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*''Assam District Gazetteers''. Published 1905-1928, Volumes 1-10 by B.C. Allen, 1905-06; Volume 11 written anonymously, 1928. Supplementary volumes published c 1915.
*''Assam District Gazetteers''. Published 1905-1928, Volumes 1-10 by B.C. Allen, 1905-06; Volume 11 written anonymously, 1928. Supplementary volumes published c 1915.
:There is  a download available as a pdf file from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]] catalogued as ''1905 Assam District Gazetteers Vols 1 To 10'', located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1905.  
:There is  a download available as a pdf file from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|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: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463827 ''Cachar Vol. 1''] 1905; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/17352 ''Sylhet Vol. 2''] 1905, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463803 ''Sylhet Supplement''] 1915; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/55772 ''Supplement to Goalpara''] 1914; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463813 ''Kamrup Vol. 4''] 1905; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463808 ''Darrang Vol. 5''] 1905, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463805  ''Darrang Supplement'']  1915; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/210366 ''Nowgong Vol. 6''] 1903; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206853 ''Sibsagar Vol. 7''] 1906, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/55771 ''Sibsagar Supplement''] 1915; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206852 ''Lakhimpur Vol. 8''] 1905, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463809 ''Lakhimpur Supplement''] 1916; [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463818 ''Naga Hills And Manipur Vol. 9'']  1905; [https://archive.org/details/assamdistrictga00allegoog  ''The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills and the Lushai Hills  Vol.10'']  1906 Archive.org., [http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_item.a4d?catId=183535;r=8723  ''Volume10 Supplement''] 1915. British Library EAP  file (Tiff images, may require a plug-in);  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463820 ''Vol.11''] The Sadiya and Balipara Frontier Tract ? 1928.
:The following are mainly pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/463827 ''Cachar Vol. 1''] 1905; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/17352 ''Sylhet Vol. 2''] 1905, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463803 ''Sylhet Supplement''] 1915; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55772 ''Supplement to Goalpara''] 1914; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463813 ''Kamrup Vol. 4''] 1905; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463808 ''Darrang Vol. 5''] 1905, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463805  ''Darrang Supplement'']  1915; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/210366 ''Nowgong Vol. 6''] 1903; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206853 ''Sibsagar Vol. 7''] 1906, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/55771 ''Sibsagar Supplement''] 1915; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/206852 ''Lakhimpur Vol. 8''] 1905, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463809 ''Lakhimpur Supplement''] 1916; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463818 ''Naga Hills And Manipur Vol. 9'']  1905; [https://archive.org/details/assamdistrictga00allegoog  ''The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills and the Lushai Hills  Vol.10'']  1906 Archive.org., [http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_item.a4d?catId=183535;r=8723  ''Volume10 Supplement''] 1915. British Library EAP  file (Tiff images, may require a plug-in);  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/463820 ''Vol.11''] The Sadiya and Balipara Frontier Tract ? 1928.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/281526 ''Imperial Gazetteer of India  Provincial Series: Eastern Bengal and Assam''] 1908. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281526 ''Imperial Gazetteer of India  Provincial Series: Eastern Bengal and Assam''] 1908. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=9YVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Memoir  of the late David Scott, Esq. Agent to the Governor General, on the North- East Frontier of Bengal, and Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit in Assam''] 1832 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=9YVCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Memoir  of the late David Scott, Esq. Agent to the Governor General, on the North- East Frontier of Bengal, and Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit in Assam''] 1832 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=RWYRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Report on the Eastern Frontier of British India''] by  Robert Boileau Pemberton 1835 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=RWYRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Report on the Eastern Frontier of British India''] by  Robert Boileau Pemberton 1835 Google Books
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoryassam00gaitgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''A History of Assam'']  by Sir Edward Albert Gait 1906 Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoryassam00gaitgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''A History of Assam'']  by Sir Edward Albert Gait 1906 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
*[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]'' [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-official-account-of-the-abor-expedition-1911-12-s-pdf/ ''Official Account of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912''] by General Staff, India published 1913,  is available to download as a pdf file from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. It is also available as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/500051 pdf download, Digital Library of India].
**''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: [Volume 7]'' [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-official-account-of-the-abor-expedition-1911-12-s-pdf/ ''Official Account of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912''] by General Staff, India published 1913,  is available to download as a pdf file from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. It is also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/500051 pdf download, Digital Library of India].
*''Eastern Bengal and Assam Police Manual'' 1911 Archive.org
*''Eastern Bengal and Assam Police Manual'' 1911 Archive.org
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/easternbengalass03eastiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 3 Reserve, Ordnance, Clothing, Guards and Escorts'']  
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/easternbengalass03eastiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Volume 3 Reserve, Ordnance, Clothing, Guards and Escorts'']  
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofupperas00shak#page/n7/mode/2up ''History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and North-Eastern Frontier''] by Leslie Waterfield Shakespear 1914  Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofupperas00shak#page/n7/mode/2up ''History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and North-Eastern Frontier''] by Leslie Waterfield Shakespear 1914  Archive.org  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/404/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'']  by  Somerset Playne and J W  Bond, edited by Arnold Wright,  1917 Archive.org has a chapter on "The Province of Assam".
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/404/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'']  by  Somerset Playne and J W  Bond, edited by Arnold Wright,  1917 Archive.org has a chapter on "The Province of Assam".
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/82581 ''History Of Services Of Gazetted And Other Officers Serving Under The Government Of Assam 1921''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofthefron035444mbp ''History of the Frontier Areas Bordering on Assam: from 1883-1941''] by Sir Robert Reid 1942. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofthefron035444mbp ''History of the Frontier Areas Bordering on Assam: from 1883-1941''] by Sir Robert Reid 1942. Archive.org.
*''Forgotten Frontier'' by Geoffrey Tyson,  published 1945, may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, barcodes 99999990824822 and  99999990848646 in TIFF format, or as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528129  pdf download], barcode 99999990796065. It is also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1945-forgotten-frontier-by-tyson-s-pdf/  pdf download] from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. 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.  
*''Forgotten Frontier'' by Geoffrey Tyson,  published 1945, may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, barcodes 99999990824822 and  99999990848646 in TIFF format, or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528129  pdf download], barcode 99999990796065. It is also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1945-forgotten-frontier-by-tyson-s-pdf/  pdf download] from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. 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.  
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1959-indias-north-east-frontier-in-the-19th-century-by-elwin-s-pdf/  ''India’s North-East Frontier In the 19th Century''] by Verrier Elwin 1959. Pdf download from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital  Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1959-indias-north-east-frontier-in-the-19th-century-by-elwin-s-pdf/  ''India’s North-East Frontier In the 19th Century''] by Verrier Elwin 1959. Pdf download from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital  Dataset.



Revision as of 00:01, 1 September 2016

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 Eastern 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

Related articles

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), and on a restricted basis online (North America etc) on the Hathi Trust Digital Library.
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.

Recommended reading

  • May, Andrew - Welsh Missionaries and British Imperialism: The empire of clouds in north-east India published 2012.
A review of this book by David Macadam is contained in FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) page 48

External links

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.

References