| North-East Frontier (1874–1905) Assam Province (1912–1947) | |||||||||||||
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| Province of British India | |||||||||||||
| 1874–1947 | |||||||||||||
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 Assam Province in 1936 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Shillong | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1901 | 121,908[2][3] km2 (47,069 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
• 1914 | 202,270[1] km2 (78,100 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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• Bifurcation of Eastern Bengal and Assam | 1912 | ||||||||||||
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| 15 August 1947 | |||||||||||||
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Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1912 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam Province. Its capital was in Shillong.
The Assam territory was first separated from Bengal in 1874 as the 'North-East Frontier' non-regulation province. It was incorporated into the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905 and re-established as a province in 1912.
- ^ Province area after Simla Convention and accession of South Tibet excluding dependent states.
- ^ Province area. Total area including dependent states (Manipur - 8456 sq mi and Khasi Hills - 6157 sq mi) is 61,682 sq mi (159755 км2)
- ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908) Vol. IV. p.14.