State timeline · 1947 → Today

Assam

The gateway to the Northeast: from Bordoloi and the language movements, through the Assam Movement, the Accord and years of insurgency, to the NRC, peace accords and new bridges over the Brahmaputra. Chief Minister by Chief Minister.

Capital
Dispur
States carved out
3 (+1 UT)
Districts
35
Lok Sabha seats
14
Assembly seats
126
Chief Ministers
15

Interactive Timeline

Assam, 1947 to today

Every Chief Minister, scheme, law and turning point. Titles show the state government in office; Centre (…) marks central projects and accords, and dashed markers show President's Rule. Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram were part of Assam until 1963–72.