1996 Death Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies 1995 Event Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) 1983 Event Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India 1972 Event Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1972 Event Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory 1970 Event Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 1949 Birthday Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy 1944 Event British 14th army frees Imphal Assam 1941 Birthday Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago 1897 Event Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1861 Event 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record 1861 Event 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record
