Darrang is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Mangaldai. The district occupies an area of 3481 km² and has a population of 1,503,943 (as of 2001). The main place of attraction in Darrang is Bhairabkund.Bhairabkund is a famous picnic spot in Assam.Geographically it shares the border with Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. Bhairabkund is a must see place in Asaam.The other important towns in Darrang are Udalguri, Tangla, Rowta, Kharupetia and Byhata Chariali. Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... Assam (ঠসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... Mangaldai is the headquarters of Darrang district in the state of Assam in India Categories: India geography stubs ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
During the reign of the Ahom king Gaurinath Singha (1780-1794), the authority of the Darrang Raja was further reduced and he was placed at the disposal of the Borphukan at Guwahati.
It is a metrical chronicle of Darrang Rajas composed at the initiative of its tenth ruler Samudranarayana.
The Northern part of Darrangdistrict which touches the fringe of Bhutan Hills is mostly populated by the tribes viz; the Bodo-Kacharis, the Rabhas, the Madahis the Saranias, the Mahalias, the Koches and a small number of Garos.
DARRANG, a district of British India, in the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Darrang originally formed, according to tradition, part of the dominions of Bana Raja, who was defeated by Krishna in a battle near Tezpur ("the town of blood").
In the 16th century Darrang was subject to the Koch king of Kamarupa, Nar Narayan, and on the division of his dominions among his heirs passed to an independent line of rajas.