By Times of Assam Bureau on March 05, 2013
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By- Kiron Kakoty Advertisements In central Assam there is a road side village of Phuloguree Dhewa fame. It has also a reputation of manufacturing a special kind of tobacco preparation the famous Phuloguree Dhopat. I did not have the opportunity of finding out the method of the preparation. But fermented with Laalee (dark molasses) this native preparation […]
By Hiranya Saikia on December 09, 2012
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The Ahom rulers of Assam were very suspicious about any foreigner entering the country. Even trade outside Assam was not encouraged. Assam was a closely guarded country. Immigration began only after the annexation of Assam in 1826. The British considered the sparsely populated country as a land frontier and large scale immigration was encouraged by them from […]
By Times of Assam Bureau on July 04, 2012
Assam, Assam State Language Bill, Assamese, Assamese language, Axom Xahitya Xabha, Bengali, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, British, Chief Minister of Assam, Delhi, East India Company, Indian Congress, Kachari Kingdom, murder of Ranjit Borpujari, Ranjit Borpujari, Silchar, State Language of Assam
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By- Dilip Dutta Agreeing to the central administration directive issued in 1959 on state languages, the then inept Chief Minister of Assam Bimala Prasad Chaliha, hastily introduced the Delhi directives to make Assamese the only State Language of Assam. On 16 April the Bengali speakers of Cachar District of Assam rejected Chaliha’s plan and decided […]
