Assam Province

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:area 151,978 km² (1941)
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Bhutan
gptkb:Tibet
gptkb:Bengal_Province
Burma
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Shillong
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Indian_rupee
gptkbp:dissolved 1947
gptkbp:established 1874
gptkbp:event gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Sylhet_referendum
gptkb:Partition_of_India
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_colonial_administration
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Sir_Andrew_Gourlay_Clow
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Joseph_Twynam
gptkb:Sir_Robert_N._Reid
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assam Province
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Assam_Legislative_Assembly
gptkb:Assam_Legislative_Council
gptkbp:locatedIn northeastern India
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:oil
ethnic diversity
tea production
strategic location during WWII
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Bengali
English
Assamese
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Raj
gptkbp:population 9,252,000 (1941)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
gptkbp:region gptkb:Sylhet
gptkb:Lushai_Hills
gptkb:Khasi_and_Jaintia_Hills
gptkb:Manipur_(as_a_princely_state_under_British_suzerainty)
gptkb:Mikir_Hills
gptkb:Goalpara
gptkb:Nowgong
gptkb:Lakhimpur
gptkb:North_Cachar_Hills
gptkb:Cachar
gptkb:Karimganj
gptkb:Naga_Hills
gptkb:Dibrugarh
gptkb:Garo_Hills
gptkb:Darrang
gptkb:Kamrup
gptkb:Sibsagar
Tripura (as a princely state under British suzerainty)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Assam_(state)
gptkb:East_Bengal
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
gptkb:East_Bengal_and_Assam
gptkb:Sylhet,_British_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6