Charaideo district

Charaideo district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It was formally declared a new district of the state on 15 August 2015 by then Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi.Assam gets five more districts It was carved out of Sivasagar district. It comes under Upper Assam division.Charaideo commonly known as pyramids of Assamreparations afoot for inauguration of Charaideo district at SonariPalasbari incensed over choice of district HQ

Etymology Charaideo was established by the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukaphaa. The name Charaideo originated from Tai-Ahom word Che Rai Doi or Doi Che Rai which means the shining city on the hills. The Che-Rai-Doi Assamised into Charaideo or Charai-khorong.

History Before the establishment of the Ahom capital at Charaideo, the site was already associated with local religious traditions. Assamese chronicles refer to a pre-existing Deoghar (place of worship or temple) belonging to the Borahi, while Sristidhar Dutta describes Charaideo as a sacred place of the Chutias, Morans and Borahis. Pavitra Assam, edited by Maheswar Neog, preserves a tradition that a Chutia temple had existed at Charaideo before the arrival of the Ahoms in Assam and even before the settlement of the Borahis in the locality.

According to the Satsari Assam Buranji, when Sukaphaa was searching for a permanent centre in the region, Thamithuma, who identified himself as the chief (adhikari) of the Borahi-Morans, told him that a Deoghar belonging to "our king" stood on the hill and recommended the place as suitable for settlement. Sukaphaa subsequently established his capital at Charaideo and founded an Ahom Deo-Shal at the existing Deoghar, thereby incorporating the older sacred site into the ritual landscape of the new polity. He also settled seven Borahi families at nearby Chilanimaria, assigning them functions including those of potter, water-bearer, bowl-keeper, physician, store-keeper, cook and fowl-rearer in connection with the establishment.

As per the traditional chronology, the site of Charaideo was established as the capital of the Ahom kingdom by Siu-Ka-Pha in 1253. The Maidams (tumulus) of the Ahom kings and queens at Charaideo hillocks resemble the shape of small pyramids. The site has had some archaeological work but has also suffered from robbers. There have been calls for the site to be UNESCO World Heritage listed.

During the reign of Sudangphaa (1397–1407), the relatively small Ahom kingdom was attacked by Mong Kwang, a Shan state in what is today Upper Burma. A Mong Kwang army sent under General Ta-chin-Pao advanced upto Tipam but was subsequently defeated and pushed back as far as the Kham Jang territory. The generals of the two armies conducted a peace treaty on the shore of the Nong Jake lake and in accordance with the Tai custom dipped their hands in the lake, fixing the boundary of the two kingdoms at Patkai hills.

Demographics

The district has a population of 471,418, of which 29,723 (6.31%) live in urban areas. Charaideo has a sex ratio of 955 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 7,643 (1.62%) and 11,909 (2.53%) of the population respectively.

At the time of the 2011 census, 75.64% of the population spoke Assamese, 7.64% Sadri, 4.22% Bengali, 3.20% Odia, 1.92% Hindi, 1.38% Nepali. 1.80% of the population spoke 'Others' under Hindi.

Notable people

Charaideo district

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