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Dibrugarh is situated in the tea area of {{Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[AssamBengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=Assam - Dibrugagh Church.jpg|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.48,95. It was the headquarters of the 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 Valley Light Horse]|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]}}{{Places of Interest|title=Dibrugarh|name=Dibrugarh|link=xxxxx}}
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibrugarh Dibrugarh] Wikipedia
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'''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> =Also see=Railways==*[[Dibru-Sadiya Railway]]*It became the location of the [[Assam Bengal Railway Workshops]] from 1935 ==Related articles==
*[[Tea Plantation]]
*[[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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[[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
