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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/n9/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India:Volume 4  North and North-Eastern Frontier tribes''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/n9/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India:Volume 4  North and North-Eastern Frontier tribes''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org
**''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 7 Official Account of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India published c 1913,  is available at the [[British Library]] and through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845743113 FIBIS Shop] as a reprint.   
**''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 7 Official Account of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912'' by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India published c 1913,  is available at the [[British Library]] and through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845743113 FIBIS Shop] as a reprint.   
* Some sample pages from [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=477224#forgottenfrontierbygeoffreytyson ''Forgotten Frontier''] by Geoffrey Tyson, first published 1945, may be downloaded as a pdf from the Koi-Hai website. This book  may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from north Burma ino India.  
* Some sample pages from [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=477224#forgottenfrontierbygeoffreytyson ''Forgotten Frontier''] by Geoffrey Tyson, first published 1945, may be downloaded as a pdf from the Koi-Hai website. This book  may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from north Burma into India.  


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Revision as of 07:47, 17 January 2014

The Assam region was gradually annexed by the East India Company following the 1st Burma War and became part of the Bengal Presidency. In 1906 a new province of East Bengal and Assam was formed but in 1912 Assam became a separate province under a Chief Commissioner. Assam today is a state in north eastern India noted for its Tea Plantations and lush landscape.

Bamboo Suspension Bridge, Assam

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Cemeteries

  • BACSA publication Assam and North-East India: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials by Eileen Hewson, 2005
A comprehensive list of MIs with biographical notes, district by district, including records from churches, 1783-2003. 184pp, 5 illustrations ISBN 0 907799 82 5
This book is thought to include at least some entries from List of Inscriptions on Tombs Or Monuments in Assam published in 1902 at Shillong (120 pages) available at the British Library (Open Access)
For details of Eileen Hewson's booki ncluding purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

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