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LAKHIMPUR , a See also:district of See also:British See also:India in the extreme See also:east of the See also:province of Eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam. See also:Area, 4529 sq. m. It lies along both See also:banks of the See also:Brahmaputra for about 400 m.; it is bounded N. by the See also:Daphla, Miri, Abor and See also:Mishmi hills, E. by the Mishmi and Kachin hills, S. by the See also:watershed of the Patkai range and the Lohit See also:branch of the Brahmaputra, and W. by the districts of See also:Darrang and See also:Sibsagar. The Brahmaputra is navigable for steamers in all seasons as far as See also:Dibrugarh, in the See also:rainy See also:season as far as See also:Sadiya; its navigable tributaries within the district are the Subansiri, Dibru and Dihing. The See also:deputy-See also:commissioner in See also:charge exercises See also:political See also:control over numerous tribes beyond the inner surveyed border. The most important of these tribes are the Miris, Abors, Mishmis, See also:Khamtis, Kachins and Nagas. In 1901 the See also:population was 371,396, an increase of 46 % in the See also:decade. The district has enjoyed remarkable and continuous prosperity. At each successive See also:census the percentage of increase has been over 40, the See also:present population being more than three times as See also:great as that of 1872. This increase is chiefly due to the numerous See also:tea gardens and to the See also:coal mines and other enterprises of the Assam See also:Railways and Trading See also:Company. Lakhimpur was the first district into which tea cultivation was introduced by the See also:government, and the Assam Company began operations here in 184o. The railway, known as the Dibru-Sadiya See also:line, runs from Dibrugarh to Makum, with two branches to Talap and Margherita, and has been connected across the hills with the Assam-Bengal railway. The coal is of excellent quality, and is exported by See also:river as far as See also:Calcutta. The See also:chief oil-See also:wells are at Digboi. The oil is refined at Margherita, producing a See also:good quality of kerosene oil and first-class See also:paraffin, with See also:wax and other by-products. The company also manufactures bricks and pipes of various kinds. Another See also:industry is cutting See also:timber, for the manufacture of tea-chests, &c. Lakhimpur figures largely in the See also:annals of Assam as the region where successive invaders from the east first reached the Brahmaputra. The Bara Bhuiyas, originally from the western provinces of India, were driven out by the Chutias (a Shan See also:race), and these in their turn gave See also:place to their more powerful brethren, the Ahoms, in the 13th See also:century. The Burmese, who had ruined the native kingdoms, at the end of the 18th century, were in 1825 expelled by the British, who placed the See also:southern See also:part of the See also:country, together with Sibsagar under the See also:rule of See also:Raja Purandhar Singh; but it was not till 1838 that the whole was taken under See also:direct British See also:administration. The headquarters are at Dibrugarh. See Lakhimpur District Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1905). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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