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transfer of the district headquarters to Jorhak (pop. 2899), on the Disai river, was sanctioned. The DISTRICT OF SIBSAGAR has an area of 4996 sq. m. It consists of a level See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, much overgrown with grass and See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, and intersected by numerous tributaries of the Brahmaputra. It is divided by the little river Disai into two tracts, which differ in See also:

SOIL

soil and See also:

general See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. The See also:

SURFACE

surface of the eastern portion is very See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, the general level being broken only by the See also:

long lines of embankments raised by the See also:

AHOM, or AHAM

Ahom See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings to serve both as roadways and as a See also:

PROTECTION

protection against floods. The soil consists of a heavy See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam of a whitish See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, which is well adapted for See also:

rice cultivation. See also:

West of the Disai, though the surface soil is of the same See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, the general aspect is diversified by the protrusion of the subsoil, which consists of a stiff See also:

clay abounding in See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron nodules, and is furrowed by frequent ravines and See also:

WATER

water-courses, which See also:

DIVIDE

divide the cultivable See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields into innumerable small sunken patches or kolas.

The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief river is the Brahmaputra, which is navigable throughout the See also:

YEAR

year by steamers. The tributaries of the Brahmaputra comprise the Dhaneswari, the Dihing, the Disang and the Dikhu, all flowing in a northerly direction from the Naga Hills. Included within the district is the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Maguli, formed by the silt brought down by the Subansiri river from the Himalayas and deposited in the wide channel of the Brahmaputra. See also:

COAL

Coal, iron, See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum and See also:

salt are found. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate, like that of the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Assam valley, is comparatively mild and temperate, and the See also:

ANNUAL

annual rainfall averages about 94 in. In 1901 the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 597,969, showing an increase of 24% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. Sibsagar is the chief centre of See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea cultivation in the Brahmaputra valley, which was introduced by the Assam See also:

COMPANY

Company in 1852. It contains a large number of well-managed tea-gardens, which bring both men and See also:

MONEY

money into the See also:

province. There are also several See also:

TIMBER

timber See also:

mills. The Assam-Bengal railway serves the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

PART

part of the district, and a See also:

LIGHT

light railway connects this See also:

LINE

line with Kalikamukh on the Brahmaputra, itself an important See also:

HIGHWAY

highway of communication. On the decline of the Ahom See also:

DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty Sibsagar, with the rest of the Assam valley, See also:

fell into the hands of the Burmese. As a result of the first Burmese See also:

war (1824–1826) the valley was annexed to British India, and the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country now forming Sibsagar district, together with the southern portion of See also:

LAKHIMPUR

Lakhimpur, was placed under the See also:

RULE

rule of See also:

RAJA

Raja Purandhar Singh, on his agreeing to pay a See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute of £5000.

Owing to the raja's See also:

MISRULE, LORD OF

misrule, Sibsagar was reduced to a See also:

state of See also:

GREAT

great poverty, and, as he was unable to pay the tribute, the territories were resumed by the See also:

government of India, and in 1838 were placed under the See also:

DIRECT

direct management of a British officer. See Sibsagar District Gazetteer (See also:

ALLAHABAD

Allahabad, 1906).

End of Article: SIBSAGAR

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