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Category |
Details |
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State Name |
Assam |
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Capital |
Dispur (suburb of Guwahati) |
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Largest City |
Guwahati |
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Formation Date |
26 January 1950 |
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Official Language |
Assamese |
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Additional Languages |
Bodo, Bengali (official in Barak Valley) |
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Area |
78,438 sq km |
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Population (2011) |
~31.2 million |
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State Animal |
One-horned Rhinoceros |
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State Bird |
White-winged Duck (Deo Hanh) |
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State Flower |
Foxtail Orchid (Kopou Phool) |
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State Tree |
Hollong |