Dhubri is the headquarter of Dhubri District, Assam, India. Dhubri is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. ... Assam (অসম) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ...
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.
However, the first to take up residence at Dhubri were the Salesian Fathers Archimede Piannazzi and L. Rocca, who were appointed to work among Garos.
In 1932 they took up residence at Dhubri and used it as a base for their apostolate in the Garo Hills as Catholics were denied permission to work in that area.
The Diocese of Bongaigaon is carved out of the Archdiocese of Guwahati consisting of Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar and Dhubri Districts of lower Assam that covers the surface area of 13,630 sq, km.
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