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| | The Assam Tribune online |
 | | A number of ethnic groups from different part of the globe have settled here in a very small area in the foothills of Patkai hill from which the lashing Dehing river rushes down to the Brahmaputra valley to meet the mighty Brahmaputra, under Margherita sub-division. |
 | | Interestingly, these inhabitants who are in fact the architects of Bor Asom, the Great Syu Ka Pha, who established the Ahom dynasty in the 12th century that ruled Assam for the next six hundred years had crossed the Patkai and advanced to settle in the present Sivasagar district through Tinsukia district. |
 | | This particular place still inhabited by the ethnic groups namely, Khamti, Deori, Singpho, Tai Phakey, Tai Khamiang, Tangsa, Nocte, Semas etc and are maintaining their cultures, traditions and life styles respectively without disturbing others. |
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