Jorhat

Jorhat

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      town, northeastern Assam state, northeastern India. Jorhat lies along a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. A road and rail junction, it is the commercial centre of a productive agricultural area. Jorhat is noted for jewelry manufacture and is the site of Assam Agricultural College. In the late 18th century the town was the capital of an independent Ahom kingdom; the Ahoms (Ahom), a Tai-speaking people, migrated from Yunnan province, China, beginning about the 1st century CE. Pop. (2001) town, 67,588; urban agglom., 137,814.

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