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Namoni Majuli | |
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City | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Jorhat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Assamese |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 913775 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
| Vehicle registration | AS |
Namoni Majuli (also called Lower Majuli) is the lower part of Majuli, Jorhat, Assam. It starts from Kamalabari to lower most Ahotguri mouza. But years ago this mouza has been vanished due to severe flood erosion of Brahmaputra River.
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Mājuli or Majuli is a large river island located in Assam, India. It is formed by the Brahmaputra River to the south and east, the Subansiri River to the west and an anabranch of the Brahmaputra River called Kherkutia Xuti to the North.
Jorhat is an administrative district of the Indian state of Assam situated in the central part of the Brahmaputra Valley. The district is bounded by Majuli on north, Nagaland state on the south, Sivasagar on the east and Golaghat on the west. On the north of the district, the river Brahmaputra forms the largest riverine island of the world. The administrative seat is at Jorhat city.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party from Assam who is serving as the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH, Government of India and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India, from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
Mising is a Tani language spoken by the Mising people. There are 629,954 speakers, who inhabit mostly the Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Tinsukia districts of Assam and also some parts of Arunachal Pradesh. The primary literary body of Mising is known as 'Mising Agom Kébang '.
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Sri Lohit High School is an educational institute in the lower part of Majuli, Jorhat, Assam, India. It is said to have been named after the Lohit River, a tributary to the Brahmaputra River. It has both the high and Middle English section. The Sri Lohit High School and Sri Lohit Middle English School are on the same campus with a single school building.
Ujoni Majuli is the upper part of Majuli, Assam. It is also called Upper Majuli.
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Ahotguri mouza is one of the three mouzas of Majuli, other two being Salmora and Kamalabari. It is located at the lower most part of Majuli and comprises over 200 villages. But due to severe flood erosion of Brahmaputra River it has been vanished recently leaving thousands of families homeless.
Bayanacharya Ghanakanta Bora Muktiyar is a choreographer and guru of Sattriya dance, a major classical dance tradition of Assam, India and Pakistan. He is also a renowned instrumentalist and author. He has won the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001.
Madhya Majuli is the middle part of Majuli, Jorhat, Assam. It is also called Natun Pohardia.
Majuli College is based at Kamalabari in Majuli, Assam, India. It was founded in 1962, and is affiliated to AHSEC and Dibrugarh University besides being recognized by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC). The college is located on a fortified campus surrounded by a few Vaishnavite monasteries called satras and lush-green paddy fields.
Majuli Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Majuli is also part of Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency. It is a reserved seat for the Scheduled tribes (ST).
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Majuli district is situated on Majuli, the largest river island in the world, in the Brahmaputra River in Northeastern Assam. It is also the first island district of the country.
Pub Majuli College, established in 1990, is a general degree college situated at Bongaon, in Majuli district, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Dibrugarh University. This college offers bachelor's degree courses in arts.
Majuli University of Culture is a state government university located in Majuli, Assam dedicated for research, teaching and education in the field of humanities and performing arts. The university is established by Majuli University of Culture Bill, 2017 which was passed by the Government of Assam on 7 September 2017. Recently, the Government of Assam announced that the University will be upgraded to a full fledged University having Humanities, Commerce and Science disciplines apart from the Cultural and Performing Arts part catering to the need of the common people of Majuli District and rest of the state in sync with the New Education Policy. On 13 July 2018 Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the state's first cultural university at Majuli to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 300 crore.
The Tuni River is a small tributary of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Assam. Tuni river flows through the middle of the Majuli, the largest river island of the world. Sri Sri Bhogpur Satra, one of the several ancient Sattras of Assam is located near the Tuni river. Tuni river is also known as Bashistha Ganga.