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Sonai
Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ/সোনাই) is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of Assam. It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with Barak River near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of Kachari Kingdom at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near Madhab Chandra Das College (MCD College) is a famous place to visit. Geography It is located 18.5 km from District Headquarters Silchar. Demographics As per the 2011 census of India, Sonai had a total population of 324,315, of which 51% were male and 49% were female. Sonai has an average literacy rate of 80%, with a male literacy rate of 54% and female literacy rate of 46%. Division There is one Revenue Circle containing 203 Revenue Villages and three Development Blocks: Sonai Development Block, Narsingpur Development Block and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonai
Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ/সোনাই) is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of Assam. It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with Barak River near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of Kachari Kingdom at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near Madhab Chandra Das College (MCD College) is a famous place to visit. Geography It is located 18.5 km from District Headquarters Silchar. Demographics As per the 2011 census of India, Sonai had a total population of 324,315, of which 51% were male and 49% were female. Sonai has an average literacy rate of 80%, with a male literacy rate of 54% and female literacy rate of 46%. Division There is one Revenue Circle containing 203 Revenue Villages and three Development Blocks: Sonai Development Block, Narsingpur Development Block and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonai (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Sonai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Sonai is also part of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.10 Sonai Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Sonai thana xcluding circle Nos. 32 (Part), 65, 66, Boaligrant in circle No. 54 (Part) and Hill Punjee and forest villagesand circle Nos. 28 to 31 and 35 in Silchar thana and circle No. 58 (Part) in Dholai thana in Silchar sub-division. Members of Legislative Assembly * 1951: Nanda Kishore Sinha, Indian National Congress * 1957: Nanda Kishore Sinha, Indian National Congress * 1962: Pulakeshi Singh, Indian National Congress * 1967: M. M. Choudhury, Indian National Congress * 1972: Nurul Haque Choudhury, Indian National Congress * 1978: Altaf Hossain Mazumdar, Janata Party * 1980: Nurul Haque Choudhury, Indian National Congress * 1985: Abdul Rob Laskar, Indian National Congress * 1991: Badrinar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moinul Hoque Choudhury
Moinul Hoque Choudhury (13 May 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA; he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Reformer of the Barak Valley. Biography Moinul Choudhury was born on 13 May 1923 in a well-off Bengali Muslim family of Sonabarighat in Cachar district of Assam. He was born to mother Mona Bibi and father Montajir Ali. His father Montazir Ali was educated, and was always concerned about getting his son well educated. Choudhury took his primary education from ME School of Sonabraighat. He passed Matriculation from Silchar Government HS School and later joined Cotton College, Guwahati/Murari Chand College of Sylhet and passed +2 in 1942. He graduated with History Honors from Presidency College of Calcutta in 1944. In the Presidency, he defeated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the college election. He pursued MA in History securing first class firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cachar District
Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence the undivided Cachar district was split into four districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills), Cachar district alongside Hailakandi and Karimganj. Etymology The Kacharis (Kachari kingdom) have given their name to the modern district Cachar. The Kacharis call themselves Barman in Barak valley and Dimasa in the Dima Hasao district. They were known to the Ahoms as Timisa, a corruption of the word "Dimasa". The Kacharis are allied to the Boro, Koches, Chutias, Lalungs (aka Tiwa) and Morans of the Brahmaputra valley and to the Garos and Tripuras of the southern hills. The Kacharis were perhaps the earliest inhabitants of the Brahmaputra valley and Barak valley. They are identical with the people called ‘Mech’ in Goalpara and North Bengal. History Pre-independence period It was a part of Kachari kingdom.At Dimapur, Dimasa Kachari Princes Elder Drikpati & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barak Valley
The Barak Valley is located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam. The region is named after the Barak river. The Barak valley consists of three administrative districts of Assam - namely Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi. The main, largest and capital city of the Valley is Silchar. Once North Cachar Hills was a part of the valley but In 1951 erstwhile Sub-Division was made a separate district and eventually curved out of Cachar. On 1 July 1983, Karimganj district was curved out from the eponymous subdivision of Cachar Valley. This was again repeated in 1989 with the creation of Hailakandi district. Etymology The name "Barak" has derived from the Dimasa words 'Bra' & 'Kro'. Bra means bifurcation and Kro upper means portion/stream. The river Barak is bifurcated near Haritikar in the Karimganj district in to Surma River and Kushiyara River respectively. The upstream of this bifurcated river was called Brakro by the local Dimasa people. Barak valley excludin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminul Haque Laskar
Aminul Haque Laskar (born 8 May 1966) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected as an MLA in Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ... election in 2016 from Sonai constituency. He was the only Muslim to be elected to the state's legislative assembly on a BJP ticket. Aminul was also elected as the Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly on 31 July 2019. References External links Page at assamassembly.gov.in Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Assam MLAs 2016–2021 1966 births Bengali politicians Indian Muslims Deputy Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly {{Assam-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Sonai
The Tuirial is a river of Mizoram and Assam, northeastern India. It is also known as River Sonai, a tributary of Barak River. It flows in a northerly direction towards Cachar district and joins the Barak River at Dungripar Village near Sonai town. It is impounded by the Tuirial Dam. Geography The river is about long. It originates from Chawilung hills (62 km from Aizawl) in Aizawl District. It flows northward to join the Barak River The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in India. Further it enters Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converges again to become the Meghna river before for ... in Assam. References Rivers of Mizoram Rivers of India {{India-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barak River
The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in India. Further it enters Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converges again to become the Meghna river before forming the Ganges Delta with the Ganga and the Brahmaputra rivers and flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Of its length is in India, on the Indo–Bangladesh border and the rest is in Bangladesh. The upper part of its navigable part is in India — between Lakhipur and Bhanga, declared as National Waterway 6, (NW-6) since the year 2016. It drains a basin of , of which lies in India, 1.38% (rounded) of the country. The water and banks host or are visited by a wide variety of flora and fauna. The principal tributaries are all in India: the Sonai (or Tuirial), the Jiri, the Tlawng (or Dhaleswari, or Katakal), the Jatinga, the Longai and the Madhura. Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed dam on the river itself. Sources From its source at Liya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhab Chandra Das College
Madhab Chandra Das College, or M.C.D. College or M.C.Das College or Sonai College, was founded by Alhaj Tajamul Ali Mazumdar (or T. A. Mazumdar or Potol Mazumdar), in 1972. It is situated in Sonai Constituency or the Sonai sub-division, a rural area in the Cachar district of Assam, India. The first piece of land was donated by a local landowner after much persuasion by the founder. It was donated on condition that the college be named after the donor. The college was first affiliated to Gauhati University but is now affiliated to Assam University. It has Arts apart from Science and Commerce degree courses. It has acquired B grades from NAAC in two assessments.... Principals # T. A.Mazumdar M.A. (Political Science) (1972–2009). He has been given the Sahidul Alom Choudhury Memorial Award in Dispur. # Mohan Singha M.A. (Economics) (i/c) # Dr. (Ms.) Nirupama Nath M.A., (Bengali) Ph.D. (i/c) # Sabir Ahmed Choudhury M.A. (English) (i/c) # Dr. Baharul Islam Laskar M.A. (Economi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silchar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. From 1951 to 1971, the area under it was referred as Cachar constituency. The constituency covers the entirety of Cachar district in the Barak Valley. Vidhan Sabha segments Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Lok Sabha Election Results Lok Sabha Elections 2019 General elections 2014 Lok Sabha elections 1971 * Jyotsna Chanda (INC) : 100,798 votes * A. F. Golam Osmani (IND) : 37,794 Lok Sabha elections 1952 * Two candidates elected from this constituency, then called 'Cachar Lushal Hill'. * Member One : Laskar, Nibaran Chandra (INC) : 192847 votes, defeated Ghose, Satyendra Kishore (KMPP) : 84160 votes * Member Two : Deb, Suresh Chandra (INC) : 182,692 votes, defeated Patni, Nitai Chand (KMPP) : 71,704 votes See also * 2019 Indian general election in Assam * Cachar district * List of Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kachari Kingdom
The Dimasa Kingdom (also Kachari kingdom) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were examples of new states that emerged from indigenous communities in medieval Assam as a result of socio-political transformations in these communities. The British finally annexed the kingdom: the plains in 1832 and the hills in 1834. This kingdom gave its name to undivided Cachar district of colonial Assam. And after independence the undivided Cachar district was split into three districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly ''North Cachar Hills''), Cachar district, Hailakandi district. The Ahom Buranjis called this kingdom ''Timisa''. In the 18th century, a divine Hindu origin was constructed for the rulers of the Kachari kingdom and it was named Hidimba, and the kings as Hidimbesvar. The name Hiḍimbā continued to be used in the offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silchar
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker “Island of Peace” from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women crew flight. Silchar was a tea town and Cachar Club, Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters. Etymology The name Silchar comes from the two Bengali language, Bengali words 'shil' and 'char', meaning 'rock' and 'shore/island' respectively. The city was founded in Janiganj-Sadarghat area of the town near the Barak Valley, Barak bank which was used as a river port. It is theorised that the locals started calling the area 'Shiler Chor' meaning the rocky shore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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