Dotma is a town within the District of

Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India. Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the ci ...

is the state of

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 ...

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. It is One of the Revenue circles and developmental blocks in the

Kokrajhar district Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of . It has two civil s ...

. This town also known as Dotoma.

History

At close of the

Bhutan War The Duar War (or Anglo-Bhutan War) was a war fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865. It has been the only military conflict between the two states since 1774. Background Across the nineteenth century, British India commissioned ...

of 1864, the British and the Bhutani signed the Sinchula Agreement in 1865. Under the agreement, the 18th Bhutan Duars were divided into the Eastern and Western Duars. The portion of the land lying between the Manas and

Sankosh Sankosh (also Mo Chu, and Svarnakosha) is a river that rises in northern Bhutan and empties into the Brahmaputra in the state of Assam in India. In Bhutan, it is known as the Puna Tsang Chu below the confluences of several tributaries near the ...

rivers was formed into the Eastern Duars district and was administered by Deputy Commissioner with headquarter at Dotma. By the government notification of 3 December 1866, the Eastern Duars were added to

Goalpara Goalpara, Pron: ) is the district headquarters of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated to the west of Guwahati. Etymology The name Goalpara is said to have originated from the word "Gwaltippika" meaning Guwali village, or The villa ...

and along with this Goalpara was separated from province of Assam and placed under the Commissioner at

Coochbehar Cooch Behar (), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at . Cooch Behar is the only planned city in the ...

division in all matters. Due to administrative convenience the civil and criminal jurisdiction of Goalpara was re-transferred to Judicial Commissioner of Assam on 10 August 1868, but executive control remained with the commissioner of Coochbehar. Goalpara along with Dotma was finally incorporated in the new province when Assam was created as a separate administration in 1874. The Headquarters of the District initially located at Goalpara was transferred to

Dhubri Dhubri (Pron: ˈdhubri) is an old town and headquarter of Dhubri district in Indian state of Assam. It is an old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra river, with historical significance. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Bo ...

in 1879. In the 19th century the British accepted it as a commercial place and constructed a narrow gauge railway in the heart of Dotma to reach Kochugaon, for carrying timber logs from the Kochugaon Forest division. These timber logs had been placed at Dotma at

Thulungapuri Thulungapuri is a memorial in Dotma, Kokrajhar district, 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 ...

the burial ground of Upendra Nath Brahma, father of the

Bodo people Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are ...

, from which these were dispatched to

Fakiragram Fakiragram is a railway station on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line and is located in Kokrajhar district in the Indian state of Assam. A branch line from Fakiragram connects to Dhubri. Trains Major Train ...

for selling. Besides there was a legendary hero called Jaolia Dewan or Sikna Mech. When a war took place between the British force and

Bhutias The Bhutia (; sip, Drenjongpa/Drenjop; ; "inhabitants of Sikkim".) are a community of Sikkimese people living in the state of Sikkim in northeastern India, who speak Drenjongke or Sikkimese, a Tibetic language fairly mutually intelligible w ...

, Sikna Mech sided with the Bhutani force. He left his capital Siknajhar and sheltered at the Dangarkuti village of Dotma, hiding his pregnant wife in neighbouring Bhalukmari village. He was defeated by the British who had the use of cannons. Later he was killed by the British force at Ali Khungri river in

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

Public services

Police and security

*Dotma Police Station * *

Central Reserve Police Force The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a federal police organisation in India under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the Government of India. It is one among the Central Armed Police F ...

Recreation

Parks

Education

Secondary schools

*De Paul's Public School, Dotma *St. Francis Xavier School *Dotma Girls' High School *Dotma Higher Secondary School *Dotma JB School *U.N. Academy *Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma Academy

History

Public services

Police and security

Recreation

Parks

Education

Secondary schools

Universities and colleges

Sports

Stadiums

Teams

Football

Tournaments

Football

See also

References