Raha is a small town in

Nagaon district Nagaon is an administrative district in the Indian state of Assam. At the time of the 2011 census it was the most populous district in Assam, before Hojai district was split from it in 2016. History Batadrowa gave birth to the Vaishnavite r ...

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 ...

, India, situated near the National Highway 37. The river

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and Kopili flows near Raha. Raha is also situated near to Chaparmukh, a small town popularly known for Chaparmukh junction, one of the prominent railway stations in Nagaon district.

Education

School

* Raha Higher Secondary School * Raha Girls High School * Raha Adarsha Sarkari Nimna Buniyadi Abhyaxon Vidyalaya. * Pranjal Memorial Academy * Raha Adarsha Shishu Bikash Kendra * Pandit Gopinath Bordoloi High School *Sankardev Sishu Vidya Niketan Raha. *St. Basil's Academy, Chaparmukh.

Junior College

*Raha Resonance Junior College

College

* Raha College * College of Fisheries Science

Politics

Raha is part of

Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency) Nagaon is a Lok Sabha constituency in Assam. Assembly segments Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election Results General elections 2019 General elections 2014 ...

. Present MLA of Raha Vidhan Sabha constituency is Sashi Kanta Das from Congress.

Notable person

Gopinath Bordoloi Gopinath Bordoloi (6 June 1890 – 5 August 1950) was a politician and Indian independence activist who served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non-violence as a political tool. Due to his uns ...

, first chief minister of Assam. He was born in Raha. His house which is in the middle of the Raha wholesale market, inside the Government Circuit house compound have been converted to a museum. This museum have his personal items, cloths, letters to and from notable politicians of his age, like M K Gandhi etc. This museum which is maintained by the government of Assam, is open to the visitors on all days except holidays. *

Banwari Lal Hansaria Banwari Lal Hansaria (25 December 1931 ― 3 November 1997) was an Indian Judge and former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Career Hansaria completed his schooling in Sardarshahar and studied at Birla Arts College, Pilani. He passed M.A. from ...

, former judge of the

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India (IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...

, hails from Raha. * Abdul Kadir, former FCI Employee of the

Nagaon FCI District Office Nagaon (previously Nowgong; Assamese নগাঁও), is a town and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. History This division was organised on the both banks of Kalang rive ...

, hails from Raha Monipurtup Bazaar and he is founder of

Barsha Rice Mill Monipurtup Barsha may refer to: People Surname * Afiea Nusrat Barsha (born 1989), Bangladeshi actress * John Barsha (1898–1976), Russian-born American player of American football * Leon Barsha (1905–1964), American film producer, editor and director ...

,at present his son Mukut Ali Hazarika is the owner of the Barsha Rice Mill which is established in the year 2015.Abdul Kadir he is popularly known as FCI Kadir at his village.Everyone knows his very well. {{Nagaon district Villages in Nagaon district