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Assam


1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies

1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)

1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India

1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr

1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory

1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state

1949 Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy

1944 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam

1941 Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago

1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)

1861 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record

1861 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record


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