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Bongaigaon
A district heahquarters in western Assam.
Category: city
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14 months ago borudeb | +6 |
 
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Bongaigaon Town is the administrative district headquarter of Bongaigaon District,Assam, India. | ||||
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12 months ago Sarat /Supriti Phukan | +1 |
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Bongaigaon meaning a village of wild cattle or a place of plenty of wild cattle. Bongaigaon was a part of ancient Ratnapitha. This was under the Danava, Asura, Varmana, Salastambha and Pala kings. In medieval time this was under the Ahoms and Koch kings. King Dharmapala constructed a road through northern bank sometimes in 11 century A.D from North Guwahati to North Bengal.
Bongaigaon is a district today. | ||||
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11 months ago Ajoy/Jyoti | +2 |
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Bongaigan,the district head quarter town, is situated by the bank of river 'Aie'. The name Bongaigaon was derived from this fact that it is situated on the bank of river 'Aie'. As per the local(rajbonshi) dialect, which is used by the original dwelers of the area, Bang(bong) means Bank of river, Ai meaning the river 'Aie' and goan is to mean village.Formerly an agriculture based village, Bongaigan is now developing in the field of economy and industries. | ||||
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