Dhubri
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| ?Dhubri Assam • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Dhubri |
| Population | 63,965 (2001) |
Dhubri (Dhuburi in Assamese) is the headquarter of Dhubri District, Assam, India. It has a municipal corporation "Dhubri Municipalty".
It is an old small town on the bank of the river Brahmaputra and Gadadhar, a tributary of Brahmaputra. In the yesteryears Dhubri was an important commercial centre particularly of jute. Partition of the country in 1947 changed all that. Now Dhubri has become one the main routes for illegal immigrants to cross the international boarder. This place is also famous for the Sikh Gurdwara or Damdama Sahib which was contructed in memory of visit of First Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji and later it was followed by visit of Ninth guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib and the Gurdwara is named as Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib (Dhubri). Hence it has great importance for Sikh community. Guru Tegh Bahadur established this Gurdwara during his 17th century visit to the area. Sikh devotees from all over India and the world assemble in this Gurdwara every year in the month of December to mark the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur with due solemnity and ceremony. Sikh devotees call this festival Sahidee Guru Parav. It was during his stay in Dhubri, that the ninth Guru received the news that a son was born to him at Patna. This son was Gobind Rai who later became the highly respected tenth Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh. He succeeded to the Guru Gaddi after the execution of his father in Chandni Chowk, Delhi by the order of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675.
The Bhola Nath College (Estd. 1946) of Dhubri is one of the oldest and premier college in Assam. Other notable educational institutes are Dhubri Law College, Dhubri Girls' College, Dhubri B. T. College.
[edit] Geography
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Dhubri had a population of 63,965. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dhubri has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 68%. In Dhubri, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
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