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	Sibsagar - LoveToKnow 1911
		SIBSAGAR, a town and district of British India, in eastern Bengal and Assam.
		Sibsagar is the chief centre of tea cultivation in the Brahmaputra valley, which was introduced by the Assam Company in 1852.
		Owing to the raja's misrule, Sibsagar was reduced to a state of great poverty, and, as he was unable to pay the tribute, the territories were resumed by the government of India, and in 1838 were placed under the direct management of a British officer.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sibsagar (536 words)

	Assam. Sibsagar, an historical city of Assam.
		Sibsagar was the capital of the mighty Ahoms, who ruled Assam for more than six hundred years before the advent of the British.
		Gargaon, the erstwhile capital of the Ahoms, lies 13 km east of Sibsagar.
		Another highlight is the Ahom Museum on the bank of the Sibsagar, which houses artifacts of the Ahom rulers, which include clothes, swords, manuscripts, goblets and platters.
	www.travelmasti.com /domestic/assam/sibsagar.htm (543 words)

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		Sibsagar was known as the former capital of the Ahoms, who ruled Assam for more than 600 years till the advent of British.
		One of the oldest towns in Assam, Sibsagar - "The Ocean of Shiva"- lies 60-km east of Jorhat and 369-km from Guwahati and is an important centre for the tea and oil trades.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /assam/sibsagar (990 words)

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		Sibsagar was the capital of Ahom kings who ruled over Assam for nearly 600 years till the British annexed the region in 1826.
		Yet another important landmark of Sibsagar is the dargah of Ajan at the confluence of the rivers Dikhow and Brahmaputra.
		Sibsagar is developing fast because of its newly acquired status of district headquarters and establishment of the ONGC headquarters at Nazira which is just 18 kilometres from Sibsagar.
	www.indiaprofile.com /heritage/sibsagar-assam.htm (1472 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Church apologises for distorted translation of holy book
		The Sibsagar Catholic Church had published two booklets containing hymns and prayers, which were literal but allegedly distorted translations of the Namghosa, the most sacred book of the Vasishnavites.
		Realising the gravity of the situation, the Sibsagar district administration intervened and Additional Deputy Commissioner A K Sarma Roy convened a meeting of both parties to settle the matter amicably.
		Father Joy Palliaunnel of the Sibsagar Catholic Church, who was in charge when the translation was done and the booklets published, regretted the incident and handed the published booklets to the district administration.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/jan/07geet.htm (364 words)

	Sibsagar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sibsagar is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India.
		Sibsagar was once the capital of the Ahom rulers who dominated Assam for more than 600 years.
		The nearest railway station is Simaluguri, 16 kms from Sibsagar town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sibsagar (546 words)

	Government of Assam: The official website
		The District of Sibsagar, 369 km from Guwahati, stands testimony to the glorious past of Assam.
		Sibsagar (Shivasagar) --- the Ocean of Shiva --- was the capital of the mighty Ahoms.
		A 16th Century seven-storeyed palace in Gargaon, the principal town of the Ahoms built by their Xvth King Suklenmung in 1540, and lies 13 km east of present Sibsagar town.
	assamgovt.nic.in /manu.asp (690 words)

	IndiaTravelMall.com ~ Destination India ~ States ~ Andhra Pradesh
		Sibsagar was the capital of the Ahom Kings who ruled Assam before the advent of the British.
		Sibsagar Tank and Temples :The tank comprising 120 acres of water, dug ever 200 years age, is above town level although situated down town.
		Gaurisagar Group : 16 kms south of Sibsagar on the Assam Trunk Road, Gaurisagar is one of the historical tanks constructed by Queen Phuleswari in the year 1723.
	www.indiatravelmall.com /assam.shtml (1268 words)

	Steeped in history
		The Joysagar lake, spread over 318 acres on the edge of Sibsagar town, is the largest man-made lake in India.
		About 6 km from Sibsagar is a seven-storeyed palace known as the Talatal Ghar or the palace with underground cellars.
		At Charaideo, 28 km from Sibsagar, lies the old capital of the Ahom kings, built by Sukapha, founder of the Ahom dynasty.
	www.blonnet.com /2000/06/26/stories/102672s2.htm (956 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : 7 killed in Assam blast
		Seven persons, including two children, were killed and 19 injured when the banned militant organisation ULFA set off a powerful bomb inside a public transport mini-bus in Sibsagar district today.
		According to police sources from Sibsagar town, the bomb fitted with an improvised explosive device placed inside a bag under a third row seat behind the driver was triggered by remote control around 10 a.m.
		The mini-bus was proceeding to Sibsagar from Sonari.
	www.hindu.com /2004/06/25/stories/2004062504900101.htm (103 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Blast In Passenger Bus Kills Five In Assam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Doctors in Sibsagar said a number of injured passengers were in a critical condition.
		The private bus was travelling from Sonari to Sibsagar when the blast took place at a village called Majgaon at around 1020 IST.
		Immediately after the incident Sibsagar Superintendent of Police Debojit Hazarika and Eastern Range Deputy Inspector General Bhaskar Mahanta have rushed to the spot.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=062404022224 (382 words)

	Temples And Legends Of Assam - Sibsagar ( Page 3)
		The Devi Dol seems to resemble the Sib Dol at Sibsagar in respect of style.
		In this temple the Sikhara is without the familiar amalaka in the standard pattern; instead, a tier of gold-plated kalasas in tapering sizes is placed on a solid circular base made of bricks.
		Staying at Sibsagar where we have the necessary facilities could see the temples of this region.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/assam/sibsagar/page3.htm (147 words)

	SIBSAGAR - Online Information article about SIBSAGAR
		Sibsagar is the chief centre of See also:
		dynasty Sibsagar, with the rest of the Assam valley, See also:
		misrule, Sibsagar was reduced to a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SIBSAGAR.html (700 words)

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		Sibsagar: The capital city of the ancient Ahome kings, its name was Rangpur, distance 56 km from Jorehat, accessible by bus as also rail.
		Half of a day is adequate to visit Sibsagar.
		Only a rickshaw has to be hired on the basis of a contract for 3 to 4 hr.
	www.seemyindia.com /assam/assam-sibsagar-rang-ghar.htm (151 words)

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		Sibsagar can be found in the Eastern part of Guwahati.
		The modern Sibsagar district is now a fast developing town in Assam.
	www.mapsofindia.org /assam/sibsagar.html (258 words)

	IAS officer admits to folly
		Lakhi Nath Tamuli, Deputy Commissioner of Sibsagar district is said to have beaten up Parag Saikia, a rural correspondent of Aji, a newly-established Assamese daily when the latter wrote a series of stories in connection with a case of alleged misappropriation of funds from the district treasury.
		On Tuesday, Saikia was allegedly picked up by the police from his residence at Demow, about 25 kms from Sibsagar town, and brought to the DC's office, where the Tamuli allegedly beat him up so badly that he had to be admitted to a nursing home for treatment.
		Meanwhile, the Sibsagar District Journalists Association, in an emergency meeting held on Wednesday, announced its decision to boycott all official functions and events till the government took punitive measures against the Deputy Commissioner.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000707/ina07030.html (404 words)

	Temples And Legends Of Assam - Sibsagar ( Introduction)
		Temples And Legends Of Assam - Sibsagar (Introduction)
		Sibsagar, one of the modern districts of Assam, came into prominence under the Ahom rulers.
		The Ahoms, a group of the Shan invaders, under the hegemony of Sukhapha, first conquered the eastern portion of the country and later on, his descendants ruled the entire country for nearly six hundred years.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/assam/sibsagar/index.htm (99 words)

	Assembly Elections 2001: Expressindia.com in association with The Indian Express
		This Upper Assam town of Sibsagar, once the capital of the powerful Ahom kings who ruled Assam for 600 years before the British arrived in 1826, is the birthplace of the banned ULFA.
		But 22 years after it was launched on April 7, 1979 on the premises of the historic Rang-ghar (an amphitheatre built by the Ahoms), the ULFA is virtually finished here.
		Now, the lone ULFA senior leader from Sibsagar district is Arabinda Rajkhowa, the outfit’s chairman.
	www.expressindia.com /election/assam/asm0509.html (560 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		July 3: Lockout was declared on Tuesday in three out of the four divisions of Birla-owned Jayshree Group of tea gardens in Sibsagar, Assam after a top executive of one of the gardens was fatally assaulted by labourers.
		A group of irate workers protesting against the alleged manhandling of one of their colleagues by the group manager of the company, Harpreet Singh Mann and other officials directed their ire against Mann and stoned him to death.
		Peeved at the manner in which one of their colleagues was detained the day before the laboures had gone to register their protest at the manager's office, police said.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Jul01/04/CAL6.html (179 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The proscribed ULFA continued its spree of violence in Assam killing seven people, including two children, and injuring 19 others, by a powerful bomb explosion inside a public transport bus in Sibsagar district.
		According to police sources from Sibsagar town, the bomb fitted with improvised explosive devise (IED) placed inside a bag under the third row seat behind the driver of the bus was triggered by remote control around 10 A.M today.
		Eight critically injured including the women and children, had been shifted to the Assam Medical College hospital, while the rest were admitted to Sonari and Sibsagar civil hospitals.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=230603 (392 words)

	SIBSAGAR seat of TAI AHOM KINGDOM
		Seaons to Avoid: The rainy months as the state is ravaged by floods every year.
		Sibsagar: Formerly the capital of the mighty Ahoms, who ruled Assam for more than six hundred years till the advent of the British.
		Zunächst besuchen wir einige Shivatempel bei Sibsagar (=Shivasagar) am Jaysagar Stausee, der zur Bewässerung der Reisfelder dient.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/India/SIBSAGAR/blog-67331.html (902 words)

	rediff.com: Four killed, seven injured in bomb blast in Assam
		Four persons were killed and seven others seriously injured when a bomb, planted by suspected NSCN (I-M) militants in a shop in Sonari in Assam's Sibsagar district, exploded on Thursday evening.
		The injured were shifted to Sibsagar and the condition of four of them was stated to be critical.
		The police had earlier said that the banned ULFA was behind the incident.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/nov/22assam1.htm (170 words)

	Assam Cities, Cities in Assam
		The various other places in Assam are Majuli, Sibsagar, Haflong, Digboi and Tezpur.
		Sibsagar is a fast developing modern and beautiful town located around the huge Sibsagar tank, an artificial lake constructed by Queen Madambika in 1734 A.D. Sibsagar was the capital of the Ahoms who ruled Assam for the six hundreds years before the coming of the British.
		The Shiva Temple built on the bank of this tank is believed to be the highest Shiva temple in India.
	www.indovacations.net /english/AssamCities.htm (707 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Militants today set off a string of explosions for the second successive day today in Assam killing 12 persons, including four Army men, and injuring 50 as Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil visited the state and Nagaland declaring that a long-term joint strategy would be worked out to tackle terrorism in the North-East.
		A day after 25 persons were killed in blasts in nine districts, the violence spread to four more districts today with NDFB and ULFA triggering at least 10 explosions, in Tinsukhia, Udalguri, Sonitpur and Sibsagar districts.
		ULFA militants exploded a bomb at Borhat at noon in Sibsagar district and killed a tea garden labourer on the spot and seriously injured two others.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041004/main1.htm (877 words)

	Brahmaputra River Cruises
		Highlights are Kaziranga National Park, the Hindu monasteries on Majuli Island, famed for their dance drama, and the palaces and temples of Sibsagar, the old capital of the Ahom kings.
		Highlights are the old capital of the Ahom kings at Sibsagar, Majuli Island with its Hindu monasteries, Kaziranga National Park, temples at Tezpur and Madan Kamdev, and the silk weaving village of Sualkuchi.
		This 4-night cruise starts at Guwahati and terminates at Dhubri, around 4 hrs drive from the Bhutan frontier or 5 ½ hrs drive from Bagdogra/Siliguri, and is ideal for combining a short cruise with Bhutan, Sikkim or Darjeeling.
	www.assambengalnavigation.com /cruises.htm (518 words)

	tribuneindia...Spotlight
		GUWAHATI, Sept 9 (PTI) — A part of an ONGC pipeline in upper Assam's Sibsagar district was blown up by the ULFA late last night, the police said here today.
		An ULFA activist planted a bomb under the pipeline at Matiasiga Kujibala near Sibsagar town which exploded, destroying about a metre of the pipe and crude worth about Rs 50,000, the police told PTI here over telephone from Sibsagar.
		PATNA, Sept 9 (PTI) — Four more deaths were reported in Bihar taking the toll in current spell of floods to 306 as the overall flood situation in the state continued to remain grim today.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98sep12/spotlite.htm (521 words)

	Naga Areas: “Nehru Midwifed the Birth of Nagaland through a Caesarean” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From what has been stated above, it is clear that the boundary between the Sibsagar district and the old NHD was the
		Sibsagar, Nowgong and NC hills comes to approximately 3,298 Sq.
		All the areas so included would be within the scope of the present proposed agreement.
	www.mahapunjab.org /nagalim/articles/shimray02.html (2927 words)

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