[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of Assam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906) › c23.62 # A History of Assam c23.62 A History of Assam c23.62 - **Language:** English ### [c23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23.62) The Eastern Bengal State Railway has important extensions in the Goālpāra and Kāmrup districts, aggregating 180 miles, which bring the province into direct railway communication with Calcutta. A small line from Orāng to Singri, on the Brahmaputra, a distance of 15 miles, is under construction. The gauge of the Jorhāt State Railway is 2′, and that of the Tezpur-Bālipāra and Orāng-Singri lines 2′ 6″; all the other railways in the province are on the metre gauge. - [Previous: c23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23.61) - [Next: c23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23.63) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c23.62) · Pramāṇa