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30-503: Sarupathar is a town and the Sub-Divisional headquarter of Dhansiri Sub-Division in Golaghat district in the state of Assam , India . In assamese, 'Xoru' mean 'Small/Little', 'Pathar' mean 'Stone/quarry'. As of 2011 India census , Sarupathar had a population of 10,827. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Sarupathar has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than

60-466: A literacy rate of 78.31%. 9.16% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 5.84% and 10.48% of the population respectively. Hinduism is followed by majority of the people in Golaghat district: 85.99%. Muslims form 8.46% of population. while Christians are 4.74% of the population. Languages of Golaghat district (2011) According to the 2011 census, 78.40% of

90-636: A 9th-century kingdom in the Doyang-Dhansiri valley . Earlier, this part was ruled by the Dimasa Kingdom . The Ming dynasty had contact with the Dimasas and canonised the Dimasa kingdom as a tusi in 1406. The Ming court sent Zhou Rang, a Supervising Secretary to bestow Imperial orders, patent, seals, paper money, silks etc. to the kingdom and in return, the chieftain of Dimasa sent horses and local products as

120-503: A hot and humid weather prevailing most of the summer and monsoon months. Total average annual rainfall is 1300 mm. Maximum precipitation occurs in June and July. Maximum temperature is 38.0 °C in June and minimum temperature is 8.0 °C in December. There are four Assam Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Bokakhat, Sarupathar, Golaghat, and Khumtai. All four are in

150-633: A location in the Indian state of Assam is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Golaghat district The name 'Golaghat' originated from the markets established by a business class of people called Marwari during the mid-19th century at the bank of the river Dhansiri in the vicinity of the district headquarters. "Gola" means market and "Ghat" means a river port . The Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription of Nagajari Khanikar village of Sarupathar , remnants of fortifications, brick structures, monuments, temples, tanks , etc. are evidence of

180-641: A remarkable track record. There are three colleges in Sarupathar Sarupathar College , Ideal Junior College and Swahid Kushal Konwar Girls College The biggest and the oldest college is the Sarupathar College which was established in 1970. Sarupathar College, affiliated to Dibrugarh University, offers various courses in Commerce and Arts.It also has study centre of KKHSOU which offers various PG courses in distant modes. This article about

210-511: A sign of tribute. In 1425, paper money, ramie-silks, silk gauzes and thin silk were conferred to Mazhiasa who was sent to the Ming court by Diedaomangpa, the acting head of Di-ma-sa Pacification Superintendency. It is speculated that Dimasa kingdom is referred to as Timmasala in the Yan-anng-myin pagoda inscription of Burma in 1400 A.D. In this inscription by Minkhaung I , the kingdom of Ava

240-467: Is elected from each ward. One ward is reserved for women. The term is for a five-year duration after which elections are held once again. Under the 10+2 format, students attend primary and secondary schooling during the first ten years and then two years of higher secondary education, followed by three years at college for commerce or arts degrees. There are three government high schools and several govt. Lower Primary (LP) and Middle English (ME) Schools in

270-792: Is one of the oldest congresses of Assam Sahitya Sabha, started in 1918. In 1974 Golaghat district became home to Kaziranga National Park , which has an area of 472 km (182.2 sq mi). It shares the park with Nagaon district . It also home to Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary . Yan Aung Myin Shwe Lett Hla Pagoda Yan Aung Myin Shwe Lett Hla Pagoda is a historical stupa located in Yan Aung Myin Village in Lewe Township , Naypyidaw , in Myanmar . According to historical records, it

300-501: Is part of Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency) . The current Member of Parliament representing Kaliabor is Gaurav Gogoi. The current Member of Legislative Assembly representing Sarupathar is Biswajit Phukan. The Sarupathar Municipal Corporation is responsible for the maintaining town's civic infrastructure as well as carrying out associated administrative duties. The Town Committee is constituted by elected members from each wards. The entire town has been divided into four wards, and one member

330-451: Is said to extend on the east to Shan Pyi, northwest to Timmasala, west to Kula Pyi, and south to Talaing Pyi. In a 1442 inscription from Pagan of Burma mentions Timmasala (Hill Kacharis) to be one of the 21 principalities under Mong Mao ruler Thonganbwa (1413–1445/6), who was later captured by the Governor of Taungdwin and presented to King Narapati I of Ava . The Ahoms became

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360-516: Is the principal river, which originates from Laisang peak of Nagaland. It streams through a distance of 352 km from south to north before joining the Brahmaputra. Its catchment area is 1,220 km (470 sq mi). Doyang, Nambor, Doigrung and Kalioni are the four rivulets of the Dhansiri. The river Kakodonga marks the border between Golaghat and Jorhat districts. The climate is tropical with

390-546: The 2011 census Golaghat district has a population of 1,066,888, roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus or the US state of Rhode Island . This gives it a ranking of 430th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 302 inhabitants per square kilometre (780/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 11.88%. Golaghat has a sex ratio of 961 females for every 1000 males, and

420-945: The Kaliabor Lok Sabha constituency . Within the merged establishment of the Deputy Commissioner, Golaghat are the Offices of the Sub-Divisional Officers, Dhansiri and Bokakhat. There are multiple functions and issues looked after by the Deputy Commissioner's office from its headquarters. The branches of the Office of the Deputy Commissioner are rationalized as Administration, Civil Defence, Confidential, Development, Election, Excise, Home Guards, Magisterial, Nazarat, Personnel, Registration, Revenue, Supply, Treasury and Zila Sainik Board. The Courts of District and Session Judge are also located in its headquarters at Golaghat. According to

450-473: The Sibsagar district in 1846. Golaghat district played an active part in the freedom struggle of India. Kushal Konwar , Kamala Miri, Dwariki Das, Biju Vaishnav, Sankar Chandra Barua, Shri Tara Prasad Barooah, Rajendra Nath Barua, Gaurilal Jain, Ganga Ram Bormedhi and Dwarikanath Goswami are eminent freedom fighters of the region. Golaghat was raised to the position of a district of Assam on 15 August 1987, when it

480-489: The deaths were from the Assamese side and the attackers included NSCN militants and Nagaland Police . Golaghat district crowns many literary intellects who have made outstanding contributions to Assamese literature. The most prominent writer of the 19th century who hailed from Golaghat was Hem Chandra Barua , the writer of first Assamese dictionary Hemkosh . Raghunath Mahanta, Satradhikar of Doyang Alengi Satra of Golaghat,

510-591: The heart of Sarupathar Town. The high schools are viz . Sarupathar HS School, Kalibari High School & Sarupathar Girls' High School. Sarupathar Higher Secondary School is the oldest school of Sarupathar. Founded by Jogeshwar Chetia in 1956 this school has produced excellent professionals and businessman. The private English medium schools are Bolosing Memorial School (BMS), Dayanand Vidya Niketan (DVN), Don Bosco High School, Daffodil English High School, Keshav Chandra Hazarika Memorial School (KCH) and Marvel Minds Academy. The only private assamese medium school in

540-461: The injury of his arm had been healed and reached to a good condition in a blink of an eye, he named the pagoda 'Lett -Hla Pagoda', (lit. Beautiful hand or good hand) and later known as "Shwe Lett Hla Pagoda". The stupa had been modified in Bagan period under the reigns of King Alaungsithu and King Narapatisithu . It was said that in the time of King Mingyi Nyo of Taungoo , he often visited and updated

570-604: The invincible writer of Assamese literature, belongs to the village of Nahoroni in Golaghat. He was the president of Assam Sahitya Sabha. Malik received many exalted prizes, including Sahitya Akademy, Sankar Dev Award, Xahityacharyya, etc. Other people from Golaghat who marked their names as great writers of Assamese literature include Surendranath Saikia, Hari Parsad Barua, Kirtinath Hazarika, Dr Nagen Saikia, Dr Debo Prasad Barooah, Nilamoni Phukan, Samir Tanti, Lakhikanta Mahanta, Purna Chandra Goswami, Dr Upen Kakoty, Lolit Barua, Golap Khound and Premadhar Dutta. The Golaghat Sahitya Sabha

600-404: The national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%. In Sarupathar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. A majority of Assamese and Bengali live here but also other communities like Nepali, Muslim, Marwari, Manipuri live here. The majority of Sarupathar's population are Hindu, but other religions like Islam, Buddhism, Christianity are also found here. Sarupathar

630-410: The population speak Assamese , 4.59% Bengali , 2.71% Mising , 2.50% Nepali , 1.86% Boro , 1.79% Hindi , 1.52% Sadri and 1.36% Odia as their first language. Around 420 km (160 sq mi) of Golaghat district is under occupation by the state of Nagaland (Merapani region). There were major conflicts between the two sides in 1979 and 1985, with 54 and 41 deaths respectively. Almost all

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660-681: The rulers of the Doyang-Dhansiri valley in the 16th century. The Kacharis were pushed back towards west of the Karbi hills . The Ahom King Suhungmung (1497–1539), appointed a ruler entitled Marangi-Khowa Gohain , an administrative post with the Rank of a Governor/Minister of the Ahom administration. Under Marangi-khowa Gohain , large number of people from different parts of Ahom kingdom were settled in erstwhile Kachari Kingdom. An interesting aspect of such settlement

690-706: The stupa and donated lands in the time of excavation to the Sin-Own Lake which is located in the southern tip of Naypyidaw now. The stupa collapsed in the 1838 earthquake on the days of King Tharrawaddy was maintained by the head of Lan-Pyinmana village, Nay-Myo-Kyaw-Thu U Ar-Toke. The pagoda was offered its Htidaw (Crown Umbrella) in 1868 by the brother of Mohnyin governor in King Mindon 's reign and donated new one by "Bodhigon Sayadaw" on 1875. 19°39′54″N 96°07′30″E  /  19.66500°N 96.12500°E  / 19.66500; 96.12500 This article about

720-558: The stupa hill and maintained Naung-Pyin Stupa. When his hand was badly injured during a war with a Phyu kingdom, he retreated his troops and camped near the pagoda. Besides, he made a wish at the stupa to heal his wound instantly and to win the victory against his enemy. After witnessing that his prayers came true and were fulfilled miraculously, he changed the title of 'Naung Pyin Stupa' into 'Yan Aung Myin Stupa' (lit. Victory against foe) and renamed Naung Pyin village as Yan Aung Myin village. Since

750-471: The town is Sankardev Sishu Niketan. Dayanand Vidya Niketan was founded by Mr. Shivaji Rai in the year 1990. Bolosing Memorial School was also founded by Mr. Shivaji Rai in the year 1993. Both DVN and BMS are among the most sought after schools in the town. Marvel Minds Academy, was established in the year 2016 and has emerged as an excellent educational institution at such an early phase. The other private schools like Don Bosco High School and KCH too has had

780-631: Was another writer of 19th century who composed three masterpieces, namely Shatrunjoy Kavya , Adbhoot Ramayan and Katha Ramayan . One significant poet of the Ahom age was Durgeswar Dwiji. He composed a book titled Sangkhosur Badh . Hem Chandra Goswami is regarded as one of the most exceptional writers of the late 19th century and early twentieth century. He is the first sonnet writer of Assamese language. The credit of first Assamese poetess plus first Assamese short story writer amongst women went to Yamuneswari Khatoniar of Golaghat. Her collection of verses called Arun

810-666: Was said that King Ashoka , in his reign on BC 268 to 232, had sent his counselors to the whole region to establish numerous stupas to honour the eighty-four thousand relics of the Buddha . Shwe Let Hla stupa was one of the stupas which was built by the counselors of the King Ashoka in Yan Aung Myin village; formerly called Naung-Pyin village. It was also considered that, on AD 87, the King Thamoddarit (called later Bagan King) arrived at

840-450: Was split from Sibsagar district . Golaghat district occupies an area of 3,502 square kilometres (1,352 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the Bahamas ' North Andros Island . Golaghat district is surrounded by the river Brahmaputra to the north, the state of Nagaland to the south, Jorhat district to the east and Karbi Anglong and Nagaon district to the west. Dhansiri

870-593: Was that a large number of people from different castes/communities were mixed up together so that there was remote chance of rebellion in such newly acquired territory. Most of the Morongi-Khowa Gohains were appointed from the Burhagohain families although there were few exceptions. Later, when the British took control of Assam, the Doyang-Dhansiri valley was incorporated under the newly formed Golaghat subdivision of

900-481: Was the first book written by a woman poet. Raibahadur Ghanashyam Barua of Golaghat, who was also famous in the field of politics as the first Central Minister of Assam, translated William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors into the Assamese language along with three of his partners. Kamal Chandra Sarma of Golaghat enjoyed the influential position of secretary of 'Asomiya Bhasa Unnoti Sadhini Sabha'. Syed Abdul Malik,

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