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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 993 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SADIYA , the extreme See also:

north-See also:east frontier station of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Lakhimpur See also:district of Eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam. It stanas high on a grassy See also:plain, nearly surrounded by See also:forest-clad mountains, on the right See also:bank of what is locally (but erroneously) considered the See also:main stream of the See also:Brahmaputra. On the opposite bank a railway has recently been opened which connects with the Assam-Bengal See also:line. Sadiya is garrisoned by detachments of native See also:infantry and military See also:police, and is the See also:base of a chai.' of outposts. There is a See also:bazaar, to which the See also:hill-men beyond the frontier-Mishmis, Abors and See also:Khamtis—bring down See also:rubber, See also:wax, See also:ivory and See also:musk, to See also:barter for See also:cotton-See also:cloth, See also:salt, See also:metal goods, &c.

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