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Goalpara

Goalpara in Assam. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.

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Goalpara district is an administrative district of the Indian state of Assam. The district headquarters is Goalpara.

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History & identity

The story of Goalpara

It was a princely state ruled by the Koch kings and the then ruler of the undivided kingdom. Today the erstwhile Goalpara district is divided into Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, and Goalpara district. The name of the district Goalpara is said to have originally derived from 'Gwaltippika' meaning 'Guwali village' or the village of the milk men means (Yadav). The history of Goalpara goes back to several centuries. The district came under British rule in 1765. Before this, the area was under the control of the Koch dynasty. In 1826 the British accessed Assam and Goalpara was annexed to the North-East...

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Goalpara: food, crops, crafts & local products

Food processing · PMFME ODOP

Banana

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.

District name in source: Goalpara
Source date: 2025-02-06

District products · ODOP reference

Banana

These products appear against this district in the linked One District One Product catalogue. They are documented product associations, rather than a current industrial census or a complete list of local businesses.

District name in source: Goalpara
Source date: 2025-08-19

Places to discover in Goalpara

1 public place references

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Sri Surya Pahar

Sri Surya Pahar, located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southeast of Goalpara and about 132 kilometres (82 mi) northwest of Guwahati, is a significant but relatively unknown archaeological site in Assam, India. Goalpara is the nearest city fr...

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People connected with Goalpara

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Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam

Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam is an Indian politician from Assam. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Goalpara East in the 2016 and 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election as a...

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Aftabuddin

Aftab Uddin Mollah, also known as Aftabuddin, is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam. He served as a member of Assam Legislative Assembly for the Jaleswar constituency from 2001 to 2006.

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Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari

Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari (1858–1942). Back in 1810 Saka (Shaka era), king of Gauripur, Bahadur organised "All Goalpara convention". The hidden agenda behind this was to make Goalpara a Bengali-speaking district. But...

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Baharul Islam

Baharul Islam is an Indian theater actor and alumnus of the National School of Drama, which he joined in 1987. He has acted in more than 80 plays and has designed and...

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D. Basumatari

Dharanidhor Basumatari was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Kokrajhar constituency in Assam in 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1971...

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Khandaker Nurul Alam

Khandaker Nurul Alam (1937 – 22 January 2016) was a Bangladeshi music composer and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the films Chandranath (1984), Shuvoda (1986),...

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Nagendra Narayan Choudhury

Nagendra Narayan Choudhury (1881–1947) was a short story writer and essayist from Assam. He was noted for his contribution to the field of Short stories and essays in the Assamese literature during...

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Sahab Uddin Ahmed

Sahab Uddin Ahmed (born 12 March 1963) is an All India United Democratic Front politician from Assam, India. He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in the 2016 elections from Jaleswar...

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Goalpara: official travel, agriculture & local information

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