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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h9cRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50  "On an Overland Route Between Calcutta and China"] by J McCosh MD, late Bengal Medical Staff ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1861 Part 2'' page 50
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h9cRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA50  "On an Overland Route Between Calcutta and China"] by J McCosh MD, late Bengal Medical Staff ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal 1861 Part 2'' page 50
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/notesonmodeofcap00camp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Notes on the mode of capture of elephants in Assam''] by  Archibald Campbell,  Superintendent of Darjeeling 1869 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/notesonmodeofcap00camp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Notes on the mode of capture of elephants in Assam''] by  Archibald Campbell,  Superintendent of Darjeeling 1869 Archive.org
*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...''  by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879. [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*''The North-East Frontier of India (A topographical, political and military report'' by Captain St John F Michell, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department, 1973 reprint of 1883 original, may be downloaded as a pdf from  [http://pahar.in/books/ PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset], located under Books , Indian Subcontinent, 1883.
*''The North-East Frontier of India (A topographical, political and military report'' by Captain St John F Michell, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department, 1973 reprint of 1883 original, may be downloaded as a pdf from  [http://pahar.in/books/ PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset], located under Books , Indian Subcontinent, 1883.
*[https://archive.org/details/aglimpseassam00wardgoog ''A Glimpse of Assam''] by Susan R Ward  1884 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aglimpseassam00wardgoog ''A Glimpse of Assam''] by Susan R Ward  1884 Archive.org

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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.

Passport application records at the Assam State Archives

The Assam State Archives has a download available from its website, listing passport applications for the period 1920-32 and 1936-41. Dates of birth of the applicants are also included. Refer below.

External links

  • Assam Wikipedia
  • Assam State Archives Dispur, Guwahati Assam. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
    • To access the passports application list download, select Collections/Holdings of Assam State Archives/ Assam Secretariat Records (1874-1957).
  • Four Archives in Mizoram, India by Kyle Jackson, Department of History, University of Warwick, May 25, 2015. dissertationreviews.org. Mizoram is one of the seven Northeastern states of India, bordered by Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) to its east and south, Bangladesh to its west, and the states of Manipur, Assam, and Tripura to its north.
  • "River Cruising in Assam" The Daily Telegraph, 19 August 2009 [retrieved 7 February, 2010], mentions Kaziranga National Park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its unique natural environment.
  • Kaziranga National Park Wikipedia
  • Growing Up in Assam: A Personal Story by Amrit Baruah 2011. The author was born c. late 1920s and his father was a magistrate, then Additional Judge scribd.com
  • Historical Account of British Legacy in the Naga Hills (1881-1947) by Joseph Longkumer, Phd Thesis 2011, Department of History, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth University, Pune
  • The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India University of Cambridge and Yale Digital Himalaya. Includes transcriptions of historical reports, diaries etc. Retrieved 3 September 2014

Historical books online

There is a download available as a pdf file from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset catalogued as 1905 Assam District Gazetteers Vols 1 To 10, located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1905.
The following are mainly pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: Cachar Vol. 1 1905; Sylhet Vol. 2 1905, Sylhet Supplement 1915; Supplement to Goalpara 1914; Kamrup Vol. 4 1905; Darrang Vol. 5 1905, Darrang Supplement 1915; Nowgong Vol. 6 1903; Sibsagar Vol. 7 1906, Sibsagar Supplement 1915; Lakhimpur Vol. 8 1905, Lakhimpur Supplement 1916; Naga Hills And Manipur Vol. 9 1905; The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills and the Lushai Hills Vol.10 1906 Archive.org., Volume10 Supplement 1915. British Library EAP file (Tiff images, may require a plug-in); Vol.11 The Sadiya and Balipara Frontier Tract ? 1928.