How Did Assam Get Its Name
Mar 22, 2020, 11:22 AM IST
Assam is a state in northeastern India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22 kilometre strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. But how did Assam get its name?
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