Dispur

Dispur
Suburb
The Secretariat of Assam
The Secretariat of Assam
Map
Dispur is located in Guwahati
Dispur
Dispur
Dispur is located in Assam
Dispur
Dispur
Dispur is located in India
Dispur
Dispur
Coordinates: 26°8′23″N 91°47′33″E / 26.13972°N 91.79250°E / 26.13972; 91.79250
CountryIndia
StateAssam
RegionWestern Assam
DistrictKamrup Metropolitan
Government
 • TypeMayor-Council
 • BodyGuwahati Municipal Corporation
 • Governor / ChancellorGulab Chand Kataria
Elevation
55–290 m (180−955 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total534,872
Language
 • OfficialAssamese[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
781005
Telephone code91 - (0) 361 - XX XX XXX
ISO 3166 codeIN-AS
Vehicle registrationAS - 01
ClimateCwa

Dispur (/dɪsˈpʊər/,[2] Assamese: [ˈdispuɹ] ) is the capital of the Indian state of Assam and is a suburb of Guwahati.

It became the capital in 1973, when Shillong the erstwhile capital, became the capital of the state of Meghalaya that was carved out of Assam.

Dispur is the seat of power of Government of Assam. The Assam Secretariat (Janata Bhawan) building is located in Dispur along with the Assam Legislative Assembly House, MLA Hostels and the State Emergency Operations Centre. The Assam Trunk road and the G S road pass through Dispur. To the south of Dispur lies the theologically important site of Basistha Ashram and the Shankardev Kalakshetra, a cultural centre created in the 1990s. Next to Dispur is the township of Jatia.

The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, one of the busiest tea trading facilities in the world, is located in the city.

  1. ^ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Dispur". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021.