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Dibrugarh is situated in the tea area of [[Assam]]. It was the headquarters of the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]
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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Assam - Dibrugagh Church.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.48,95.00&z=12&t=h&hl=en 27.48°N 95.00°E]
|altitude=108 m (354 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibrugarh Dibrugarh]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam Assam]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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==Also see==
 
'''Dibrugarh''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_124.gif Lakhimpur District] of [[Assam|Assam Province]] during the British period. It was the headquarters of the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]].
 
"Dibrugarh Is one of the most desirable stations in the plains of Assam"<ref>''Imperial Gazetteer of India''</ref>
 
==Railways==
*[[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]]
*It became the location of the [[Assam Bengal Railway Workshops]] from 1935 
 
==Related articles==
*[[Tea Plantation]]
*[[Tea Plantation]]
*[[Tea]]
*[[Tea]]
*[[Assam Valley Light Horse]]
==Churches==
*St Paul’s  Church,  originally Church of England
*St John’s Church. Believed to be Church of Scotland.  There was a St John’s Church in Dibrugarh and there was a Church of Scotland church in Dibrugarh <ref>[http://genealogy.avendano.org/wrangham4.php Family Tree of Oswald Wrangham]  Scroll down to 1.2.1.1.4.1.6.6.8.4.1.1. John Robin Wrangham</ref> and it is likely they were the same church
*Roman Catholic: The Dibrugarh Mission was opened in 1909 by the German Salvatorians. The fathers had to leave at the outbreak of the [[First World War]]. The parish was restarted in 1931, and the present site was obtained in 1936.
==External Links==
*[http://www.dibrugarhdiocese.org/p_dibrugarh.html Sacred Heart of Jesus Dibrugarh]
*[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov0310/state07 British cemetery lies abandoned in Dibrugarh] November 03, 2010  ''The Assam Tribune''
*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-01/guwahati/29730819_1_cemetery-boundary-wall-zilla-parishad British graveyard to get tourism push] July 1, 2011 ''The Times of India Guwahati''
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_348.gif Dibrugarh Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'',  v. 11, p. 342.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206852  ''Assam District Gazetteers: Lakhimpur Vol. 8''], by B C Allen. 1905, Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463809 ''Lakhimpur Supplement''] 1916  Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibrugarh Dibrugarh] Wikipedia


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Latest revision as of 18:41, 16 February 2022

Dibrugarh
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 27.48°N 95.00°E
Altitude: 108 m (354 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Dibrugarh
State/Province: Assam
Country: India
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Dibrugarh]



Dibrugarh was the headquarters of Lakhimpur District of Assam Province during the British period. It was the headquarters of the Assam Valley Light Horse.

"Dibrugarh Is one of the most desirable stations in the plains of Assam"[1]

Railways

Related articles


Churches

  • St Paul’s Church, originally Church of England
  • St John’s Church. Believed to be Church of Scotland. There was a St John’s Church in Dibrugarh and there was a Church of Scotland church in Dibrugarh [2] and it is likely they were the same church
  • Roman Catholic: The Dibrugarh Mission was opened in 1909 by the German Salvatorians. The fathers had to leave at the outbreak of the First World War. The parish was restarted in 1931, and the present site was obtained in 1936.

External Links

Historical books online

Lakhimpur Supplement 1916 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.

References

  1. Imperial Gazetteer of India
  2. Family Tree of Oswald Wrangham Scroll down to 1.2.1.1.4.1.6.6.8.4.1.1. John Robin Wrangham