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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
*''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
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/wildsportsofburm00pollrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Wild sports of Burma and Assam''] By Fitz William Thomas Pollok and W. S. Thom 1900 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/wildsportsofburm00pollrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Wild sports of Burma and Assam''] By Fitz William Thomas Pollok and W. S. Thom 1900 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

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)
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.

External links

Historical books online