History
In 1874, Assam was constituted as a ''Chief Commissioner's province'' with the seat of the government in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya. To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also calledList of divisions
Current divisions
Proposed divisions (new)
Municipal corporations
Municipal corporation (present)
* GuwahatiMunicipal corporation (proposed)
* Silchar *Dibrugarh *Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas
The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, constituted before India's Independence of 1947.Notes
References
* * {{refend Assam-related lists