Golaghat is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. Assam, a state of India, has currently ( 2007) twenty seven administrative districts Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It attained district status in 1987. The district headquarters are located at Golaghat. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Golaghat is the headquarters of Golaghat District, in the Indian state of The district occupies an area of 3502 km² and lies 100 m above sea level. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of As of 2001, Golaghat district has a population of 945,781. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
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Geography
Location
It 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. The Brahmaputra, also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra is a Trans-boundary river and one of the major Rivers of Asia. Nagaland ( Hindi: नागालैंड is a hill state located in the far north-eastern part of India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Jorhat (যোৰহাট is a town in Jorhat district in the Indian state Karbi Anglong district is the largest amongst the 27 administrative districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Nagaon is a city and a Municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state Dhansiri 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 1220 km². Doyang, Nambor, Doigrung and Kalioni are the four rivulets of the Dhansiri. The river Kakodonga marks the border between Golaghat and Jorhat districts.
Climate
The climate is tropical with 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. 0ºC in June and minimum temperature is 10. 0ºC in December.
History
The name 'Golaghat' originated from the markets established by a business class of people called 'Marwari' (who have their origins in Rajasthan) during the middle of 20th century at the bank of the river Dhansiri in the vicinity of the district headquarters. Rājasthān ( Devanāgarī: राजस्थान raːdʒəst̪ʰaːn is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area "Gola" means market and "Ghat" means the port of river transort.
Inscription on rocks of Nagajari Khanikar village of Sarupathar, remnants of fortifications, brick structures, monuments, temples, tanks, etc. An irrigation tank or tank in India refers to an artificial lake or Reservoir of any size are evidence of a 9th-century kingdom in the Doyang-Dhansiri valley. The Ahoms were the rulers of the Doyang-Dhansiri valley in the 16th century. Earlier, this part was ruled by the Kacharis known as Herombial. During Ahom rule it was under 'Morongi-Khowa Gohain', an administrative officer of the Ahom government.
Later, when the British took control of Assam, the Doyang-Dhansiri valley was incorporated under the newly formed Golaghat subdivision of the Sibsagar district in 1846. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Sibsagar ( Assamese: শিৱসাগৰ Xiwôxagôr) is a city in the Sibsagar district Golaghat district played an active part in the freedom struggle of India. Kushal Kunwar, Kamala Miri, Dwariki Das, Biju Vaishnav, Sankar Chandra Barua, Rajendra Nath Barua, Ganga Ram Bormedhi and Dwarikanath Goswami are eminent freedom fighters of the region. Golaghat was raised to the position of a matured district of Assam on 15 August 1987. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
Administration
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.
Economy
The economy of Golaghat district is agriculture-based. Tea, rice and sugar cane are the main agricultural crops grown in the district, with tea being is the largest agricultural industry. There are 63 large tea gardens producing about 20,000 tonnes of tea per year. Moreover, the emergence of small tea growers has proclaimed a new improvement in the district. Small-scale tea growers have gotten considerable fame here because of large incomes compared to other high-land crops. It has caught the desire of unemployed people to take owning tea-gardens as their profession. The rearing and reeling of muga and endi, the making of Japi (headgear) and earthen potential and the extraction of agaru oil are the cottage industries prevalent in Golaghat district. Assam silk denotes the three major types of indigenous Silks produced in Assam &mdashgolden Muga white Pat and warm Eri silk Assam silk denotes the three major types of indigenous Silks produced in Assam &mdashgolden Muga white Pat and warm Eri silk Agarn ( Walliser German: Agaru) is a municipality in the district of Leukin the German-speaking part of the canton of Valais Quality muga silk and agaru oil in Golaghat district are well-known in the state. Long-neck earthen potential made in Dhekial, especially for storing molasses, is unique in the world. Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar. 'Japi' of Naharani, Dergaon finds a market in the entire Brahmaputra valley. The Brahmaputra, also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra is a Trans-boundary river and one of the major Rivers of Asia.
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is the only major heavy industry in the district. Nestled in the sylvan environs of the Brahmaputra valley where the beautiful rendezvous of water and land throws up myriad colours Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL which was set up at Numaligarh Numaligarh Refinery, situated in Numaligarh, is engineered to process 3. Numaligarh is a town in Assam, India. A petroleum refinery named Numaligarh Refinery Limited has been established in 2001 0 million tonnes per year of indigenous crude oil, adopting innovated technologies. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Numaligarh Refinery was custom-built in October, 2000 as the latest multi-faceted refinery in the country, having up-to-the-minute facilities and an intricacy measuring 6. 67 on the Nelson complexity index, which is the highest among the public sector refineries. The Nelson complexity index, developed by Wilbur Nelson in 1960 is a measure of the secondary conversion capacity of a Petroleum refinery relative to the primary distillation The public sector is the part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the Government, whether national Regional NRL has achieved global standards by obtaining certification of its Quality, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. It has already adopted Hydrocracker technology to enhance the production of middle distillates. In Petroleum geology and Chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic Molecules such as Kerogens or heavy Hydrocarbons
Art and culture
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. Hem Chandra Barua (Assamese হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা Hêmsôndrô Boruwa) is one of the prominent writers of Assamese of the 19th century Hemkosh ( Assamese: হেমকোষ Hêmkûx, hɛmkʊx is the first Etymological dictionary of the Assamese Language based on Sanskrit Raghunath Mahanta, Satradhikar of Doyang Alengi Satra of Golaghat, 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 was the first book written by a woman poet.
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. William Shakespeare ( baptised The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare 's earliest plays believed to have been written between 1589 and 1594 Assamese (অসমীয়া) (ɔxɔmija is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language, spoken mainly in the state of Assam in North-East Kamal Chandra Sarma of Golaghat enjoyed the influential position of secretary of 'Asomiya Bhasa Unnoti Sadhini Sabha'. Syed Abdul Malik, 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 Deva Prasad Barua, Nilamoni Phukan, Samir Tanti, Lakhikanta Mahanta, Purna Chandra Goswami, Dr Upen Kakoty, Lolit Barua, Golap Khound and Premadhar Dutta. The Golaghat Sahitya Sabha is one of the oldest congresses of Assam Sahitya Sabha, started in 1918.
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