The state of Assam in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts. The Divisional Commissioner is the head of administration of a division.
History
In 1874, Assam was constituted as a Chief Commissioner's province with the seat of the government in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya. To better administer the six districts of Goalpara, Kamrup, Sonitpur, Nagaon (formerly, Nowgong), Sivasagar (formerly, Sibsagar) and Lakhimpur, (the districts in the Brahmaputra valley, also called Assam Valley), the Judge of Assam Valley was given the additional charge of a commissioner in 1880."In 1879, Sir Bayley, therefore, proposed to the Government of India that the Judge of Assam Valley to be the ex-officio Commissioner of Assam Valley. High Court objected to the proposal. But Government of India approved the scheme and the Chief Commissioner invested the Judge of Assam with the powers of a Commissioner of a Division." In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley; in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley. List of divisions Current divisions Division Name Divisional Office DistrictsPopulation Area Barak Valley Silchar Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj3,612,581 Central Assam and Hills Nagaon Dima Hasao, Hojai, Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Morigaon, and Nagaon5,894,460 Lower Assam Guwahati Baksa, Barpeta, Bajali, Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, Kokrajhar, and South Salmara-Mankachar, Tamulpur13,179,980 North Assam Tezpur Biswanath, Darrang, Sonitpur, and Udalguri4,246,834 Upper Assam Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia7,840,943
Proposed divisions (new) Division Name Divisional Office Districts Assam Hills Diphu Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong, and West Karbi Anglong Barak Valley Silchar Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj Bodoland Kokrajhar Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, and Udalguri Central Assam Nagaon Hojai, Morigaon, and Nagaon Kamrup Guwahati Darrang, East Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Kamrup Rural, and South Kamrup Lower Assam Bongaigaon Barpeta, Bajali, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, and South Salmara-Mankachar North Assam Tezpur Biswanath, Lakhimpur, and Sonitpur Upper Assam Jorhat Charaideo, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia
Municipal corporations Municipal corporation (present) Guwahati Dibrugarh Silchar
Oldest recognised and constantly inhabited urban areas The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies, constituted before India's Independence of 1947. Type Formation period Urban areas Municipal board region Prior to India's independence in 1947 Guwahati Silchar Dibrugarh Goalpara Dhubri Nagaon Tezpur Jorhat Golaghat
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