| ANCIENT ASSAM |
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350 AD
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Pushya Varman became the first king of Kamrupa. He established Varman Dynasty.
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594 AD
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Kumar Bhaskar Varman became the king of Kamrupa.
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629 AD
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Chinese Buddhist scholar/traveler Xuanzang visits Kamarupa.
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650 AD
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Kumar Bhaskar Varman Dies. End of the great Varman Dynasty.
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655 AD
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Salasthamba establishes Mlechchha dynasty in Kamarupa.
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900 AD
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Brahmapala establishes Pala dynasty in Kamarupa.
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1100 AD
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End of Pala Dynasty with the fall of last king Jaypala.
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Medieval Assam |
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1185 AD
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Prithu establishes the Khen dynasty and the Kamata kingdom.
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1187 AD
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Birpal establishes Chutiya kingdom in Sadiya.
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1206 AD
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Muslims first attack Assam.
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1228 AD
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First Ahom king Sukafa enters Assam.
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1252 AD
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Sukafa establishes first Ahom capital in Charaideo.
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1257 AD
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Malik Uzbek Khan attacks Kamrupa.
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1440 AD
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Xhen Dynasty is established.
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1449 AD
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Srimanta Sankardev is born.
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1515 AD
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Viswa Singha establishes Koch dynasty.
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1522 AD
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Chutiya kingdom annexed to Ahom Kingdom.
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1527 AD
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The first Muslim invasion of the Ahom kingdom by Nusrat Shah fails.
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1532 AD
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Turbak attacks Ahom kingdom, but ends in failure after some initial success.
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1539 AD
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Ahom king establishes capital in Gargaon.
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1540 AD
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Nara Narayan succeeds his father to the throne of Kamata kingdom.
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1548 AD
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Assam witnesses devastating earthquake.
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1563 AD
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Chilarai occupies Ahom capital Garhgaon, ends with Koch-Ahom treaty..
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1568 AD
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Srimanta Sankardev dies.
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1587 AD
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Naranarayana of Koch dynasty dies.
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1609 AD
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Momai Tamuli Borbarua restructures Paik system in Ahom kingdom.
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1615 AD
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Ahom-Mughal conflicts begin.
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1662 AD
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Mir Jumla attacks Ahom kingdom and occupies Garhgaon, the Ahom capital..
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1667 AD
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Mughals under general Ram Singh advanced upto Gauhati to retake it.
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1671 AD
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The battle of Saraighat between Ahom and Mughals. Ahoms under genral Lachit Borphukan wins.
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1681 AD
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Gadadhar Singha becomes Ahom King.
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1682 AD
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Batlle of Itakhuli. Ahom wins and this ends the conflict between Ahom-Mughal
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1714 AD
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The Great Ahom king Rudra Singha dies.
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1769 AD
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First Moamoria rebellion, Ahom capital falls to the rebels.
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1783 AD
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Second Moamoria rebellion, Ahom capital Rangour falls to the rebels for the second time.
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1786 AD
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Third Moamoria rebellion.
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1794 AD
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British Captain Thomas Welsh restores Rangpur to Ahom king from Moamora rebels. The Ahom capital shifts to Jorhat.
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1815 AD
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First Burmese Invasion of Assam.
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1819 AD
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Second Burmese Invasion.
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1821 AD
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Third Burmese Invasion.
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1823 AD
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Tea leaves discovered in Assam.
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1825 AD
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Crude Oil discovery in Assam.
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1826 AD
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Yandaboo treaty between British East India company and Burmese King. The treaty opens door for British occupation of Assam.
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Modern Assam |
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1830 AD
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The first freedom fighter of Assam, Piyoli Phukan is hanged.
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1837 AD
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Bangla is made official language of Assam by British creating controversy
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1843 AD
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Sivasagar sees first High school of Assam.
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1846 AD
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First assamese magazine Orunodoi published.
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1853 AD
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A giant asteroid strikes the Brahmaputra river.
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1858 AD
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Famous freedom fighter Maniram Dewan is hanged.
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1861 AD
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Phulguri Dhewa, first peasant uprising against British.
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1865 AD
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Assam gets Telegraph and telephone connections.
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1873 AD
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Assamese becomes official language again.
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1874 AD
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Assam is separated from Bengal and becomes an independent state.
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1889 AD
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First publication of Assamese magazine 'Junaki'.
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1894 AD
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Patharughat raijmel fired upon, villagers tortured and property confiscated.
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1897 AD
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Assam witnesses a devasting earthquake killing thousands of people.
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1900 AD
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Tea research center is established in Tukulai, Jorhat.
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1901 AD
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Cotton is established in Gauhati. Asia's first Oil refinery is established in Digboi.
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1917 AD
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First meeting of Assam Sahitya Sabha. Padmanath Gohainbaruah becomes the first president.
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1921 AD
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Mahatma Gandhi visits Assam.
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1926 AD
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National Congress conference helds in Pandu.
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1942 AD
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Quit India movement starts in Assam. Kanaklata and her companion Mukunda Kakoti were gunned down by British Police.
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1947 AD
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India gets independence. Assam becomes a state. First medical college is established in Dibrugarh.
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1961 AD
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Assamese becomes state's official language.
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1962 AD
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China attacks India and Assam becomes the first victim.
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1963 AD
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Nagaland separates out from Assam.
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1972 AD
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Manipur, Tripura, Mijoram and Arunachal Pradesh are also separated out from Assam.
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1974 AD
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Dispur becomes Capital of Assam.
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1979 AD
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Assam Movement starts on demand of stopping Bangladeshi Immigrants. Presidential rule in state.
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1987 AD
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Second Bridge on Brahmaputra Koliabhumura is inaugrated.
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