Lakhimpur district to complete glorious fifty years today

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LAKHIMPUR: Lakhimpur, the district with unique, serene natural beauty, located in North Assam touching the Himalayan foothills spread covering Arunachal Pradesh, will complete its glorious fifty years on Sunday. Since time immemorial, the territory, which is presently known by the name as Lakhimpur has marked its notable existence in the social cultural, political, economic and other fields of the Northeast Region. People say that goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, has special blessings upon this land and hence the territory is the treasure of wealth, resources like flora and fauna, rivers hills etc. with unique nature. Therefore the territory is christened Lakshmipur, which later turned into Lakhimpur.

According to noted historian Sarbeswar Baruah, the name Lakhimpur is derived after the name Lakshminarayan, the Chutiya King of medieval times, who ruled in this territory. On the other hand, according to "Aadi Charit," a classic of the 18th century, the name Lakhimpur derived after the name Lakshmi Aai, the famous, chaste queen of Barabhuyan dynasty (in which Srimanta Sankardev was born). The classic says that queen Lakshmi Aai was blessed by Surya Devata (Sun god), who told her that the territory would be well-known with a name 'Lakhimpur' being derived from her name.

In the first half of 19th century, the Burmese ruined the Ahom kingdoms including this territory of North Assam. In 1826, the British expelled the Burmese under the Treaty of Yandabo. Then the British formed the first administrative district of Lakhimpur in 1938 covering the area from Biswansth to Sissi-Dhemaji in the North Bank of the Brahmaputra and placed the southern part of the State together with Sivasagar which was under the rule of Purandar Singha. In 1882, the British administration set up the headquarter of Lakhimpur district after conquering Sadia and Motok kingdoms. Then Lakhimpur district used to have several other districts of Arunachal Pradesh within its fold and was known as the Lakhimpur Frontier Tract. After independence, the district contained the present day Dibrugarh district, Tinsukia district and Dhemaji district. In 1971 on October 2, present Lakhimpur district was formed during the Chief Ministership of Mahendra Mohan Choudhury.

Located in the North-East corner of Assam, the district of Lakhimpur is bounded on the North by Arunachal Pradesh and on the East by Dhemaji District. Majuli, the largest river-island district is on the South and Biswanath District is on the West. The tributaries of the Brahmaputra within Lakhimpur district are Subansiri, Ranganadi, and Dikrong. The exact location of the district is 26.48' and 27.53' Northern latitude and 93.42' and 94.20' East longitude (approx.). The district has two sub divisions — North Lakhimpur (Headquarters) and Dhakuakhanana. The district has eight Police stations. viz. North Lakhimpur, Boginadi, Panigaon, Dhakuakhana, Ghilamara, Narayanpur, Laluk and Bihpuria. and seven Revenue Circles named Dhakuakhana, Subansiri, Kadam, North Lakhimpur, Naoboicha, Bihpuria and Narayanpur along with 9 Development Blocks. Lakhimpur district occupies an area of 2,277 square kilometres (879 sq mi).

The greatest contributor to the State and the mankind, who was born in Lakhimpur district was Mahapurush Shri Shri Madhabdev. He spearheaded the Neo-Vaishnavite Movement in Assam with his Guru Shri Shri Sankardev and preached the perennial message of true spiritualism. Since then till date, several enlightened as well as prominent figures of the district has marked their footprints in the sands of time rendering their dedicated and devotional services to the State and the mankind through various fields. The Lakhimpur district administration has taken up unique programmes to celebrate the Golden Jubilee District Day on Sunday.

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