LUMDING: A GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION....
South Asia comprises of the countries of the Indian Sub-continent. In the South Asia, India is one of the major country, with the second best economic growth rate, it is the fourth largest economy of the world.
India is a vast country and it comprises of 28 powerful states. The eastern part of India had been one of the regions those were partitioned when India got her independence from the British Imperial Empire after the end of the Second World War. The partition of Bengal made the Northeastern part of India almost geographically separated from rest of the country as a small strip of narrow corridor remains the only connecting land between Northeastern part and rest of India. The strip is known as 'Siliguri Corridor' or 'Chicken's Neck'.
North-East of India is one of the most beautiful terrain in India. Situated on Lower Himalayan Hilly area, it consists of seven very Beautiful and Natural states, although now a days Sikkim is being made the 8th state of Northeast India. The largest of them is our ASSAM.
In Assam, there is a district called NAGAON, and Lumding is the 2nd most urban population in NAGAON district. It is a Railway township having nearly 50,000 population consists mainly Bengali Hindu migrants from
erstwhile East Pakistan who crosses border during the 1971 Indo-Pak war that ultimately lead to the creation of Bangladesh. There are substantial Assamese population followed by Nepali, Karbi, and Dimasa Populations. It was one of the township founded by British Raj during the colonial rule in Assam. It is an strategically important place as it is sandwiched between the sensitive two parts of the Karbi-Anglong District. Lumding was one of the place where substantial British presence were there to protect their interests in opium cultivation in Assam, its transportation to Ghazipur for refinement and further processing which were finally exported to China through this route once famous as "LEDO ROAD" or Stillwell Road.Modern Lumding is a bustling township of more than 50,000 strong population.
(Lumding Market, Thakurbari Road)
