Assam
Assam (Asom, Axom)
Assam is the land of the mighty river Brahmaputra (the Luit) and the one-horned rhinoceros. It is a beautiful and diverse state with an incredible range of cultures and landscapes located in the northeast of India. It shares it’s borders in the North and East with the Kingdom of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. Along the south lies Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. Meghalaya lies to her South-West, Bengal and Bangladesh to her West.
Bihu is the national festival of Assam. The principal of the three Bihus, Bohag or Rongali Bihu ushers in the Assamese New Year, in the middle of April, and is celebrated with distinctive Bihu dances and songs.
Universities in Assam:
- Gauhati University, Guwahati
- Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
- Tezpur Central University, Tezpur
- K.K.Handique State Open University, Guwahati, Dibrugarh
- Assam Central University, Silchar
- Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
- Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
- Don Bosco University, (private)
- Assam Down Town University, (private)
- Kaziranga University, Jorhat (private)
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