Assam
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- proper noun
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Asam
- One compelling example is the continuing migration of people from Bangladesh to the adjacent Indian states of Assam, Tripura, and West Bengal.
Examples
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The Indian state of Assam is famous for its tea plantations and scenic landscapes.
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The central item in this exhibition concerned with Assam is this magnificent textile that you see behind me.
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The ahums I come from a part of India called Assam in North East India.
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The recent conflict in Assam cannot be understood without taking cognizance of the above background.
Blog text (30) -
Having said that, it is equally important to take cognizance of the changing demographic reality of Assam.
Blog text (30) -
In several areas in northeast India, including Assam and Tripura, migration has triggered ethnic conflicts.
Academic text (1995) -
But the Bodo leadership felt betrayed by the Assam Accord and launched a mass movement for a separate Bodoland State.
Blog text (30) -
Over the last 40 years, some 12 to 17 million people have migrated; the estimated 7 million migrants to Assam represent one-third of that state's 22 million residents.
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Along with other indigenous communities of Assam, the Bodos participated in the anti-foreigner agitation, which spanned from 1979 to 1985.
Blog text (30) -
The insurgencies in its politically disturbed periphery—Kashmir, the Punjab, Assam, and the tribal areas of the northeast—are proving extremely expensive and difficult to eradicate.
Academic text (1996)
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assam comes from local names for the region, possibly the Sanskrit Asama, meaning 'unequalled', or from the name of the Ahom people who ruled the area. So, a helpful way to remember Assam is as a 'land with no equal', which fits its famous tea and rich nature.