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Assam History To The Point By Dwipayan Das

This book is written by Dwaipayan Das, an engineer by degree and a banker by profession.

He did his B.Tech degree from NIT Jaipur. His experience as an aspirant of APSC (Assam Public Service Commission) Civil Services has shown that there is a strong felt need of Assam history in a lucid and concise pattern which would be to the point for attempting questions in the competitive examination that has Assam history as a syllabus.

This book provides the vast syllabus of Assam history in an easier way to remember facts and figures related to the history of Assam. He has qualified APSC Mains Examination twice and has qualified several competitive examinations such as SSC, Railway NTPC, IBPS, UPSC Prelims and many others.

He has also authored several books on SSC, Bank Examinations and several other competitive examinations. His deep dedication of General Studies has made him write books for competitive examinations.

Contents

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASSAM…………………………………………………………………… 1
TIMELINE OF ASSAM HISTORY……………………………………………………………….. 9
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF ASSAM ……………………………………………………………… 14
ONE LINER ASSAM HISTORY………………………………………………………………… 18
PREHISTORY………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
THE AHOM KINGDOM ………………………………………………………………………… 27
COLONIAL ASSAM (1826–1947) …………………………………………………………… 42
BRITISH ANNEXATION OF ASSAM…………………………………………………….. 42
GROWTH OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN ASSAM……………………………… 56
PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD OF ASSAM ………………………………………………………… 74
RULING DYNASTIES OF ANCIENT ASSAM ………………………………………………. 87
THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT ………………………………………………………………. 143
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. ………………………………………………………………….. 168
NOTES FOR QUICK REVISION ON ASSAM HISTORY ……………………………….. 210
ABOUT THE AUTHOR………………………………………………………………………… 215