Assam Proper (also Kamrup, Pragjyotish) is a

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Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

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, that is constituted by the five colonial districts that were originally in the Ahom kingdom. The districts were:

Undivided Kamrup district Undivided Kamrup district is a former administrative district located in Western Assam from which Kamrup Rural district, Kamrup Rural (2003), Kamrup Metropolitan district, Kamrup Metropolitan (2003), Barpeta district, Barpeta (1983), Nalbari distri ...

, Darrang, Nagaon, Lakhimpur and Sibsagar.

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Regions of Assam Cultural regions {{Assam-geo-stub