Assam Province
| Assam Province আসাম | |||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||
| 1912–1947 | |||||||||
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 Assam Province in a 1907 map of Eastern Bengal and Assam | |||||||||
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• Bifurcation of Eastern Bengal and Assam | 1912 | ||||||||
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Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1911 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam.
History
In 1824 Assam was occupied by British forces following the First Anglo-Burmese War and on 24 February 1826 it was ceded to Britain by Burma.[1] Between 1826 and 1832 Assam was made part of Bengal under the Bengal Presidency. From 1832 to October 1838 the Assam princely state was restored in Upper Assam while the British ruled in Lower Assam. Purandar Singha was allowed to rule as king of Upper Assam in 1833, but after that brief period Assam was annexed to Bengal by the British. In 1873 British political control was imposed on western Naga communities. From 16 October 1905 Assam became part of the Province of East Bengal and Assam. The province was annulled in 1911 following a sustained mass protest campaign and on 1 April 1912 the two parts of Bengal were reunited and a new partition based on language followed, Oriya and Assamese areas were separated to form new administrative units: Bihar and Orissa Province was created to the west, and Assam Province to the east. During the Japanese invasion of India in 1944, some areas of Assam Province, including the Naga Hills district and part of the Manipur princely state, were occupied by Japanese forces between mid March and July. Prior to the Independence of India, on 1 April 1946, Assam Province was granted self rule and on 15 August 1947 it became part of the Indian Union.granted.[2]
Chief commissioners of Assam
- 1912 - 1918 Archdale Earle (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
- 1918 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
Governors
- 3 Jan 1921 - 2 Apr 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (s.a.)
- 3 Apr 1921 - 10 Oct 1922 Sir William Sinclair Marris (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
- 10 Oct 1922 - 28 Jun 1927 Sir John Henry Kerr (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
- 28 Jun 1927 - 11 May 1932 Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond (b. 1873 - d. 1939)
- 11 May 1932 - 4 Mar 1937 Sir Michael Keane (b. 1874 - d. 1937)
- 4 Mar 1937 - 4 May 1942 Robert Neil Reid (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
- 4 May 1942 - 4 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
- 15 Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 Mutaguchi Renya (b. 1888 - d. 1966) Mil (Japanese military commander)
- 16 Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 A.C. Chatterjee IIL (for the provisional government of Free India)
- 4 May 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
Chief ministers
- 1 Apr 1937 - 19 Sep 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla (b. 1885 - d. 1955) ML (1st time)
- 19 Sep 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1950) INC
- 17 Nov 1939 - 24 Dec 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla (s.a.) ML (2nd time)
- 24 Dec 1941 - 24 Aug 1942 Governor's Rule
- 25 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad Saadulla (s.a.) ML (3rd time)
- 11 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd time) (s.a.) INC
Deputy Commissioners of the Naga Hills District
- 1912 - 1913 J.K. Webster
- 1913 - 1917 H.C. Berners
- 1917 - 1935 John Henry Hutton (b. 1885 - d. 1968)
- 1935 - 1937 James Philip Mills (b. 1890 - d. 1960)
- 1937 - 1947 Charles Ridley Pawsey (b. 1894 - d. 1972)
See also
References
- ^ Aitchison, C. U. ed (1931), The Treaty of Yandaboo, (A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads: Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Vol. XII.), Calcutta: Projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu, pp. 230–233
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