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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Judiciary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Judiciary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Judiciary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Problems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Problems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Problems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Problems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Increase_in_population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Increase_in_population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Increase in population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Increase_in_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Inflation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Inflation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Inflation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Inflation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flooding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flooding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.3</span> <span>Flooding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flooding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pollution" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pollution"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.4</span> <span>Pollution</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pollution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Literacy_and_sex_ratio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literacy_and_sex_ratio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Literacy and sex ratio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literacy_and_sex_ratio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Media & telecommunications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_&_telecommunications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_places_of_worship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_places_of_worship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notable places of worship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_places_of_worship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="غواهاتي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غواهاتي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%80" title="গুৱাহাটী – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="গুৱাহাটী" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="قواتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قواتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF" title="গুয়াহাটি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গুয়াহাটি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96" title="Гувахаці – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гувахаці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guv%C3%A1h%C3%A1t%C3%AD" title="Guváhátí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Guváhátí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B9" title="Γκαουχάτι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκαουχάτι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvahati" title="Guvahati – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Guvahati" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="گوآهاتی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گوآهاتی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9F%E0%AB%80" title="ગુવાહાટી – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ગુવાહાટી" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EC%99%80%ED%95%98%ED%8B%B0" title="구와하티 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="구와하티" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF" title="গুৱাহাটি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="গুৱাহাটি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94%D7%98%D7%99" title="גוואהטי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גוואהטי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF" title="ಗುವಾಹಾಟಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಗುವಾಹಾಟಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="გუვაჰატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გუვაჰატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Гаухати – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Гаухати" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauh%C4%81t%C4%AB" title="Gauhātī – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gauhātī" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvahatis" title="Guvahatis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Guvahatis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauh%C3%A1ti" title="Gauháti – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Gauháti" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF" title="ഗുവഹാത്തി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗുവഹാത്തി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%A3%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="გუვაჰატი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გუვაჰატი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%89" title="جواهاتى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جواهاتى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%B0%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AB%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AC%E1%80%90%E1%80%AE%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဂူဝါဟာတီမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂူဝါဟာတီမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC" title="グワーハーティー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="グワーハーティー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%97%E0%AD%81%E0%AC%86%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9F%E0%AD%80" title="ଗୁଆହାଟୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଗୁଆହାଟୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%80" title="ਗੁਹਾਟੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਗੁਹਾਟੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="گوہاٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گوہاٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="گواهتي – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="گواهتي" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Гувахати – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гувахати" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="गुवाहाटी – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="गुवाहाटी" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%A4" title="ᱜᱩᱣᱟᱦᱟᱴᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱩᱣᱟᱦᱟᱴᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guvahati" title="Guvahati – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Guvahati" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Guwahati" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Гувахати – 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.infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Guwahati</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Gauhati</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Guwahati City</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="multiimageinner" style="width:262px;max-width:262px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div style=";height:193px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_citysky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_citysky.jpg/258px-Guwahati_citysky.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_citysky.jpg/387px-Guwahati_citysky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_citysky.jpg/516px-Guwahati_citysky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div><div>Guwahati Aerial View</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:136px;max-width:136px"><div style=";height:89px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg/134px-Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg/201px-Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg/268px-Guwahati_Planetarium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Planetarium" title="Guwahati Planetarium">Guwahati Planetarium</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div style=";height:89px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/120px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/180px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/240px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_railway_station" title="Guwahati railway station">Guwahati railway station</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:136px;max-width:136px"><div style=";height:89px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg/134px-MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg/201px-MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg/268px-MG_2907-1_Guwahati_Club.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4730" data-file-height="3153" /></a></span></div><div>Guwahati Club Area</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:122px;max-width:122px"><div style=";height:89px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamakhya_Temple,_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/120px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/180px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/240px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya Temple</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div style=";height:193px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/258px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/387px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/516px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div>Guwahati Ropeway car</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Gateway to Northeast India,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> City of Temples, Light of the East<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Assam_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kamrup"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/India_Assam_location_map.svg/250px-India_Assam_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/India_Assam_location_map.svg/375px-India_Assam_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/India_Assam_location_map.svg/500px-India_Assam_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="978" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.18%;left:33.013%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Guwahati"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Guwahati</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Map of Assam</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Assam</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kamrup"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/250px-India_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/375px-India_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/500px-India_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1615" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:34.855%;left:77.331%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Guwahati"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Guwahati</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Guwahati (India)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kamrup"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:65.075%;left:47.245%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Guwahati"><img alt="Kamrup" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Guwahati</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Guwahati (Asia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Guwahati&params=26_10_20_N_91_44_45_E_type:city(957352)_region:IN-AS"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°10′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">91°44′45″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.17222°N 91.74583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.17222; 91.74583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions of India">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Assam">Lower Assam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kamrup_Metropolitan_district" title="Kamrup Metropolitan district">Kamrup Metropolitan district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Corporation">Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Municipal_Corporation" title="Guwahati Municipal Corporation">Guwahati Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Municipal_Corporation" title="Guwahati Municipal Corporation">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mrigen Sarania (<a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Deputy Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Ibemcha Singha</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipal Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Megha Nidhi Dahal, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">IAS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Police Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data">Diganta Barah, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">IPS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati_City_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati_City-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Telegraph_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">216 km<sup>2</sup> (83 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-GMDA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMDA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,528 km<sup>2</sup> (590 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">50−680 m (164−2,231 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">957,352</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most populous cities in India">47th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,400/km<sup>2</sup> (11,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Guwahatian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">781 0xx</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">+91 - (0) 361</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">IN-AS</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AS-01 (Kamrup Metro) / AS-25 (Kamrup Rural and Dispur)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.703 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:green">high</span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a></th><td class="infobox-data">940 <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a>/ 1000 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City animal</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_river_dolphin" title="South Asian river dolphin">Gangetic river Dolphin</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2020–21)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>0.48 lakh crore</span> (US$5.8 billion)<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati_City_Overview_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati_City_Overview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP per capita <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2020–21)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>487,572</span> (US$5,800)<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati_City_Overview_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati_City_Overview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">Cwa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">Precipitation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,054 millimetres (80.9 in)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Official_language" title="Official language">Official language</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese </a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">91.47%<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gmcportal.in/gmc-web//">www<wbr />.gmcportal<wbr />.in<wbr />/gmc-web<wbr />//</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Guwahati</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Assamese:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="as-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Assamese" title="Help:IPA/Assamese">[ɡua.ɦa.ti]</a></span>) is the largest city of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian state">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, and also the largest <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">metropolis</a> in northeastern India. <a href="/wiki/Dispur" title="Dispur">Dispur</a>, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Assam" title="Government of Assam">Government of Assam</a>. Its airport is the 12th <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the busiest airports in India">busiest in India</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport</a>. A major riverine port city along with hills, and one of the fastest growing<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cities in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is known as the "gateway to North East India".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ancient cities of <a href="/wiki/Pragjyotishpura" title="Pragjyotishpura">Pragjyotishpura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durjaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Durjaya">Durjaya</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="North Guwahati">North Guwahati</a>) were the capitals of the ancient state of <a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamarupa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many ancient Hindu temples like the <a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ugratara_Devalaya" title="Ugratara Devalaya">Ugratara Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basistha_Temple" title="Basistha Temple">Basistha Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doul_Govinda_Temple" title="Doul Govinda Temple">Doul Govinda Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umananda_Temple" title="Umananda Temple">Umananda Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navagraha_temples#Navagraha_temple_in_Assam" title="Navagraha temples">Navagraha Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sukreswar_Temple" title="Sukreswar Temple">Sukreswar Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudreswar_Temple" title="Rudreswar Temple">Rudreswar Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manikarneswar_Devalaya" title="Manikarneswar Devalaya">Manikarneswar Devalaya</a>, Aswaklanta Temple, <a href="/wiki/Dirgheshwari_temple" title="Dirgheshwari temple">Dirgheshwari Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lankeshwar_Temple" title="Lankeshwar Temple">Lankeshwar Temple</a>, Bhubaneswari Temple, Shree Ganesh Mandir, Shree Panchayatana Temple, Noonmati, and the like, are situated in the city, giving it the title of "The City of Temples".<sup id="cite_ref-About_Guwahati_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_Guwahati-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guwahati lies between the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a> and the foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a> plateau, with <a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">LGB International Airport</a> to the west and the town of <a href="/wiki/Narengi" title="Narengi">Narengi</a> to the east. The <a href="/wiki/North_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="North Guwahati">North Guwahati</a> area, to the northern bank of the Brahmaputra, is being gradually incorporated into the city limits. The noted <a href="/wiki/Madan_Kamdev" title="Madan Kamdev">Madan Kamdev</a> is situated 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Guwahati. The <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Municipal_Corporation" title="Guwahati Municipal Corporation">Guwahati Municipal Corporation</a>, the city's local government, administers an area of 216 square kilometres (83 sq mi),.<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati_City_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati_City-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Metropolitan_Development_Authority" title="Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority">Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority</a> (GMDA) is the planning and development body of Greater Guwahati Metropolitan Area.<sup id="cite_ref-GMDA_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMDA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guwahati is the largest city in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Telegraph_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Telegraph-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Guwahati region hosts diverse wildlife including rare animals such as Asian elephants, pythons, tigers, rhinoceros, <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">gaurs</a>, primate species, and endangered birds.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guwahati derives its name from the Assamese word "Guwa" (Assamese: <span lang="as">গুৱা</span>) derived from the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> word Guvaka, meaning <a href="/wiki/Areca_nut" title="Areca nut">areca nut</a> and its plant and "Hati" (Assamese: <span lang="as">হাটী</span>) meaning rows, the rows of areca nut trees.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_history">Ancient history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 10th-12th century <a href="/wiki/Kalika_Purana" title="Kalika Purana">Kalika Purana</a> mention that <a href="/wiki/Kamrup_region" title="Kamrup region">Kamrup</a> was inhabited by strong, cruel <a href="/wiki/Kirata" title="Kirata">Kirata</a> people.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per the legends constructed in the <a href="/wiki/Yogini_Tantra" title="Yogini Tantra">Yogini Tantra</a>, the tank <a href="/wiki/Dighalipukhuri" title="Dighalipukhuri">Dighalipukhuri</a> located in the heart of the city was dug by <a href="/wiki/Bhagadatta" title="Bhagadatta">King Bhagadatta</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamrup</a> on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Bhanumati with <a href="/wiki/Duryodhana" title="Duryodhana">Duryodhan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located within Guwahati is the Shakti temple of Goddess <a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya</a> in Nilachal hill (an important seat of <a href="/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra">Tantric</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vajrayana" title="Vajrayana">Vajrayana</a> <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>), the ancient and unique astrological temple Navagraha in Chitrachal Hill, and archaeological remains in <a href="/wiki/Basistha" title="Basistha">Basistha</a> and other archaeological locations of mythological importance.<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg/220px-Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg/330px-Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg/440px-Kamakhya_Temple_-_DEV_8829.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>A view of <a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya Temple</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ambari" title="Ambari">Ambari</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> excavations trace the period of the city of Guwahati between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE, in the <a href="/wiki/Shunga_Empire" title="Shunga Empire">Shunga</a>-<a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushana</a> period of <a href="/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India">Indian history</a>. Descriptions by <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> (Hiuen Tsang) reveal that during the reign of the Varman king <a href="/wiki/Bhaskaravarman" title="Bhaskaravarman">Bhaskaravarman</a> (7th century CE), the city stretched for about 30 <i>li</i> (15 km or 9.3 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archaeological evidence by excavations in Ambari, and excavated brick walls and houses discovered during construction of the present <a href="/wiki/Cotton_College,_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotton College, Guwahati">Cotton College</a>'s auditorium suggest the city was of economic and strategic importance until the 9th–11th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_history">Medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ahom%E2%80%93Mughal_conflicts" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahom–Mughal conflicts">Ahom–Mughal conflicts</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Koch_Hajo" title="Koch Hajo">Koch</a> King Parikshit had his capital at Pragjyotishpur near the Aswatirtha during the conflicts with <a href="/wiki/Mughals" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughals">Mughals</a>. It came under Mughal occupation between (1633–59, 1662–69, 1679–81), their vestige was completely removed after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Itakhuli" title="Battle of Itakhuli">Battle of Itakhuli</a>. </p><p>Guwahati was the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Borphukan" title="Borphukan">Borphukan</a>, Ahom governor of <a href="/wiki/Lower_Assam_division" title="Lower Assam division">Lower Assam</a> till 1824.The Borphukan's residence was in the present <a href="/wiki/Fancy_Bazaar" title="Fancy Bazaar">Fancy Bazaar</a> area and his council-hall, called <i>Dopdar</i>, was about 300 yards (270 m) to the west of the <a href="/wiki/Bharalu_River" title="Bharalu River">Bharalu</a> stream.The Majindar Baruah, the personal secretary of the Borphukan, had his residence in the present-day deputy commissioner's residence.<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Ahom_kingdom" title="Ahom kingdom">Ahom</a> period Guwahati was fortified strongly and connected with the country with a number of roads.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Dighalipukhuri" title="Dighalipukhuri">Dighalipukhuri</a> was used as a boatyard during this period.<sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati22_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati22-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the time of splendor, since the reign of <a href="/wiki/Gadadhar_Singha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gadadhar Singha">Gadadhar Singha</a>; the Ahom rulers paid their attention to building several temples in various religious sites at Guwahati.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_history">Colonial history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colonial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Assam" title="Colonial Assam">Colonial Assam</a></div> <p>On the <a href="/wiki/British_annexation_of_Assam" title="British annexation of Assam">cession of Assam to the British</a> in 1826 it was made the seat of the British administration of Assam, and so continued till 1874, when the headquarters were removed to <a href="/wiki/Shillong" title="Shillong">Shillong</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Khasi_hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Khasi hills">Khasi hills</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b> with: late colonial history and transition to independence. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">Gauhati High Court</a> (formerly known as the High Court of Assam) was promulgated on 1 March 1948 by the then Governor General of India, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Lord Mountbatten</a>, in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1935" title="Government of India Act 1935">Government of India Act 1935</a>. It became effective on 5 April 1948 and was initially established for the Province of Assam. <a href="/w/index.php?title=R.F._Lodge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R.F. Lodge (page does not exist)">R.F. Lodge</a> was the inaugural Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, taking office on 5 April 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Saraighat_Bridge" title="Saraighat Bridge">Saraighat Bridge</a>, notable for its role in connecting <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a> with the rest of the country, was constructed between 1959 and 1962 by the <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Construction_Company" title="Hindustan Construction Company">Hindustan Construction Company</a> at a cost of approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 106 million at the time. It was completed in September 1962, and the first engine crossed it on 23 September 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, due to <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">separation of Meghalaya from Assam</a>, the capital of Assam was moved to <a href="/wiki/Dispur" title="Dispur">Dispur</a>, a neighbourhood in Guwahati from the erstwhile capital of Shillong.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peacock_Island_,_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg/220px-Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg/330px-Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg/440px-Peacock_Island_%2C_Photo_by_Vikramjit_Kakati_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="606" /></a><figcaption>The smallest inhabited riverine island in the world, Peacock Island, on the Brahmaputra river</figcaption></figure> <p>The Brahmaputra river flows to the north of the metropolis. The city is bordered on the south by the foothills of the Shillong plateau and to the east by the Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary. The <a href="/wiki/Bharalu_River" title="Bharalu River">Bharalu River</a>, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, flows right through the heart of the city. To the south-west of the city lies <a href="/wiki/Dipor_Bil" title="Dipor Bil">Dipor Bil</a>, a permanent freshwater lake with no prominent inflows apart from monsoon run-off from the hills to the south of the lake. The lake drains into the Brahmaputra, 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north, and acts as a natural stormwater reservoir for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also multiple hills within the city limits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Urban_morphology">Urban morphology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Urban morphology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg/220px-Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg/330px-Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg/440px-Guwahati_urban_morphology.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Guwahati's urban morphology</figcaption></figure> <p>Guwahati's 'urban form' radiates from a central core with growth corridors radiating and extending towards the south, east, and west. In the past few decades, southern Guwahati areas such as Ganeshguri, Beltola, Hatigaon, Six Mile, and Panjabari began forming a southern sub-center surrounding the capital complex at Dispur. The core area<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consists of the old city with <a href="/wiki/Pan_Bazaar" title="Pan Bazaar">Pan Bazaar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paltan_Bazaar" title="Paltan Bazaar">Paltan Bazaar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fancy_Bazaar" title="Fancy Bazaar">Fancy Bazaar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uzan_Bazaar" title="Uzan Bazaar">Uzan Bazaar</a>, with each area facilitating unique urban activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the city corridors, the most important is the corridor formed along the Guwahati-Shillong (GS) Road towards the south (almost 15 km [9.3 mi] from the city-center). The GS Road corridor is an important commercial area with retail, wholesale and commercial offices developed along the main road; it is also a densely built residential area in the inner parts. The capital complex of Assam at <a href="/wiki/Dispur" title="Dispur">Dispur</a> is situated in this corridor. This corridor has facilitated the growth of a southern city sub-center at Ganeshguri, along with other residential areas to the south developed during the past few decades.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The corridor extending towards the west (around 30 km [19 mi] from the city center) contains a rail-road linking not only Guwahati but also other parts of the northeastern region east of Guwahati to western Assam and the rest of India. The corridor links residential and historically important areas such as Nilachal Hill (Kamakhya), Pandu, and Maligaon (headquarters of Northeast Frontier Railways) before it separates into two – one towards North Guwahati via the <a href="/wiki/Saraighat" title="Saraighat">Saraighat</a> Bridge and the other continuing west towards LGB International Airport via <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_University" title="Gauhati University">Gauhati University</a> (Jalukbari). There are also many river ports/jetties along this corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The third major corridor extends towards the east (around 15 km [9.3 mi] from the city-center) linking Noonmati (<a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Refinery" title="Guwahati Refinery">Guwahati Refinery</a>) and Narengi, and has facilitated residential growth along with it. Highway NH-37, which encircles the city's southern parts and links the southern corridor in Noumile to the western corridor in Jalukbari is currently supporting rapid development. Similarly, the VIP Road linking Zoo Road with the eastern corridor and recently completed Hengerabari-Narengi Road are also supporting massive residential development to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guwahati's_Urban_Morphology-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guwahati is one among 98 Indian cities proposed to become <a href="/wiki/Smart_city" title="Smart city">Smart Cities</a> under a project embarked on by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Ministry of Urban Development</a>, Government of India.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guwahati has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cwa</i>), falling just short of a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> (Köppen climate classification <i>Aw</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Peel_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peel-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Highest recorded temperature: 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 24 April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lowest recorded temperature: 3.0 °C (37.4 °F) on 30 January 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Guwahati (<a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport</a>) (1991–2020, extremes 1951–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.7<br />(96.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(101.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(105.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.3<br />(104.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0F00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.2<br />(102.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.9<br />(87.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">40.6<br />(105.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(91.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #EDFFED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(0.45) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(0.71) </td> <td style="background: #B0FFB0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.5<br />(2.07) </td> <td style="background: #00E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.1<br />(7.17) </td> <td style="background: #008400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">253.0<br />(9.96) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">314.0<br />(12.36) </td> <td style="background: #005700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">283.4<br />(11.16) </td> <td style="background: #007400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">264.3<br />(10.41) </td> <td style="background: #00E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">184.5<br />(7.26) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.9<br />(4.64) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(0.38) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(0.18) </td> <td style="background: #28FF28; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,695.3<br />(66.74) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.3 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.2 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21.2 </td> <td style="background: #1E1EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.2 </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.4 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">129.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.2 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.2 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">90.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #1D1DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">59 </td> <td style="background: #3B3BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">51 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">225.5 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.8 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.1 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">191.1 </td> <td style="background: #BEBE2F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">133.1 </td> <td style="background: #B8B855; color:#000000;" class="notheme">123.7 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">161.6 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139.0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">205.8 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">230.9 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">231.7 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,276.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a> (1991-2020)<sup id="cite_ref-IMDnormals_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDnormals-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (sun 1971–1990,<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> precipitation days<sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-TCC_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p>Guwahati has been ranked 36th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 2 3-10L Population cities) in India.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg/220px-Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg/330px-Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg/440px-Sarania-hills-brahmaputra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="716" /></a><figcaption>City view from Sarania Hill</figcaption></figure> <p>The city has a comparatively high quality of life. A 2006 survey ranked Guwahati 17th among all the large and medium-sized Indian cities.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city provides competitive residential and working environments with beautiful landscapes, pleasant climate, modern shopping areas, modern apartments, and bungalows, and considerably developed social infrastructure. A centrally funded four-lane, ambitious East-West Corridor will pass through Guwahati and connect all the state capitals of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>. Completion of the project will boost the vital upliftment of the whole region.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg/220px-CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg/330px-CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg/440px-CIty_Center_Mall_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4895" data-file-height="3868" /></a><figcaption>City Center Mall, GS Road, Guwahati</figcaption></figure> <p>The city still needs attention to improve its infrastructure. Funding from the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Development_Bank" title="Asian Development Bank">Asian Development Bank</a> is providing assistance to improve Guwahati's transportation infrastructure along with a substantial amount from <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_National_Urban_Renewal_Mission" title="Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission">Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission</a> (JNNURM) for its development.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration_and_governance">Administration and governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administration and governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg/220px-View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg/330px-View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg/440px-View_of_Guwahati_city_from_atop_Nilachal_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3995" data-file-height="2646" /></a><figcaption>Guwahati city</figcaption></figure> <p>Dispur, the capital of Assam, lies in Guwahati. The passing of the North Eastern (Reorganization Areas) Act in 1971 by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Parliament">Indian Parliament</a> accorded <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> the status of a full-fledged state. After the creation of Meghalaya as a separate state, Shillong continued to be the joint capital of both Assam and Meghalaya. However, in 1972, the Government of Assam decided to shift the capital to Dispur. Accordingly, the first sitting of the Budget Session of the Assam Legislative Assembly was held at Dispur on 16 March 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dispur houses the Secretariat of Assam Government, the Assam Assembly House, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Regional Office, the North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) House and the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Municipal_Corporation" title="Guwahati Municipal Corporation">Guwahati Municipal Corporation</a> is the local body responsible for governing, developing and managing the city. It is divided into 60 municipal wards.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Metropolitan_Development_Authority" title="Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority">Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA)</a> is an agency responsible for planning and development of the greater Guwahati Metropolitan Area and for revising the Guwahati Master Plan and Building Bylaws to cover an area of 3,214 square kilometres (1,241 sq mi) by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guwahati consists of four assembly constituencies: Jalukbari, Dispur, Gauhati East and Gauhati West,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all of which are part of <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)">Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police">Police</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guwahati is the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Assam_Police" title="Assam Police">Assam Police</a>. </p><p>The city is under the Police Commissionerate of Guwahati headed by the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati. It is divided into three districts: East Police District, Central Police District, and West Police District, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police. Each police district consists of officers, not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, functioning as executive magistrates within a said metropolitan area.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg/220px-Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg/330px-Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg/440px-Vikramjit-Kakati-HC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">Gauhati High Court</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Guwahati is the principal seat of the <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">Gauhati High Court</a>. It acts as the High Court of Assam and also of <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> with their outlying benches of <a href="/wiki/Kohima" title="Kohima">Kohima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aizawl" title="Aizawl">Aizawl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Itanagar" title="Itanagar">Itanagar</a>, respectively. Gauhati High Court came in effect from 5 April 1948. It initially had its sittings at Shillong but was shifted to Gauhati from 14 August 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guwahati also houses the Court of the District and Sessions Judge, Kamrup established in 1920. It is a lower court of the district judiciary having territorial jurisdiction over the greater Guwahati area only.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Problems">Problems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Increase_in_population">Increase in population</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Increase in population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In recent years, Guwahati has experienced rapid population growth due to migration for education and employment opportunities. This population increase has led to undesirable expansion of the city and has resulted in various collateral problems, such as the rise in the number of slums.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Problems_of_Guwahati_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Problems_of_Guwahati-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is projected that the population of Guwahati will reach 1.5 million by 2035, up from an estimated 1.1 million in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inflation">Inflation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Inflation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the economic problems that the citizens of Guwahati have to put up with is the hike in prices of many essentials, chiefly vegetables, poultry, and fish. The prices of these commodities keep escalating at an inordinate rate because of which the buyers find it difficult to buy these items. Vegetables are transported into Assam from <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> and the truckers en route have to pay considerable amount of money as tax at various check posts.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of the causes of rise in prices of vegetables in the markets of Guwahati. The prices of locally available vegetables and fruits undergo large <a href="/wiki/Markup_(business)" title="Markup (business)">markup</a> because of transportation expenses grounds, besides intra-State check posts taxes. In addition to these, the wholesale dealers, as well as the retail sellers, augment the prices of the commodities according to their own desires. </p><p>The price of poultry, mainly chicken, that reaches the city markets from places like <a href="/wiki/Chaygaon" title="Chaygaon">Chaygaon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barpeta_district" title="Barpeta district">Barpeta</a> have been soaring rapidly because of similar factors. There has been steep rise in the price of fish as well, the prominent varieties of which being Rohu ("Rou"), Catla ("Bahu"), Walking catfish ("Magur") and Monopterus ("Kuchia") among many others.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated inflation, causing food prices to rise.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flooding">Flooding</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Flooding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to experts, urban flooding in Guwahati in the near future is expected to worsen to the point where residents of certain areas may be forced to relocate. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the alteration of drainage channels and wetlands due to rapid urbanization has exacerbated the problem of flooding.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Professor Abani Kumar Bhagawati of Gauhati University stated that since before there were sufficient wetlands to absorb rainwater and channels to carry excess water to the Brahmaputra, the city did not experience floods. However, human interference has disrupted the natural topography, leading to the current situation where "just half an hour of rain" can cause flooding in the city. Encroachment and concretization, which reduce open areas for natural water absorption, are the primary causes of floods according to Bhagawati.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pollution">Pollution</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guwahati was ranked the second most polluted city in the world in a 2023 report published by IQAir, behind <a href="/wiki/Begusarai" title="Begusarai">Begusarai</a> and ahead of <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, reflecting India's status as the country with the third highest level of pollution after Bangladesh and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;margin:0.5em auto;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical Guwahati city population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">45,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">138,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+206.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">203,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+47.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">348,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+71.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">591,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+69.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">818,809</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+38.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">962,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,135,000</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: Guwahati city historical demography<sup id="cite_ref-macrotrends.net_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macrotrends.net-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Guwahati (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Religion_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Religion-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Assam" title="Hinduism in Assam">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:84.74%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">84.74%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Assam" title="Islam in Assam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:12.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">12.45%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Jainism_in_Assam" title="Jainism in Assam">Jainism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:0.96%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.96%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Assam" title="Christianity in Assam">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:0.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.93%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.92%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.92%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Guwahati is one of the fastest-growing cities in India.<sup id="cite_ref-Capital_of_Assam_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Capital_of_Assam-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guwahati has a population of 962,334 as per the 2011 census. Population of Guwahati in 2021 is estimated to be 11 lakhs (approx).<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-macrotrends.net_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macrotrends.net-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is estimated that Guwahati metro will house 2.8 million residents by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (July 2016)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Below Graph shows Population of Guwahati (1950-2040):<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>- </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy_and_sex_ratio">Literacy and sex ratio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Literacy and sex ratio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The percentage of the child population (0-14) in Guwahati was 9.40% in 2011. The average literacy rate was stated to be 91.47% with male literacy at 94.24% and female literacy at 88.50%. The sex ratio was recorded to be 933 females per 1000 males and child sex ratio to be 940 girls per 1000 boys.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 380.52786193948px; border-left-color:gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:gold"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 308.42761236364px; border-left-color:lightsteelblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:lightsteelblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 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style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 146.94684108208px; border-left-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 20.381583993312px; border-left-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:orchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:orchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:47.070393216533px 88.229122643495px 0 0; border-top-color:purple"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:purple"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages spoken in Guwahati (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> (57.80%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orchid; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> (20.40%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> (12.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> (1.92%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:royalblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Boro_language_(India)" title="Boro language (India)">Boro</a> (1.69%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightsteelblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Manipuri</a> (0.91%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> Bhojpuri (0.90%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others (4.09%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>According to the 2011 census, there were around 962,334 people living in Guwahati city, of which around 57.80% spoke <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, 20.40% <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, 12.29% <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, 1.92% <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, 1.69% <a href="/wiki/Boro_language_(India)" title="Boro language (India)">Boro</a>, 0.91% <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Manipuri</a> and 0.90% <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a> as their first language.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Guwahati" title="List of educational institutions in Guwahati">List of educational institutions in Guwahati</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotton_College_,_Guwahati_,_Assam,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg/220px-Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg/330px-Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg/440px-Cotton_College_%2C_Guwahati_%2C_Assam%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cotton_University" title="Cotton University">Cotton University</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg/220px-Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg/330px-Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg/440px-Vikramjit_Kakati_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/IIT_Guwahati" title="IIT Guwahati">IIT Guwahati</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Guwahati is the central educational hub of Northeast India.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the esteemed institutions is the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati">Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati</a> (IIT), an autonomous institute dedicated in the field of technical studies in India. <a href="/wiki/Cotton_University" title="Cotton University">Cotton University</a>, erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Cotton_College,_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotton College, Guwahati">Cotton College</a> is yet another century-old institution in the fields of Science and Arts. </p><p>Guwahati has numerous educational institutes and colleges such as: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_University" title="Gauhati University">Gauhati University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_University" title="Cotton University">Cotton University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srimanta_Sankaradeva_University_of_Health_Sciences" title="Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences">Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Science_and_Technology_University" title="Assam Science and Technology University">Assam Science and Technology University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Deorah_College" class="mw-redirect" title="S. B. Deorah College">S. B. Deorah College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Kamrup_College" title="Dakshin Kamrup College">Dakshin Kamrup College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshin_Kamrup_Girls%27_College" title="Dakshin Kamrup Girls' College">Dakshin Kamrup Girls' College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_Commerce_College" title="Gauhati Commerce College">Gauhati Commerce College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arya_Vidyapeeth_College" title="Arya Vidyapeeth College">Arya Vidyapeeth College (Autonomous)</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K.C._Das_Commerce_College" title="K.C. Das Commerce College">K.C. Das Commerce College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handique_Girls_College" title="Handique Girls College">Handique Girls College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology,_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati">Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Guwahati" title="Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Borooah_College" title="B. Borooah College">B. Borooah College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dispur_College" title="Dispur College">Dispur College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Dental_College,_Guwahati" title="Regional Dental College, Guwahati">Regional Dental College, Guwahati</a>, look</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Law_University_and_Judicial_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="National Law University and Judicial Academy">National Law University and Judicial Academy</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Gauhati Medical College and Hospital">Gauhati Medical College and Hospital</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Ayurvedic_College,_Guwahati" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati">Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Engineering_College" title="Assam Engineering College">Assam Engineering College</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Institute_of_Management" title="Assam Institute of Management">Assam Institute of Management</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Don_Bosco_University" title="Assam Don Bosco University">Assam Don Bosco University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Global_University" title="Royal Global University">Royal Global University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmibai_National_Institute_of_Physical_Education" title="Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education">Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education</a> N. E. Regional Centre,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tata_Institute_of_Social_Sciences" title="Tata Institute of Social Sciences">Tata Institute of Social Sciences</a>, Guwahati Campus,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kanta_Handiqui_State_Open_University" title="Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University">Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Pharmaceutical_Education_and_Research,_Guwahati" title="National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati">National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati</a> and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Advanced_Study_in_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology">Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology</a>.</li></ul> <p>There are various private schools too like: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bosco_High_School,_Guwahati" title="Don Bosco High School, Guwahati">Don Bosco School</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Public_School_Society" title="Delhi Public School Society">Delhi Public School</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanskriti_The_Gurukul" title="Sanskriti The Gurukul">Sanskriti the Gurukul</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Child_School_Guwahati" title="Holy Child School Guwahati">Holy Child School</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_English_High_School,_Guwahati" title="St. Mary's English High School, Guwahati">St. Mary's English High School</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/YWCA" title="YWCA">YWCA English High School</a> and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faculty_Higher_Secondary_School,_Amingaon" title="Faculty Higher Secondary School, Amingaon">Faculty Higher Secondary School</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pandu,_Guwahati" title="Pandu, Guwahati">Pandu</a>, located on the banks of the Brahmaputra at the western part of the city, is an ancient urban area that acted as the chief military base for the Ahoms against external invasions. Due to extensive fortification ('Gorh') surrounding Pandu, it acts as a natural river harbor and is formally called Gar-Pandu. <a href="/wiki/Pandu_Port" title="Pandu Port">Pandu port</a> falls under Dhubri-Sadiya National Waterway-2 and is an important terminal and transit point for goods and cargo as well as passenger and tourist vessels. Construction of both low-level and high-level jetty of fixed terminal, capable of handling container vessels, has been completed and has further enhanced revenue generation for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar,_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg/220px-ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg/330px-ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg/440px-ASTC_multi_level_parking_at_Paltanbazar%2C_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Multi Level Car Parking Facility operated by Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) situated at Paltanbazar, Guwahati</figcaption></figure> <p>The manufacturing sector in Guwahati contributes a substantial share to the economy of the city. Petroleum manufacturing is an important economic activity in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Refinery" title="Guwahati Refinery">Guwahati Refinery</a> is the most important manufacturing industry in the city. Located at Noonmati, the refinery was set up by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Oil_Corporation" title="Indian Oil Corporation">Indian Oil Corporation</a> Limited as the first public sector refinery of India as well as the refinery of Indian Oil since 1962. It was built with an initial crude processing capacity of 0.75 million <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">tonnes</a> per year at the time of its commission which was gradually increased to 1.0 million tonnes per year. It produces various products and supplies them to the other northeast states and also beyond to Siliguri through the Guwahati-Siliguri pipeline. The various products produced by the refinery include Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Kerosene Oil, Turbine Fuel (aviation use), Motor Spirit, High-Speed Motor Diesel, Light Diesel Oil, and Raw Petroleum Coke. There is also an LPG bottling plant in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tea manufacturing and processing is another important activity of Guwahati. Assam is one of the highest tea-producing areas in the world, contributing 80% of India's export and 55% of the country's total tea production. So high is the production of tea in Assam that it is the biggest industry in the state. The headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Tea_Association" title="Indian Tea Association">Assam Branch Indian Tea Association (ABITA)</a> is located at Guwahati. The <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Tea_Auction_Centre" title="Guwahati Tea Auction Centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre</a> (GTAC), located adjacent to the capital complex at Dispur, is the world's largest CTC tea auction center and the second largest in terms of total tea auctioned. The inaugural sale took place on 25 September 1970 and the first lot of tea was auctioned at the price of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 42.50 which, during those days, was a significant achievement. In the month of August 2019, a kilogram of Maijan Orthodox Golden tea sold for a record-setting price of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 70,501 at the <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Tea_Auction_Centre" title="Guwahati Tea Auction Centre">Guwahati Tea Auction Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many centralised, private and international banks have set up their branches in the city with the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India" title="Reserve Bank of India">Reserve Bank of India</a> having one of its own at Pan Bazaar.<sup id="cite_ref-Business_and_Economy_of_Guwahati_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business_and_Economy_of_Guwahati-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg/220px-Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg/330px-Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg/440px-Guwahati_Airport_Entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guwahati is served by the <a href="/wiki/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport" title="Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport">Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Borjhar" title="Borjhar">Borjhar</a>, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west from the heart of the city. With all major domestic and international airlines flying into Guwahati, it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_busiest_airports_in_India" title="List of busiest airports in India">tenth busiest airport in India</a> in total passenger traffic. Daily and weekly flights are available to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kochi, Bangkok, Paro, Kathmandu etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/220px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/330px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg/440px-Guwahati_Railway_Station_at_Night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Guwahati Railway Station</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The city of Guwahati and the northeastern region falls under the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Frontier_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Frontier Railway">Northeast Frontier Railway</a> (NFR) Zone of the Indian Railways, the headquarters of which is in Maligaon, near Nilachal Hills, in the northwest of the city. The <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_railway_station" title="Guwahati railway station">Guwahati railway station</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Paltan_Bazaar" title="Paltan Bazaar">Paltan Bazaar</a> area of Guwahati, is the busiest railway station in the city. It lies along the <a href="/wiki/Barauni-Guwahati_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Barauni-Guwahati Line">Barauni-Guwahati Line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guwahati%E2%80%93Lumding_section" title="Guwahati–Lumding section">Guwahati–Lumding section</a>, categorised as an A-1 railway station under <a href="/wiki/Lumding_railway_division" title="Lumding railway division">Lumding railway division</a>. </p><p>There are four more railway stations in the city – the <a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamakhya Junction">Kamakhya Junction</a> for passenger and freight services, the <a href="/wiki/New_Guwahati_railway_station" title="New Guwahati railway station">New Guwahati railway station</a> (near Noonmati) for only freight services, <a href="/wiki/Narangi_railway_station" title="Narangi railway station">Narangi railway station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azara_railway_station" title="Azara railway station">Azara railway station</a>. There are regular trains connecting Guwahati to and from other major cities of the country. <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_Rajdhani_Express" title="Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express">Rajdhani Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poorvottar_Sampark_Kranti_Express" title="Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express">Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_Mail" title="Brahmaputra Mail">Brahmaputra Mail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamrup_Express" title="Kamrup Express">Kamrup Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_East_Express" title="North East Express">Northeast Express</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saraighat_Express" title="Saraighat Express">Saraighat Express</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vande_Bharat_Express" title="Vande Bharat Express">Vande Bharat</a> are some significant trains running to and from Guwahati. The train with the longest route in India, <a href="/wiki/Vivek_Express" title="Vivek Express">Vivek Express</a>, which runs from <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh" title="Dibrugarh">Dibrugarh</a> in Upper Assam to <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a> in the southern tip of India passes through Guwahati.<sup id="cite_ref-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISBT_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ISBT_Guwahati.jpg/220px-ISBT_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ISBT_Guwahati.jpg/330px-ISBT_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ISBT_Guwahati.jpg/440px-ISBT_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Buses standing at Rupnath Brahma Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Guwahati</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg/220px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg/330px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg/440px-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Roads in Jalukbari, Guwahati</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/220px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/330px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg/440px-Guwahati_Ropeway_car_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Guwahati Ropeway</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guwahati,_Longest_Flyover,_Inaugurated,_Panoramic_View,_Maligaon_Area.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg/220px-Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg/330px-Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg/440px-Guwahati%2C_Longest_Flyover%2C_Inaugurated%2C_Panoramic_View%2C_Maligaon_Area.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9169" data-file-height="6113" /></a><figcaption>Nilachal Flyover, located in the Maligaon area of Guwahati is one of the longest flyover of Assam</figcaption></figure> <p>The length of surfaced roads within the city is 218 km (135 mi). <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_27_(India)" title="National Highway 27 (India)">National Highway 27</a> connects Guwahati with the states <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and rest of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. This highway connects Guwahati with <a href="/wiki/Silchar" title="Silchar">Silchar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley">Barak Valley</a> <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> and further connecting the city to the states of <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_17_(India)" title="National Highway 17 (India)">National Highway 17</a> from <a href="/wiki/Sevoke" title="Sevoke">Sevoke</a> in West Bengal terminates in <a href="/wiki/Jalukbari" title="Jalukbari">Jalukbari</a> and connects Guwahati with the major cities of <a href="/wiki/Dhubri" title="Dhubri">Dhubri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_15_(India)" title="National Highway 15 (India)">National Highway 15</a> and its several secondary roads runs through both the banks of River <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a> and connects the Guwahati with the cities of <a href="/wiki/Tezpur" title="Tezpur">Tezpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jorhat" title="Jorhat">Jorhat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh" title="Dibrugarh">Dibrugarh</a> in <a href="/wiki/Upper_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Assam">Upper Assam</a> and the states of <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-How_To_Reach_Guwahati_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-How_To_Reach_Guwahati-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Public transportation is well developed in the city. Buses are the major means of public transport in Guwahati. The state-owned Assam State Urban Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Assam_State_Transport_Corporation" title="Assam State Transport Corporation">Assam State Transport Corporation</a> (ASTC) and private operators provide the city bus services within the city. ASTC also operates the <a href="/wiki/Volvo" title="Volvo">Volvo</a> <a href="/wiki/Air-conditioned" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-conditioned">air-conditioned</a> bus services within the city as well as to the LGBI airport. The <a href="/wiki/Rupnath_Brahma_Inter_State_Bus_Terminus" class="mw-redirect" title="Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus">Rupnath Brahma Inter State Bus Terminus</a> (ISBT), located at <a href="/wiki/Betkuchi" title="Betkuchi">Betkuchi</a> on NH-37, is the most significant terminal cum transit point with regular day and night bus services from state owned ASTC and private operators plying between Guwahati and other destinations in Assam and Northeast India. The areas of Adabari and Paltan Bazaar also act as nodal points in providing bus services to towns and cities in Assam and adjoining states.<sup id="cite_ref-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Metro" title="Guwahati Metro">metro rail</a> project has also been planned to relieve the hectic traffic conditions on the streets.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guwahati has also seen a rise in the usage of cycling as a mode of transport and as per some unofficial estimates, there was almost a 50% increase in the number of people who took up cycling in the wake of COVID-19.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has an active cycling community and is amongst the few Indian cities that has a Bicycle Mayor and a Junior Bicycle Mayor.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Inland Water Transport Department is headquartered at Pandu port in Guwahati. The waterways transportation services in Guwahati are used for transporting bulk goods and cargo, and for movement of passenger and tourist vessels. Ferry services are available for transportation of people from different ports along the Brahmaputra to Pandu port.<sup id="cite_ref-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati_85-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Public_Transport_in_Guwahati-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg/170px-Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg/255px-Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg/340px-Rongmon_Statue_at_Sorusajai_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1358" data-file-height="1554" /></a><figcaption><i>One-Horned Rhino</i> Statue at Sarusajai Sports Complex</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg/220px-Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg/330px-Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg/440px-Barsapara_Cricket_Stadium_match_under_floodlights.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>ACA Stadium, Barsapara</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarusajai2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sarusajai2.jpg/220px-Sarusajai2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sarusajai2.jpg/330px-Sarusajai2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sarusajai2.jpg/440px-Sarusajai2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Athletic_Stadium" title="Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium">Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg/220px-Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg/330px-Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg/440px-Nehru_Stadium_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1078" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption>Nehru Stadium, Guwahati</figcaption></figure> <p>Guwahati features the multi-purpose <a href="/wiki/Nehru_Stadium,_Guwahati" title="Nehru Stadium, Guwahati">Nehru Stadium</a> which hosts mostly <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> located in the R.G. Baruah Sports Complex, one of the oldest in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It comprises the Kanaklata Indoor Stadium (for <a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">badminton</a>), swimming pool and tennis courts. The <a href="/wiki/North-East_Frontier_Railway_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="North-East Frontier Railway Stadium">North-East Frontier Railway Stadium</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maligaon" title="Maligaon">Maligaon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_of_India" title="Sports Authority of India">Sports Authority of India</a> (SAI) complex of Paltan Bazaar and the <a href="/wiki/Judges_Field" title="Judges Field">Judges Field</a> are other prominent sporting venues of the city. </p><p>The sporting infrastructures especially constructed for the <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Games_of_India" title="2007 National Games of India">33rd National Games</a> in 2007 include <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Athletic_Stadium" title="Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium">Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium</a> —the main stadium at Sarusajai Sports Complex, Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex, and the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi A.C. Indoor Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other new sports venues include <a href="/wiki/Maulana_Md._Tayabullah_Hockey_Stadium" title="Maulana Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium">Maulana Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bhetapara" title="Bhetapara">Bhetapara</a>, Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phookan Indoor Stadium at Ulubari, Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at <a href="/wiki/Amingaon" title="Amingaon">Amingaon</a>, Chachal Tennis Complex and the Tepesia Sports Complex.<sup id="cite_ref-33rd_National_Games_Guwahati_2007-_India's_Biggest_Extravaganza_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33rd_National_Games_Guwahati_2007-_India's_Biggest_Extravaganza-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The renovated sports complexes include Ganesh Mandir Indoor Stadium at Khanapara, Rudra Singha Sports Complex at Dispur and Gauhati University Sports Stadium. The <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Athletic_Stadium" title="Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium">Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium</a> was also the main venue of the <a href="/wiki/2016_South_Asian_Games" title="2016 South Asian Games">2016 South Asian Games</a> and the Himalayan Region Games in 2017. </p><p>Guwahati is home to the professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> (ISL), <a href="/wiki/NorthEast_United_FC" title="NorthEast United FC">NorthEast United FC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Indian_Super_League-Northeast_United_FC_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indian_Super_League-Northeast_United_FC-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They play their home matches at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. It presents one of the finest football atmospheres in India. The stadium also hosted matches of the <a href="/wiki/2017_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup">FIFA U-17 World Cup</a> in 2017. </p><p>The international cricket venue <a href="/wiki/Assam_Cricket_Association_Stadium,_Guwahati" title="Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati">Assam Cricket Association Stadium</a> at Barsapara, is the home of <a href="/wiki/Assam_cricket_team" title="Assam cricket team">Assam cricket team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest cricket stadium in Northeast India with seating capacity of 40,000 and 2nd largest in East India. It hosted an <a href="/wiki/Indian_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cricket team">India</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">Australia</a> T20I match in 2017 in its international debut. The first ODI in the stadium was held in 2018 between India and <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Professional sports clubs based in the city </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Club</th> <th>Sport</th> <th>League</th> <th>Stadium</th> <th>Established </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/NorthEast_United_FC" title="NorthEast United FC">NorthEast United FC</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Athletic_Stadium" title="Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium">Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium</a> </td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Warriors" title="Northeastern Warriors">Northeastern Warriors</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton" title="Badminton">Badminton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_Badminton_League" title="Premier Badminton League">Premier Badminton League</a> </td> <td>Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assam_Titans_Futsal_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assam Titans Futsal Club (page does not exist)">Assam Titans Futsal Club</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">Futsal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Futsal_League" title="North East Futsal League">North East Futsal League</a> </td> <td>Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium </td> <td>N.A. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_&_telecommunications"><span id="Media_.26_telecommunications"></span>Media & telecommunications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Media & telecommunications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg/220px-Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg/330px-Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg/440px-Assam_tribune_picture_by_Vikramjit_Kakati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6566" data-file-height="3295" /></a><figcaption>The Dainik Asom building at Chandmari</figcaption></figure> <p>Assamese daily newspapers published from the city are <i><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Agradoot" title="Dainik Agradoot">Dainik Agradoot</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Asomiya_Pratidin" title="Asomiya Pratidin">Asomiya Pratidin</a></i>, <span title="Assamese-language text"><i lang="as-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Asomiya_Khabar" title="Asomiya Khabar">Asomiya Khabar</a></i></span>, <span title="Assamese-language text"><i lang="as-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Amar_Asom" title="Amar Asom">Amar Asom</a></i></span>, <span title="Assamese-language text"><i lang="as-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Janambhumi" title="Dainik Janambhumi">Dainik Janambhumi</a></i></span>, <i><a href="/wiki/Janasadharan" title="Janasadharan">Janasadharan</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Niyomiya_Barta" title="Niyomiya Barta">Niyomiya Barta</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Asam" title="Dainik Asam">Dainik Asam</a></i>, <i>Dainandin Barta</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gana_Adhikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gana Adhikar">Gana Adhikar</a></i>. English dailies are <i><a href="/wiki/The_Assam_Tribune" title="The Assam Tribune">The Assam Tribune</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Guwahati)" title="The Sentinel (Guwahati)">The Sentinel</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Telegraph_(Calcutta)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Telegraph (Calcutta)">The Telegraph</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i> and <i>Eastern Chronicle</i>. Eclectic Northeast Magazine<sup id="cite_ref-eclecticnortheast.in_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eclecticnortheast.in-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a leading Guwahati-based monthly Northeast magazine with an online version. G Plus is the only English weekly tabloid published from Guwahati.<sup id="cite_ref-A_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state-owned television broadcaster <a href="/wiki/DD_Assam" title="DD Assam">DD Assam</a> provides free-to-air satellite television services. Guwahati-based 24-hour regional satellite news channels include <a href="/wiki/News_Live_(Indian_TV_channel)" title="News Live (Indian TV channel)">News Live</a>, <a href="/wiki/DY_365" class="mw-redirect" title="DY 365">DY 365</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pratidin_Time" title="Pratidin Time">Pratidin Time</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prag_News" title="Prag News">Prag News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam_Talks" title="Assam Talks">Assam Talks</a> and <a href="/wiki/News18_Assam_North_East" title="News18 Assam North East">News18 Assam North East</a>. </p><p>The Guwahati Radio Station of state-owned <a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> was inaugurated on 1 July 1948 as Shillong-Guwahati Station.<sup id="cite_ref-airguwahati.gov.in_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airguwahati.gov.in-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Headquarter of the Shillong-Guwahati Station was shifted from Shillong to Guwahati in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-airguwahati.gov.in_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-airguwahati.gov.in-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a full-fledged Regional broadcasting station with three channels; the Guwahati A & B Channels are AM Channels, and the CBS Channel is an FM Channel. The other FM stations include <a href="/wiki/BIG_FM_92.7" class="mw-redirect" title="BIG FM 92.7">92.7 BIG FM</a>, Radio Gup-Shup 94.3 FM, <a href="/wiki/Red_FM_93.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Red FM 93.5">Red FM 93.5</a> and <a href="/wiki/Radio_Mirchi" title="Radio Mirchi">Radio Mirchi</a>. Telecom services are <a href="/wiki/BSNL" class="mw-redirect" title="BSNL">BSNL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" title="Bharti Airtel">Airtel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vodafone_Idea" title="Vodafone Idea">Vodafone Idea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jio" title="Jio">Jio</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_places_of_worship">Notable places of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notable places of worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerycaption">Temples in Guwahati</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basistha_Temple,_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Basistha Temple, re-constructed by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha in CE 1764."><img alt="Basistha Temple, re-constructed by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha in CE 1764." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/90px-Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/135px-Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/180px-Basistha_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Basistha_Temple" title="Basistha Temple">Basistha Temple</a>, re-constructed by Ahom King <a href="/wiki/Rajeswar_Singha" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajeswar Singha">Rajeswar Singha</a> in CE 1764.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Doul Govinda Temple."><img alt="Doul Govinda Temple." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg/120px-Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg/180px-Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg/240px-Doul_Govinda_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4861" data-file-height="3222" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Doul_Govinda_Temple" title="Doul Govinda Temple">Doul Govinda Temple</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Umananda Temple, constructed by King Gadadhar Singha in CE 1694 on the world's smallest river island."><img alt="Umananda Temple, constructed by King Gadadhar Singha in CE 1694 on the world's smallest river island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg/120px-Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg/180px-Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg/240px-Umananda_Temple-Guwahati-Assam-DSC0001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Umananda_Temple" title="Umananda Temple">Umananda Temple</a>, constructed by King <a href="/wiki/Gadadhar_Singha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gadadhar Singha">Gadadhar Singha</a> in CE 1694 on the <a href="/wiki/Umananda_Island" title="Umananda Island">world's smallest river island</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamakhya_Temple,_Guwahati.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kamakhya Temple, the oldest among the Shakti pethas, situated on the top of Nilachal hills."><img alt="Kamakhya Temple, the oldest among the Shakti pethas, situated on the top of Nilachal hills." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/120px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/180px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg/240px-Kamakhya_Temple%2C_Guwahati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya Temple</a>, the oldest among the <a href="/wiki/Shakti_Pitha" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakti Pitha">Shakti pethas</a>, situated on the top of Nilachal hills.</div> </li> </ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple" title="Kamakhya Temple">Kamakhya Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudreswar_Temple" title="Rudreswar Temple">Rudreswar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doul_Govinda_Temple" title="Doul Govinda Temple">Doul Govinda Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugratara_Devalaya" title="Ugratara Devalaya">Ugratara Devalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basistha_Temple" title="Basistha Temple">Basistha Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukreswar_Temple" title="Sukreswar Temple">Sukreswar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lankeshwar_Temple" title="Lankeshwar Temple">Lankeshwar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirgheshwari_temple" title="Dirgheshwari temple">Dirgheshwari temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umananda_Temple" title="Umananda Temple">Umananda Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navagraha_temples" title="Navagraha temples">Navagraha temples</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nabakanta_Barua" title="Nabakanta Barua">Nabakanta Barua</a>, poet and academician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipankar_Bhattacharjee" title="Dipankar Bhattacharjee">Dipankar Bhattacharjee</a>, Indian badminton player and Olympian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barsha_Rani_Bishaya" title="Barsha Rani Bishaya">Barsha Rani Bishaya</a>, Assamese film actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaurav_Bora" title="Gaurav Bora">Gaurav Bora</a>. footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashmita_Chaliha" title="Ashmita Chaliha">Ashmita Chaliha</a>, Indian badminton player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Das" title="Utpal Das">Utpal Das</a>, Assamese film actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somdev_Devvarman" title="Somdev Devvarman">Somdev Devvarman</a>, tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zubeen_Garg" title="Zubeen Garg">Zubeen Garg</a>, singer, songwriter, lyricist and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrinjan_Rajkumar_Gohain" title="Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain">Shrinjan Rajkumar Gohain</a>, Indian chess player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnab_Goswami" title="Arnab Goswami">Arnab Goswami</a>, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamoni_Raisom_Goswami" title="Mamoni Raisom Goswami">Mamoni Raisom Goswami</a>, novelist and academician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reema_Kagti" title="Reema Kagti">Reema Kagti</a>, director and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgabar_Kayastha" title="Durgabar Kayastha">Durgabar Kayastha</a>, medieval littérateur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Nechim" title="Abu Nechim">Abu Nechim</a>, cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayyara_Noor" title="Nayyara Noor">Nayyara Noor</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papon_(singer)" title="Papon (singer)">Papon</a>, singer and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riyan_Parag" title="Riyan Parag">Riyan Parag</a>, cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subam_Rabha" title="Subam Rabha">Subam Rabha</a>, football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhabendra_Nath_Saikia" title="Bhabendra Nath Saikia">Bhabendra Nath Saikia</a>, novelist, short story writer and film director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a>, current Chief Minister of Assam</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Talukdar" title="Jayanta Talukdar">Jayanta Talukdar</a>, Indian archer and Olympian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Thapa" title="Shiva Thapa">Shiva Thapa</a>, boxer and Olympian</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assam_State_Museum" title="Assam State Museum">Assam State Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_Valley_Film_Festival" title="Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival">Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Beltola" title="History of Beltola">History of Beltola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_affiliated_to_Gauhati_University" class="mw-redirect" title="List of colleges affiliated to Gauhati University">List of colleges affiliated to Gauhati University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Western_Assam" title="List of people from Western Assam">List of people from Western Assam </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraighat_Bridge" title="Saraighat Bridge">Saraighat Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varman_dynasty" title="Varman dynasty">Varman dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silchar" title="Silchar">Silchar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorhat" title="Jorhat">Jorhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tezpur" title="Tezpur">Tezpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaon" title="Nagaon">Nagaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh" title="Dibrugarh">Dibrugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongaigaon" title="Bongaigaon">Bongaigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangiya" title="Rangiya">Rangia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalbari" title="Nalbari">Nalbari</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guwahati&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols" title="List of Indian state symbols">State symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_songs" title="List of Indian state songs">Song</a>: <a href="/wiki/O_Mur_Apunar_Desh" title="O Mur Apunar Desh">O Mur Apunar Desh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals" title="List of Indian state animals">Animal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Indian_rhinoceros" title="Indian rhinoceros">Indian rhinoceros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-winged_duck" title="White-winged duck">White-winged duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Foxtail_Orchids" class="mw-redirect" title="Foxtail Orchids">Foxtail Orchids (Kopouful)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dipterocarpus_retusus" title="Dipterocarpus retusus">Dipterocarpus retusus (Hollong)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Assam" title="Category:Assam">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Etymology_of_Assam" title="Etymology of Assam">Etymology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Assam" title="Biodiversity of Assam">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_Valley" title="Brahmaputra Valley">Brahmaputra Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_cuisine" title="Assamese cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Assam" title="Culture of Assam">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Assam" title="Economy of Assam">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Assam" title="Education in Assam">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Assam" title="List of institutions of higher education in Assam">Institutions of higher education</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography_of_Assam" title="Physical geography of Assam">Physical geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Assam" title="Politics of Assam">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Assam" title="Tourism in Assam">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_tea" title="Assam tea">Assam tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_silk" title="Assam silk">Assam silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Rifles" title="Assam Rifles">Assam Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Regiment" title="Assam Regiment">Assam Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Assam" title="History of Assam">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamarupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutia_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chutia Kingdom">Chutia Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamata_Kingdom" title="Kamata Kingdom">Kamata Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahom_kingdom" title="Ahom kingdom">Ahom kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kachari_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kachari Kingdom">Kachari Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Assam" title="Colonial Assam">Colonial Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam Province (1912 – 1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly (Since 1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Mail" title="Assam Mail">Assam Mail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Accord" title="Assam Accord">Assam Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golaghat_Convention" title="Golaghat Convention">Golaghat Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_history_of_Assam" title="Timeline of history of Assam">Assam History Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Public_administration" title="Public administration">Administration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Assam" title="Government of Assam">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Assam">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Assam" title="List of governors of Assam">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Human_rights_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Assam Human rights Commission">Human rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Police" title="Assam Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties_in_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Political Parties in Assam">Political Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Assam">Districts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of Assam">divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/North_Assam_Division" title="North Assam Division">North Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biswanath_district" title="Biswanath district">Biswanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrang_district" title="Darrang district">Darrang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonitpur_district" title="Sonitpur district">Sonitpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Assam Division">Lower Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baksa_district" title="Baksa district">Baksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barpeta_district" title="Barpeta district">Barpeta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongaigaon_district" title="Bongaigaon district">Bongaigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirang_district" title="Chirang district">Chirang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhubri_district" title="Dhubri district">Dhubri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamrup_district" title="Kamrup district">Kamrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamrup_Metropolitan_district" title="Kamrup Metropolitan district">Kamrup Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpara_district" title="Goalpara district">Goalpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalbari_district" title="Nalbari district">Nalbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Salmara_district" class="mw-redirect" title="South Salmara district">South Salmara Mankachar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Assam Division">Central Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dima_Hasao_district" title="Dima Hasao district">Dima Hasao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hojai_district" title="Hojai district">Hojai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_Anglong_district" title="Karbi Anglong district">Karbi Anglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Karbi_Anglong_district" title="West Karbi Anglong district">Karbi Anglong (West)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morigaon_district" title="Morigaon district">Morigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaon_district" title="Nagaon district">Nagaon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Assam Division">Upper Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charaideo_district" title="Charaideo district">Charaideo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_district" title="Dibrugarh district">Dibrugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhemaji_district" title="Dhemaji district">Dhemaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golaghat_district" title="Golaghat district">Golaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorhat_district" title="Jorhat district">Jorhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_district" title="Lakhimpur district">Lakhimpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majuli_district" title="Majuli district">Majuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivasagar_district" title="Sivasagar district">Sivasagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinsukia_district" title="Tinsukia district">Tinsukia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley">Barak Valley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cachar_district" title="Cachar district">Cachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hailakandi_district" title="Hailakandi district">Hailakandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimganj_district" title="Karimganj district">Karimganj</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography_of_Assam" title="Physical geography of Assam">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Assam Division">Upper-Assam (East Assam)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Assam">Lower-Assam (West Assam)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley"> Barak Valley (South Assam)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majuli" title="Majuli">Majuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mora_Dhansiri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mora Dhansiri River">Mora Dhansiri River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhansiri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhansiri River">Dhansiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dihing_River" title="Dihing River">Dihing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Diphlu" title="River Diphlu">Diphlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haflong" title="Haflong">Halflong (<i>The Hill station of Assam</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Culture_of_Assam" title="Category:Culture of Assam">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_alphabet" title="Assamese alphabet">Assamese alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_Jolpan" class="mw-redirect" title="Assamese Jolpan">Jolpan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_crafts_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional crafts of Assam">Traditional crafts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihu" title="Bihu">Bihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_dances_of_Assam" title="Folk dances of Assam">Folk dances of Assam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagurumba" title="Bagurumba">Bagurumba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihu_dance" title="Bihu dance">Bihu dance</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekasarana_Dharma" title="Ekasarana Dharma">Ekasarana Dharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borgeet" title="Borgeet">Borgeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satra_(Ekasarana_Dharma)" title="Satra (Ekasarana Dharma)">Satra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattriya" title="Sattriya">Sattriya Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xorai" title="Xorai">Saraai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamosa" title="Gamosa">Gamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textiles_and_dresses_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Textiles and dresses of Assam">Textiles and dresses</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Assam_silk" title="Assam silk">Muga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eri_silk" title="Eri silk">Eri</a>)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_crafts_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional crafts of Assam">Arts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assamese_literature" title="Assamese literature">literature</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Assam" title="Music of Assam">music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">cinema</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_literature" title="Assamese literature">Assamese literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_poetry" title="Assamese poetry">Assamese poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Assamese-language_poets" title="List of Assamese-language poets">List of poets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Assamese_writers_with_their_pen_names" title="List of Assamese writers with their pen names">List of Assamese writers Pen Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Assamese_periodicals" title="List of Assamese periodicals">List of Assamese Periodicals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orunodoi" title="Orunodoi">The Arunodoi (Orunodoi - 1846)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemkosh" title="Hemkosh">The Hemkosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Assam_Tribune" title="The Assam Tribune">The Assam Tribune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Sahitya_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Assam Sahitya Sabha">Assam Rhetorical Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buranji" title="Buranji">Buranji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan_Ghoxa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirtan Ghoxa">Kirtan Ghoxa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavat_of_Sankardev" title="Bhagavat of Sankardev">Dasham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naam_Ghosa" title="Naam Ghosa">Naam Ghosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saptakanda_Ramayana" title="Saptakanda Ramayana">Saptakanda Ramayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonaki" title="Jonaki">Jonaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Assam" title="Music of Assam">Music of Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpariya_Lokgeet" class="mw-redirect" title="Goalpariya Lokgeet">Goalpariya Lokgeet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokari_geet" title="Tokari geet">Tokari Geet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dihanaam" title="Dihanaam">Dihanaam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiranaam" title="Hiranaam">Hiranaam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhol" title="Dhol">Dhol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gogona" title="Gogona">Gogona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pepa_(instrument)" title="Pepa (instrument)">Pepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joymoti_(1935_film)" title="Joymoti (1935 film)">Joymati, first Assamese motion picture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Theatre_Festival" title="Guwahati Theatre Festival">Guwahati Theatre Festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/People_of_Assam" title="People of Assam">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Assam" title="History of Assam">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_people" title="Assamese people">Assamese people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahom_people" title="Ahom people">Ahom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Assamese Brahmins">Brahmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalita_(caste)" title="Kalita (caste)">Kalita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_people" title="Rajbanshi people">Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutia_people" title="Chutia people">Chutia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribes of Assam">Tribes of Assam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boro_people" title="Boro people">Bodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deori_people" title="Deori people">Deori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimasa_people" title="Dimasa people">Dimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Karbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mising_people" title="Mising people">Mising</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Assam" title="List of people from Assam">List of people from Assam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable surnames</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barua" title="Barua">Barua (<i>and its variations</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhuiyan" title="Bhuiyan">Bhuiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bora_(surname)" title="Bora (surname)">Borah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharali" title="Bharali">Bharali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borbarua" class="mw-redirect" title="Borbarua">Borbarua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borgohain" title="Borgohain">Borgohain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borpatrogohain" class="mw-redirect" title="Borpatrogohain">Borpatrogohain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borphukan" title="Borphukan">Borphukan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burhagohain" title="Burhagohain">Burhagohain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakraborty" title="Chakraborty">Chakraborty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowdhury" title="Chowdhury">Choudhury (<i>and its variations</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Das_(surname)" title="Das (surname)">Das</a></li> <li>Deka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutta" title="Dutta">Dutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayen" title="Gayen">Gayen</a></li> <li>Gogoi</li> <li>Gohain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goswami" title="Goswami">Goswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazarika" title="Hazarika">Hazarika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalita_(caste)" title="Kalita (caste)">Kalita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majumdar" title="Majumdar">Majumdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saikia" title="Saikia">Saikia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarma_(surname)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarma (surname)">Sarma</a></li> <li>Chutia</li> <li>Sutradhar</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Urban areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barpeta" title="Barpeta">Barpeta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongaigaon" title="Bongaigaon">Bongaigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhubri" title="Dhubri">Dhubri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh" title="Dibrugarh">Dibrugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diphu" title="Diphu">Diphu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpara" 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Assembly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protected Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaziranga_National_Park" title="Kaziranga National Park">Kaziranga National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdapha_National_Park" title="Namdapha National Park">Namdapha National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orang_National_Park" title="Orang National Park">Orang National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manas_National_Park" title="Manas National Park">Manas National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibru-Saikhowa_National_Park" title="Dibru-Saikhowa National Park">Dibru-Saikhowa National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nameri_National_Park" title="Nameri National Park">Nameri National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balphakram_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Balphakram National Park">Balphakram National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nokrek_National_Park" title="Nokrek National Park">Nokrek National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mouling_National_Park" title="Mouling National Park">Mouling National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keibul_Lamjao_National_Park" title="Keibul Lamjao National Park">Keibul Lamjao National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirohi_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirohi National Park">Sirohi National Park </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murlen_National_Park" title="Murlen National Park">Murlen National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ntangki_National_Park" title="Ntangki National Park">Ntangki National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pobitora_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary">Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sipahijola_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary">Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorumara_National_Park" title="Gorumara National 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href="/wiki/Amaravati" title="Amaravati">Amaravati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daman,_India" title="Daman, India">Daman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dispur" title="Dispur">Dispur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhinagar" title="Gandhinagar">Gandhinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangtok" title="Gangtok">Gangtok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itanagar" title="Itanagar">Itanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a></li> <li><a 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