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	Flood toll rises to 157
		Death toll in the floods in Assam's Goalpara district rose to 157 with the recovery of seven more bodies since Monday night.
		Heavy rainfall and flash floods claimed 174 lives since last week. Some 17 people were killed in landslides in Guwahati, besides the deaths in Goalpara.
		Goalpara superintendent of police Violet Barua said that seven bodies were recovered since Monday night, including those of three women.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/oct/12flood.htm (170 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » India: Situation report - Landslides in Ajagar hills, Goalpara district, ...
		On 7th October 2004 along the Ajagar hill range in Goalpara district, a landslide was reported.
		The landslide was caused due to incessant rainfall within the catchment area bordering Goalpara district (Assam) and Meghalaya state.
		The occurrence of heavy rainfall was due to the cloud burst phenomenon as reported by IMD state meteorological department.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/3ae7b821fb4b75d5c1256f32004cf956 (187 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Flood death toll rises in Assam
		The worst affected area is the district of Goalpara where at least 80 villagers are still missing, officials say.
		Officials say that areas of Goalpara remain under 2m of water, even though it is receding in some places.
		Goalpara's senior relief official, AK Majumder, told the BBC that 55 relief camps have been opened for more than 25,000 people who were made homeless by the sudden floods.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/3731590.stm (387 words)

	Assam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Assam starts with its south western boundary with the District of Dhubri.The present Dhubri District is one of the three Civil Sub-divisions of erst-while Goalpara district, established in 1876 during British regime.
		In 1879 the District head quarter was shifted from Goalpara to Dhubri.
		AFC is promoting and developing small scale and medium scale industries in the State with a special focus on spreading industrial culture in the rural, semi-urban and backward areas of the States.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /regional/states/assam (1196 words)

	The Assam Tribune online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		GOALPARA, Oct 11 — With the recovery of more bodies, the death toll in the October 8 flash floods in Goalpara district has shot up to 152 till this evening, said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Goalpara, RK Shome, here.
		Meanwhile, the Goalpara district administration has prohibited sale of stale fruits, fish, dry fish throughout the district under the provisions of Section 144 CrPC with effect from October 9 in a bid to prevent outbreak of contagious diseases in the district.
		Meanwhile, All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharyya, who is in Goalpara district now as a member of an AASU team visiting the flood-affected areas of the district, said this evening over phone that the situation in the district was more than worse.
	www.assamtribune.com /oct1204/at01.html (984 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » India: Situation report - Assam floods, 11 Oct 2004
		The situation worsened in Goalpara district as 50,000 people were reported to be affected.
		Army and Air force were called in for rescue operations and 2 helicopters were engaged in Krishnai and Bolbola in Goalpara district for the same.
		The situation is improving in Karbi Anglong and Kamrup Metropolitan districts with receding of water in the rivers.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/7714b9e8d17e961cc1256f2a0041c7fe (395 words)

	History of Bongaigaon
		The original Goalpara district was first created in 1822 A.D. by David Scott- an employee of East India Company, who was the first Commissioner of newly created North East Rangpur district Hd.
		In 1866 Garo Hills was separated from Goalpara district area and in the same year a new district named "Greater Koch Behar" was created and the residual portion of Goalpara district was withdrawn from Rangpur and tagged with Koch Behar.
		Goalpara (ii) Dhubri (iii) Kokrajhar and (iv) Bongaigaon.
	bongaigaon.nic.in /HIST.HTM (1260 words)

	Dateline ACT
		Hundreds of houses in the Goalpara district were washed away by a wall of water that raged through villages at roof-height after 10:00 p.m.
		The flash floods, coming so soon after the floods in August this year, were caused by heavy rains in the Goalpara district (Assam) and Meghalaya State over a period of four days, due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal.
		With rivers not wide enough to carry such large quantities of water, eleven villages in two blocks of Goalpara (Krishnai and Bolbola) were washed away.
	www.act-intl.org /news/dt_nr_2004/upindia0404.html (875 words)

	Bomb blast in Assam bus, 6 killed- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		GUWAHATI: Six persons, including a CRPF jawan, were killed and at least 50 injured in a bomb blast triggered by banned Ulfa targeting a truck carrying security personnel in Assam's Goalpara district on Sunday.
		Goalpara police said that the IED planted by Ulfa militants on National Highway 36 went off when a truck carrying CRPF jawans and a passenger bus were crossing the area.
		The injured have been rushed to Goalpara civil hospital, and those in critical condition were sent to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=40480685 (194 words)

	Bipuljyoti Saikia's Home Page : Cinema & Stage - Pramathesh Chandra Barua
		The very fact that Barua was born to a ruling family in Goalpara district, reared in Assam’s natural bounty and also worked in her power corridors should suffice to silence doubting Thomases.
		Noted folklorist and artiste Birendranath Datta summed up: “Pramathesh Barua was born into a situation where Bengali was the medium and lingua franca of the middle and upper classes as well as the zamindar families in Bengal and Goalpara.
		Though Assamese is now the medium of instruction in Goalpara, the dialect there has much affinity with the one spoken in the nearby places in Bengal.
	www.geocities.com /bipuljyoti/cinema/pramathesh.html (2451 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Army, IAF Out As Floods Kill 150 In Assam
		The worst affected area is the district of Goalpara where at least 90 villagers are still missing, officials said.
		Goalpara's police superintendent Violet Barua told the BBC that rescue workers have recovered nearly 100 bodies from various parts of the districts in the past 24 hours.
		Barua said at least 90 villagers were still missing and that the death toll was likely to rise further.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=101104021216 (510 words)

	Calcutta-on-net News, January 18, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Goalpara police in Assam has been able to have a damning evidence to prove that Harkat-ul-Mujahideen is being supported surreptitiously by the Pakistan government, which has been repeatedly denying the accusation that it helps the ultra Islamic body.
		January 19: Goalpara police in Assam has been able to have a damning evidence to prove that Harkat-ul-Mujahideen is being supported surreptitiously by the Pakistan government, which has been repeatedly denying the accusation that it helps the ultra Islamic body.
		Goalpara police has recovered from them a written document in which the two had asked the Pakistani Ambassador to India, Ashraf Jahangir Qazi to contact someone on the phone number 414446 at Karachi, which incidentally happens to be the phone number of Rahman Kali, a top gun of Harkat-ul-Mujahiidin outfit.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jan00/20Jan00.html (6527 words)

	Six killed, 55 hurt in Assam blast
		Six people, including a Central Reserve Police Force jawan, were killed and at least 55 injured when United Liberation Front of Asom terrorists triggered a blast in Assam's Goalpara district, Director General of Police Harekrishna Deka said on Sunday.
		The terrorists triggered an improvised explosive device on National Highway 36 when a truck carrying CRPF personnel and a passenger bus were crossing the area, Goalpara police said.
		The injured were rushed to the Goalpara Civil Hospital, and those in critical condition were sent to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/mar/16assam.htm (209 words)

	Death toll in Assam bomb blast rises to seven
		Guwahati: The death toll in the March 16 bomb blast triggered by United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Goalpara district of Assam rose to seven on March 17 with one of the injured succumbing to his wounds, official sources said.
		The bomb exploded when the CRPF vehicle and another crowded passenger bus were crossing each other near Bamunghopha, killing three persons on the spot and injuring 58 others.
		A massive combing operation was launched by security forces to track the ultras who escaped to the dense forest of Pancharatna immediately after the incident, the sources said.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/03/17/17toll.html (260 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Four killed, 54 wounded in India attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bombs ripped through a passenger bus and another carrying paramilitary soldiers and their families in separate attacks that killed four and wounded 39.
		All the injured were hospitalized and several were in critical condition, he said.
		Hours later, another bomb exploded near Satipara village in Goalpara district, blowing up a bus carrying Border Security Force soldiers and their families.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/08/26/two_bus_bombs_in_india_kill_4_injure_39 (428 words)

	Abodes of Surya
		The Konark Sun temple is probably the best and most majestic specimen of temple art in Orissa, despite its ruined state.
		The Surya Pahar temple situated amongst several archaeological remains in Goalpara in Assam is an ancient center of sun worship.
		The Modhera sun temple, even in its ruined state is a majestic one, bearing testimony to the art of the ancient Chalukyas of Gujarat.
	www.templenet.com /surya.html (353 words)

	Goalpara flash flood toll rises to 157 - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The death toll in the devastating flash floods in Assam's Goalpara district mounted to 157 with the recovery of seven more bodies since last night, while both road and rail communication between Lower and Upper Assam remained disrupted for the fourth day today.
		Heavy rainfalls leading to flash floods have claimed 174 lives in the last one week in the state with 17 persons killed in landslides in Guwahati, besides the deaths in Goalpara.
		Goalpara Superintendent of Police Violet Barua told reporters that seven bodies were recovered since last night, including three women and the death toll in the floods was likely to rise further.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/oct122004/update4.asp (382 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Rescuers find 33 more bodies in northeastern India, raising death toll from ...
		In the hardest-hit district of Goalpara in Assam, receding waters Sunday revealed the bloated carcasses of thousands of cows, buffaloes, goats and poultry, said local administrator Anil Mazumdar.
		In Goalpara, at least 200,000 people whose homes were destroyed or flooded took shelter in about 50 relief camps run by state authorities, said the district's top administrator, Deepak Kumar Goswami.
		Villagers said a wall of water swept away hundreds of mud and thatch huts and killed many, a rescue worker in Goalpara said on condition of anonymity.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041010-1424-southasia-floods.html (373 words)

	Death toll in floods in India's northeast crosses 160
		Soldiers spearheading relief and rescue operations found the bodies in Assam's worst-hit Goalpara district, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the main city of Guwahati, said Anil Mazumdar, additional district magistrate of Goalpara.
		About 55,000 people are staying in 53 makeshift relief camps in Goalpara, while another 30,000 displaced by the flash floods are living in government camps in other parts of Assam.
		Assam's chief minister Tarun Gogoi was touring the Goalpara district Monday to assess the damage caused by the flooding.
	www.terradaily.com /2004/041011101342.567guznr.html (418 words)

	Sangeet : Music from Assam - Bharigaan
		The Rabhas are one of the above mentioned tribal communities who mostly reside in the plains of the districts of Kamrup and Goalpara.
		The Bharigaan is one of the most attractive folk cultural items found in the districts of Goalpara and Kamrup.
		From the language point of view, it may be mentioned that the dialogue used in the Bharigaan of South Kamrup is not a local one spoken by the people of the locality.
	www.geocities.com /bipuljyoti/music/bharigaan.html (1038 words)

	Assam flood toll rises to 156 - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		ADC Goalpara A K Mazumder said the local admistration was finding it difficult to retrieve and dispose of the carcasses.
		The sudden rise in the water level of the tributaries of Brahmaputra, in the wake of incessant rains, had resulted in flash flood between October 6 and 8.
		Apart from Goalpara, the landslides at five different places in and around the city on October 6 and 7, accounted for the death of 17 people.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/oct112004/update4.asp (360 words)

	Goalpara flash flood toll rises to 157 - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Guwahati: The death toll in the devastating flash floods in Assam's Goalpara district mounted to 157 with the recovery of seven more bodies since Monday night, while both road and rail communication between Lower and Upper Assam remained disrupted for the fourth day on Tuesday.
		Heavy rains leading to flash floods have claimed 174 lives in the last one week in the state with 17 persons killed in landslides in Guwahati, besides the deaths in Goalpara.
		Rescue operations were continuing round the clock by the army and the police.
	sify.com /news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13587955 (231 words)

	Assam rains, flash floods kill 150 -DAWN - Top Stories; 11 October, 2004
		More than 185,000 have been left homeless and the death toll could be significantly higher as hundreds more have been reported missing since Friday.
		In the northeastern Indian state's worst affected Goalpara district nine bloated bodies were recovered from rooftops and trees Sunday as the muddy water started receding, the state-run TV channel Doordarshan reported.
		An estimated 172 villages in Goalpara village were wiped out.
	www.dawn.com /cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top11.htm&date=20041011 (241 words)

	The First Gang case in Assam
		This young illiterate man was borned in the village Hatipuda under Sidli P.S., District Goalpara in the year 1937.
		The statement of Karmalal Brahmo brought to light the fact that a gang of dacoits consisting of about 70 persons was operating in the aforesaid districts under his leadership and guidance.
		Inspector General of Police, Range and Shri H.K.Bhattacharjee, the then Superintendent of police, of Goalpara District were very much pleased to give their valuable advise in conducting the investigating of the case.
	www.assampolice.com /art5.htm (2239 words)

	Meteorite Times Magazine Articles - Meteorites & Tektites, Meteorite Dealers, Links & Classifieds
		Goalpara came to the attention of science in 1868.
		The accounts vary a little but it seems that the 2.7kg oriented individual was part of the jewel collection of the Rajah of Goalpara.
		The crust on Goalpara is quite fresh with beautiful swirls of melted rock smeared across the exterior forever capturing the aerodynamic flows of hypersonic atmospheric passage.
	www.meteorite-times.com /Back_Links/2005/March/Accretion_Desk.htm (1373 words)

	Assam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An earthquake prone region, Assam has experienced two large earthquakes: 1897 (8.1 on the Richter scale) and 1950 (8.6).
		Assam is divided into 23 districts: Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Jorhat, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Marigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, North Cachar Hills, Sibsagar, Sonitpur, and Tinsukia.
		Forty five different languages are spoken by different communities in Assam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assam (3112 words)

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