সোনালী অসম - The Golden Assam 4.09

Assam is a northeastern state of
India. Its capital is Dispur, located
at Guwahati City. Guwahati is also
known as the North-Eastern
corridor of India. Located south of
the eastern Himalayas, Assam
comprises the Brahmaputra and
the Barak river valleys along with
the Karbi Anglong and the North
Cachar Hills. Assam is surrounded
by six of the other Seven Sister
States: Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,
Tripura and Meghalaya. These
states are connected to the rest of
India via a narrow strip in West
Bengal called the Siliguri Corridor
or "Chicken's Neck".Assam also
shares international borders with
Bhutan and Bangladesh; and
cultures, peoples and climate with
South-East Asia – important
elements in India’s Look East
policy.Assam became a part of the
British India after the British
occupied the region following the
First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824–
1826. It is known for Assam tea,
large and old petroleum
resources, Assam silk and for its
rich biodiversity. Assam has
successfully conserved the one-
horned Indian rhinoceros from
near extinction, along with the
tiger and numerous species of
birds, and it provides one of the
last wild habitats for the Asian
elephant. It is becoming an
increasingly popular destination
for wildlife tourism, and Kaziranga
and Manas are both World
Heritage Sites. Assam was also
known for its Sal tree forests and
forest products, much depleted
now. A land of high rainfall, Assam
is endowed with lush greenery and
the mighty river Brahmaputra,
whose tributaries and oxbow lakes
provide the region with a unique
hydro-geomorphic and aesthetic
environment. It was at Assam
where the first oil resources of
India had been found out.