A History of Assam c23.31

c23.31

In October 1905 Assam was amalgamated with the districts of the Dacca, Chittagong and Rajshahi Commissionerships of Bengal, with the exclusion of the Darjeeling district and the addition of Malda, to form a new province, known as Eastern Bengal and Assam, under a Lieutenant-Governor. This change, however, was of very brief duration. At the Imperial Coronation Durbar held at Delhi in December, 1911, His Imperial Majesty announced a new distribution of territory. The sub-provinces of Bihar and Orissa were cut off from Bengal and formed into an independent Lieutenant-Governorship; Eastern Bengal was re-united with West Bengal, and Assam again became a separate province under a Chief Commissioner. The new scheme took effect from 1st April, 1912.