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State · North-East

Assam

Capital
Dispur
Formed / current boundaries
1950
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A north-eastern state in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys, known for its tea and the Kaziranga national park. Dispur, in Guwahati, became the capital after Meghalaya was carved out of Assam.

A one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park
A one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park Photo: Wikimedia Commons · photographer and licence
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