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Sonowal Khel
''Sonowa''l is a designation of the gold-washers of Assam. They were previously addressed as Xunia thakur. Etymology The name ''Sonowa''l comes from the word 'Son' ( as, Xon) which means gold in Assamese. ''Hindustan Times'' History Sonowal was a multicaste 'khel' (guild) of the many khels that existed in the Ahom Kingdom of the period. This khel was involved in the gold-washing business and it consisted paiks from different communities viz,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Dome
Gold Dome or Golden Dome may refer to: * Gold Dome, a geodesic-shaped cultural center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma *Gold Dome (Centenary), on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States * Georgia State Capitol, is referred to as the "Gold Dome" because of the gold leaf applied to the structure. * Golden Dome (Monaca), a multi-purpose geodesic domed arena in Monaca, Pennsylvania * The Golden Domes on the Fairfield, Iowa campus of Maharishi University of Management * The Colorado State Capitol in Denver, whose distinctive golden dome contains real gold leaf * Assassins' Gate (Green Zone), a landmark on the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, known as The Golden Dome * Dome of the Rock, a shrine of great religious significance in Jerusalem * Main Administration Building (University of Notre Dame), at the University of Notre Dame, is referred to as the Golden Dome * St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine See also * Gould Dome Goul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saikia
Saikia was a Paik system, Paik officer of the Ahom Army, Ahom militia who led a hundred ''paiks''. There was a similar office in the Kamata kingdom, Koch kingdom as well. As it was a purely administrative position, the title holder could belong to diverse ethnic groups. Today, this title is used as a surname by people of various ethnic origins. It is found among Jalia Kaibarta, Kaibarta community. The ''Saikia'' in the Paik system was higher in rank to the ''Bora (surname), Bora'' (in charge of 20 ''paiks'') but lower in rank to the ''Hazarika'' (in charge of a thousand ''paiks''). Etymology The word Saikia is a derivative of the Assamese word - ''Xô'', meaning 'one hundred - 100'. It was a military title given to people of various ethnic origins. Historical Usage The Ahom Kingdom of medieval Assam used the Paik system, a form of corvee labour In this system, a Paik (one soldier) was the tiniest unit of the Ahom military system. A ''Saikia'' was the commanding officer of 100 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thengal-Kachari
The Thengal Kachari people are an indigenous ethnic group of Assam, India. They are manily concentrated in the Jorhat, Golaghat, North Lakhimpur, Nagaon and Karbi Anglong districts. Etymology There are different theories regarding the origin of the term Thengal. As per the census of India, 1891, the Thengal kacharis derive their name from an ancestor who is said to have ascended to heaven leg foremost. But according to Jogeswar Borah, earlier the Thengals used to wear ''a pantaloon called "Thenga"'' from which the name has been derived. They are also called as 'Rupowal' from their traditional occupation as silver washers. However, some people in recent time don't prefer this term. History Historical accounts on Thengals are very scarce. According to Hiteswar Borbaruah, some Sonowals used to procure silver in the Dhansiri river and were called Thengals or Rupowal. But earlier they were known by the name "Rupiya thakur". Culture Thengal kachari is a functional group th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirti Chakra
The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the ''peacetime equivalent'' of the Maha Vir Chakra. It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards, comes after Ashoka Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra. Before 1967, the award was known as the ''Ashoka Chakra, Class II.'' History Established as the "Ashoka Chakra, Class II" by the President of India, 4 January 1952 (with effect from 15 August 1947). The statutes were revised and the decoration renamed on 27 January 1967. To understand the award better, a sample recipient would be No. 18161 Naik Mukhtiar Singh, 4 J. & K. Infantry (to date from 19 March 1956).''"On the night of 18/19 March 1956, the position occupied by our troops on the Bela at Hussainiwala Headworks, near Ferozepore on the Indo-Pakistani Border was attacked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lohit Sonowal
Inspector Lohit Sonowal, KC was an Inspector of Commando Battalion of Assam Police who was posthumously awarded India's second highest peace time gallantry award Kirti Chakra The Kirti Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards. It is the ''pe .... References Year of birth missing Indian police officers Place of birth missing Recipients of the Kirti Chakra Kirti Chakra {{India-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jitul Sonowal
Jitul Sonowal ( as, জিতুল সোণোৱাল; born in Dibrugarh Assam) is an Indian singer, music director, composer, lyricist and entertainer in the field of Assamese modern song and music since 1988. He filtered the Assamese song in a modern way and he likewise works in Assamese Films and Movies; and Film Divisions of Assam. Some of the popular hits songs he contributed in Assamese music industry like " Jodi ketiyaba", " Abeli porot", " Bukure Axabure", " Dure Dure", " Ai beli Bihure", " Jon Jole Tora Jole", " Ketiyaba Ajanite", " Mur Mon Aji", " Moromi Logori", " Najaba Atori", " Rimjhim Boroxar" etc. He directed several music in assamese movies such as Hepaah, Xonghat and Bukur Majot Jwole etc. His Popular albums are Niribili Godhuli, Bristi, Natun Lahar, Sonali etc. Most of the Music Albums of Jitul Sonowal co-starred with renowned singers like Usha Mangeshkar, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurti, Dr. Sangita Kakati, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, and Zub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jogesh Das
Jogesh Das ( as, যোগেশ দাস; 1 April 1927 – 9 September 1999) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Assam. He was born in 1927. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ''Prithivir Oxukh''. He was also associated with many cultural organization including the Asom Sahitya Sabha. Education and career Das completed his M.A in Assamese literature from Gauhati University in 1953 and then started working as a journalist.Das became the first Sonowal Kachari to be elected as the president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha. As a writer Das emerged as a fiction writer in the early fifties. He has written short stories and novels with equal distinction. His first novel ''Kolpotuwar Mrityu'' was published in 1953. His second novel ''Daawor aru nai'' published in the year 1955 established him as a influential novelist. The book has been translated into numerous other Indian languages by the National Book Trust. His short-story collection ''Prithivir Oxukh'' brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradan Baruah
Pradan Baruah is an Indian politician who is member of Parliament and elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur seat since November 2016. He won the by-election in November 2016, after the seating member Sarbananda Sonowal resigned from the seat in May 2016 after becoming the Chief Minister of Assam. He was earlier the member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji Assembly constituency (no. 113) in Dhemaji district. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Previously, Baruah was member of Indian National Congress but defected from Congress before the assembly election along with Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the 15th and incumbent Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the Indian National Congress political party. Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August ... in 2016. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Baruah, Pradan Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam People fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jogendra Nath Hazarika
Jogendra Nath Hazarika (9 September 1924 - 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 9 September 1979 to 11 December 1979. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Dibrugarh constituency, Assam in 1951, 1957, 1962 and 1967. He was also a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Early life Hazarika was born in September 1924 in Tengakhat Mawza, Lakhimpur District (now Dibrugarh District) in Assam. His family were Sonowal Kacharis. He attended school in his home town, and in 1949 he graduated and subsequently completed an L.L.B. from University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered .... :as:যোগেন্দ্ৰ নাথ হাজ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarbananda Sonowal
Sarbananda Sonowal ( Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of India's Parliament) from Assam and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. He is a former Chief Minister of Assam and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) in Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again in 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India, from 2014 to 2016. He was chosen to be the Chief Minister of Assam after the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election and he became the first Chief Minister of Assam from Bharatiya Janata Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
