British Assam

British Assam was a colony in Bengal, Odisha and the northeast (South Asia) that lasted from 1826 to 1947 CE, about 121 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Taken from Burma by the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826 and made a separate province in 1874. Tea plantations worked by indentured laborers from central India transformed the Brahmaputra valley.

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Facts

Dates

1826 to 1947 CE

Duration

121 years

Type

Colony

Region

Bengal, Odisha and the northeast, South Asia

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Shillong

Came from

• Ahom Kingdom 1228 to 1826 CE

Events in South Asia during its time

• 1857 Indian Rebellion
• 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March
• 1947 Independence and partition

Neighbours in South Asia

• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present
• Ahom Kingdom 1228 to 1826 CE
• Kingdom of Mysore c. 1399 to 1950 CE
• Kingdom of Nepal 1768 to 2008 CE
• Hyderabad State 1724 to 1948 CE
• Company rule in India 1757 to 1858 CE
• Pakistan 1947 CE to the present
• Sikh Empire 1799 to 1849 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe

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