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ASSAM     Childline 1098 service launched in Hailakandi   The service aims to save and nurture children in distress, and help children suffering from diseases, children who are lost or abandoned or are being exploited.   Awareness programmes on the Childline project should be organised so that people come to know about it and … Read more

ASSAM   Delhi HC sought response on the dual control of Assam rifles   TheDelhi High Court sought the response from the Cabinet Committee on Security on a plea seeking directions to remove the dual control of Assam Rifles and bring it under the Ministry of Defence.  Assam Rifles are the oldest paramilitary force of India. The administrative control of Assam Rifles lies … Read more

ASSAM   Post-Saraighat Assam Ascendancy of the Tungkhungia dynasty –the reign of Gadadhar Singha.   The kings of the Tungkhungia family ruled in Assam for 145 years, A.D. 1681—1826. The dynasty has derived its name from the village Tungkhung or ‘Tingkhang in Upper Assam where they had’ their ancestral residence. Gadadhar Singha was the founder … Read more

ASSAM   Assam in the second half of the 17 Century- the Ahom-MughalWars – Mir Jumla’s Assam Invasion   Mir Jumlas , governor of Bengal led an invasion under the reign of Arungazeb in 1662. It was the mightiest of all the mugal invasions in assam,his fleet comprising 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and a fleet … Read more

ASSAM   Invasion of Ram Singha – the Battle of Saraighat (1671) and its results   The Battle of Saraighat was fought during the reign of Ahom king Chakradhvaj Sinha in 1671. The Ahom general Lachit Barphukan inflicted a crushing defeat on the Mughal General Ram Singh. The victory on the bank of the river … Read more

ASSAM   Usable groundwater rapidly depleting in north, east India: Study   India’s northern and eastern states saw a rapid decline in usable ground water between 2005 and 2013, raising an impending risk of severe droughts, food crisis, and drinking water scarcity for millions of people, researchers have found.   Groundwater-level data was used from 3,907 … Read more

ASSAM     ·         Supreme Court bans mining activities along Kaziranga park ð  The Supreme Court has banned all mining activities along the Kaziranga National Park and catchment area of rivers originating in Karbi Anglong Hills in Assam. ð  A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta issued a notice to the Assam government … Read more

ASSAM   Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja (1497-1539)   The reign of Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja broke from the early Ahom rule and established a multi-ethnic polity in his kingdom. Under him the Ahom Kingdom expanded greatly for the first time since Sukaphaa, at the cost of the Sutiya and the Kachari kingdoms.   He also successfully defended … Read more

ASSAM   Assam History : The Koch state   The Koch dynasty emerged as the dominant kingdom after the fall of the Khen dynasty in 1498 and Kamat Dynasty in 1515.The first of the Koch kings, Viswa Singha and then his sons, Nara Narayan as the subsequent king and Chilarai as the general, soon occupied … Read more