The Assamese Corner

Hello folks. The Assamese corner  is bringing you a lot of things Assam is famous for which you may or may not knew. I hope you found it interesting. Today i will be writing about Nalbari District of Assam which is my hometown. So I am a proud Nalbaria Api(Girl) i would like to bring you something interesting about this historical place.     Nalbari town is the capital of Nalbari District which has the Headquarters and Municipal board of the district. First lets know how the Nalbari got its name. Nal means reed plant and bari usually refers to small grounds for plantation usually on the backyard of houses.     History of nalbari goes back to centuries before christ as Arthashastra of Kautilya mentioned mentioned about products from nalbari being imported to various places. There is a small village named Suvarnakundya nearby Nalbari town which produced finest silk of Kautilya's times and also produced a special kind of perfume.    The western...

Assam Tea- I am sure most of you have heard about Assam Tea even if you are not from Assam. It is a  black tea produced in Assam. It is mainly manufactured from a small tree named Camellia sinensis, whose leaf buds are used to produce tea. This tea is known for its briskness, malty flavour, and strong, bright colour which separates itself from tea plants grown in other states of India or anywhere in the world. Moreover most of us might not know that Assam is the largest producer of tea in the world.    The unique malty taste that it is known for is mainly because of the climatic condition of Assam. As this part of india receives high precipitation during the monsoons and along with the temperature of daytime it creates a greenhouse like conditions,making it a perfect condition for the plants to grow. A small quantity of green and white teas are also produced here with their own uniqueness.   The plant was first identified when a Scottish Anventurer, Robert Br...

Hello folks. As my blogs are majorly based on Assam, so today I would like you to give a hint on origin of the Assamese language. It is the official language of the state of Assam and also spoken in some other states like Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland,Meghalaya. A small part of the population in Bangladesh are also seen to know and use the language fluently. In the 17th century assamese was the court language of Ahom Kingdom.    It is not clear of how and where the language originated or grown but if we believe the myths it is said that it originated in Old Indo-Aryan dialects. It is also believed that Assamese and the Kamatapuri lects derive from the Kamarupi dialect of Eastern Magadhi Prakrit. But there are many who opposed it. So i guess we will never know how the language we speak now is originated by whom,when and where exactly.      The earliest form of literature of Assamese is seen in the verves of Ninth Century Buddhist known as Charyapada. Then ...

Kaziranga ( কাজিৰঙা) National Park is a World Heritage Site in Golaghat and Nagaon District of Assam. This place is famous for hosting a huge number of wildlife animals and birds but its mostly famous for The Great One Horned Rhinocerose. About two third of the worlds One Horned Rhinos lives in Kaziranga. According to some reports by Forest Department population of this rhinos are about 2400 in 2018.    Tigers are also found here in huge numbers along with large populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species declared it as an Important Bird Area. We should be proud that when it is compared with other national parks of India and even internationaly it has remarkably achieved great success in conserving the wildlife. In 1905 when Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, the wife of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston came here to see the one horned rhino and but couldn't spot even a ...

Yesterday I wrote about Majuli (মাজুলী) the largest river Island in the world in the river Brahmaputra. Today I shall write about the smallest river island in the world i.e Umananda (উমানন্দ) which is interestingly also in the river Brahmaputra in the City of Guwahati,Assam. It also have its own significance and known for many things.     Uma (উমা) in Assamese is another name of Goddess Parvati who happen to be the beloved wife of Lord Shiva. And Ananda (আনন্দ) means Happiness which together makes it Umananda. The British named it The Peacock Island by looking at the shape of the island when looked from a distance.    As suggested by the Hindu Mythology it is believed that Shiva created the island for his wife Parvati's Happiness. When Shiva was in a deep meditation here he was interrupted by Kamadeva and Shiva out of anger burnt him with his third eye.    In 1694,Gargaya Handique Phukan(গৰগয়া সন্দিকৈ ফুকন) the Minister of then Ahom (আহোম) king Su...

The world's biggest river island is Majuli(মাজুলী) situated in River Brahmaputra (ব্ৰক্ষ্মপুত্ৰ) in Assam. In the early 20th century the island 880 square kilometers in area, but due to continues soil erosion the island shrunk to 350 square kilometers upto present date. It is one of the most must visit tourists site of North Eastern part of India. Tourists both domestic and foreign come in a large number every year to visit this beautiful island in the heart of Brahmaputra. It has a population of about 1 Lakheswar 68 thousand which comprises of ethnic groups like Mishing,Ahom,Chutia,Deori, Kabita,Kacharis,Brahmins and many more. Moshing language is spoken most here.    The only way to reach Majuli is by Ferries and Boats as the bridges are not built till now to connect it from the mainland. The closest way to reach majuli is from Jorhat City.   It was the capital of the powerful capital of Chutia Kingdom. It was then a long piece of land with Brahmaputra flowing...