BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TOWN –
LOCATION :
Palasbari is one of the oldest urban centre with population 5554 covering an area of 2.67 sq.km. in the state of Assam and is located at a distance of 23 km west of Guwahati in the south Bank of river Brahmaputra in the cardinal points 260°1’5c" North latitude and 91°5'4" East longitude. The first town committee for Palasbari was formed in the year 1924 and eventually it was upgraded to a municipal Board in the year 1954. Palasbari with a very rich historical background played the role of a very busy urban centre for it's activities/role as a administration educational and trade and commercial centre of the region till the 1950s. The great earthquake of the 1950s and subsequent, flood and erosion of river Brahmaputra wreaked havoc to this urban centre, and a Sizeable portion of the town shifted to a reserve forest in Kochpara village and settled there.1hese settlement due to various favorable conditions is developed into a new urban Centre in the town of today’s. Mirza and it has already outgrown old Palasbari in terms of economic base and urban activities. At the same time most of the traders shifted there trade centres to Fancybazar in Guwahati and a few to Uparhali, where a new urban centre namely Bijoynagar has come up. Palasbari, Mirza, Bijoynagar are the 3 growth poles around which the development of the region taking place in an unplanned, haphazard manner. The future development of the region is also dependent on the spillover urban activities of Guwahati Metropolitan region due to strategic favorable location in comparison to other directions of Guwahati..
HISTORY :
The name Palasbari is composed of two words, Palas and Bari meaning garden of Palas trees. Some claim that it has been derived from Palas meaning manure and silt deposits at the locality when the mighty river Brahmaputra reaches in it's high spurs.
The villages and towns of Palasbari circle were components of the koch and Moghld territories prior to 1682 AD, when the latter was finally defeated by the Ahom at Itakhuli in Guwahati.
During the declining period of the Ahoms the chief tains who belonged to Khasi and Garo communities of the surrounding principalities like Rani, Luki, Barduar, Bholagoan, Mairapara, Ghoramara and Pantar, who stood all along in favour of the Ahom, stood against the Ahom in their fight against the British.Anglo Assamese relations records that number of engagements between the two foreign powers viz. British and Burmese took place in the area and the Burmese were defeated in 1821 AD, and finally heddle treat to Kaliabor. The port of Palasbari therefore once was known as Haraghat to commemorate this incident. At the dawn of British rule the entire area was tagged with Guwahati revenue Circle and the responsibilities to maintain law order was with the Chamaria police station.
During 15th-16th century AD Neo-Vaisnavite movement under the leadership of Srimanta Sankar Deva and Srimanta Madhaledeva got fertile grown in this area and established a satra named Palasarguri (also known as Garoimari Satra), which was located 15 km west to the present Polasbari township, Samaria satra and Malancha satra (now washed away by the Brahmaputra).
The inhabitants of the region contributed a lot in the war of independence by taking part in disobedience movements lead by Chandra Prava Saikiani and congress voluntees. Leaders in the rank of Gopinath Bordoloi, Tarun Ram Phukan, Bishnu Prasad Rabha and other leaders came to the region frequently to hide themselves from the wrath of the administration of the whites.
LOCATION :
Palasbari is one of the oldest urban centre with population 5554 covering an area of 2.67 sq.km. in the state of Assam and is located at a distance of 23 km west of Guwahati in the south Bank of river Brahmaputra in the cardinal points 260°1’5c" North latitude and 91°5'4" East longitude. The first town committee for Palasbari was formed in the year 1924 and eventually it was upgraded to a municipal Board in the year 1954. Palasbari with a very rich historical background played the role of a very busy urban centre for it's activities/role as a administration educational and trade and commercial centre of the region till the 1950s. The great earthquake of the 1950s and subsequent, flood and erosion of river Brahmaputra wreaked havoc to this urban centre, and a Sizeable portion of the town shifted to a reserve forest in Kochpara village and settled there.1hese settlement due to various favorable conditions is developed into a new urban Centre in the town of today’s. Mirza and it has already outgrown old Palasbari in terms of economic base and urban activities. At the same time most of the traders shifted there trade centres to Fancybazar in Guwahati and a few to Uparhali, where a new urban centre namely Bijoynagar has come up. Palasbari, Mirza, Bijoynagar are the 3 growth poles around which the development of the region taking place in an unplanned, haphazard manner. The future development of the region is also dependent on the spillover urban activities of Guwahati Metropolitan region due to strategic favorable location in comparison to other directions of Guwahati..
HISTORY :
The name Palasbari is composed of two words, Palas and Bari meaning garden of Palas trees. Some claim that it has been derived from Palas meaning manure and silt deposits at the locality when the mighty river Brahmaputra reaches in it's high spurs.
The villages and towns of Palasbari circle were components of the koch and Moghld territories prior to 1682 AD, when the latter was finally defeated by the Ahom at Itakhuli in Guwahati.
During the declining period of the Ahoms the chief tains who belonged to Khasi and Garo communities of the surrounding principalities like Rani, Luki, Barduar, Bholagoan, Mairapara, Ghoramara and Pantar, who stood all along in favour of the Ahom, stood against the Ahom in their fight against the British.Anglo Assamese relations records that number of engagements between the two foreign powers viz. British and Burmese took place in the area and the Burmese were defeated in 1821 AD, and finally heddle treat to Kaliabor. The port of Palasbari therefore once was known as Haraghat to commemorate this incident. At the dawn of British rule the entire area was tagged with Guwahati revenue Circle and the responsibilities to maintain law order was with the Chamaria police station.
During 15th-16th century AD Neo-Vaisnavite movement under the leadership of Srimanta Sankar Deva and Srimanta Madhaledeva got fertile grown in this area and established a satra named Palasarguri (also known as Garoimari Satra), which was located 15 km west to the present Polasbari township, Samaria satra and Malancha satra (now washed away by the Brahmaputra).
The inhabitants of the region contributed a lot in the war of independence by taking part in disobedience movements lead by Chandra Prava Saikiani and congress voluntees. Leaders in the rank of Gopinath Bordoloi, Tarun Ram Phukan, Bishnu Prasad Rabha and other leaders came to the region frequently to hide themselves from the wrath of the administration of the whites.
LocationPalasbari Ward No-3
Kamrup Assam |