North-East Frontier (1874–1905)
Assam Province (1912–1947)
Province of British India
1874-1947
Flag
Coat of arms
Assam Province in 1936
Capital
Shillong
Area
• 1901
121,908[2][3] km2 (47,069 sq mi)
• 1914
202,270[1] km2 (78,100 sq mi)
History
• Bifurcation of Eastern Bengal and Assam
1912
• Simla Convention
1914
• Independence of India
15 August 1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bengal Presidency
Eastern Bengal and Assam
Undivided Assam
Sylhet division
Part of a series on the
History of Assam
Proto-historic
Pragjyotisha Kingdom
Danava Dynasty
Bhauma Dynasty
Sonitpura Kingdom
Medieval
Kamarupa Kingdom
Varman Dynasty
Davaka Dynasty
Mlechchha Dynasty
Pala Dynasty
Late Medieval
Chutia Kingdom
Dimasa Kingdom
Kamata Kingdom
Ahom Kingdom
Koch Kingdom
Baro-Bhuyan
Moamoria rebellion
Modern
Colonial Assam
Assam Province
Contemporary
Assam Movement
Sources
Kamarupa inscriptions
Buranji
Categories
Architecture
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Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1912 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam Province.
Its capital was in Shillong.
The Assam territory was first separated from Bengal in 1874 as the 'North-East Frontier' non-regulation province. It was incorporated into the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905 and re-established as a province in 1912.
^Province area after Simla Convention and accession of South Tibet excluding dependent states.
^Province area. Total area including dependent states (Manipur - 8456 sq mi and Khasi Hills - 6157 sq mi) is 61,682 sq mi (159755 км2)
^The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) Vol. IV. p.14.
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