 1937–46". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Provinces of British India". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Assam". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
References
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India (26 vol, 1908–31), highly detailed description of all of India in 1901. online edition
External links
- Integration of the North East: the State Formation Process (archived 19 February 2014)
