Assam State Portal
ASSAM
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
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Assam is the eastern most sentinel of India endowed with enchanting and picturesque natural beauty. The State is adorned with beautiful lush covers of greenery, a chain of hills and rivers mainly the Brahmaputra and the Barak. It has been the living place of various races, tribes and ethnic groups since time immemorial. The dynamics of synthesis and assimilation of the races make Assam glorified and rich.
Project Details
Brief Background
Designed to serve as a single point of access to all the information and services provided by the Government of Assam. There are several opinions to the origin of the name &ldquo Assam&rdquo . In the ancient Sanskrit literature both the names &lsquo Pragjyotisha&rsquo and &lsquo Kamrupa&rsquo were used as designation for ancient Assam. Its antiquity can be established from the fact that it has been mentioned in the two great epics- The Mahabharata and the Ramayana and also in the Puranas. Regarding the name &lsquo Prajyotisha&rsquo or &lsquo Pragjyotishpura&rsquo Gait (1992 reprint) writes that Prag means &lsquo former&rsquo or &lsquo eastern&rsquo and Jyotisha &lsquo a star&rsquo astrology shining. Pragjyotishpur may therefore be taken to mean the &lsquo City of Eastern Astrology&rsquo .
Objective
To offer citizens easy access to government services and information. The name &lsquo Aham&rsquo or &lsquo Asom&rsquo was probably given by the Ahoms who came to Assam in 1228 A.D. Even though the origin is ambiguous but it is believed that the modern name Assam is itself an anglicization.
Benefits
Facilitates transparency accessibility and efficiency in public service delivery. Assam lost much of its territory to new states that emerged from within its borders. The British annexed Cachar in 1832 and Jaintia Hills in 1835. In 1874 Assam became a separate province with Shillong as its capital. Sylhet was merged with East Bengal on partition of India. With the partition and independence of India in 1947 the district of Sylhet (excluding the Karimganj subdivision) was ceded to Pakistan (the eastern portion of which later became Bangladesh).
