Nalbari

Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:rɪ) is a city and a municipal board, in Nalbari district in the Indian state of Assam. Nalbari is headquarters of Nalbari District.

Etymology

The word Nalbari derived from Nal and Bari. Nal is variety of reed while Bari denotes garden.

History

In ancient times Western Assam was known as Kamarupa, which existed in harmony with Davaka of central Assam. Kamarupa was divided into Kamarupa Pithas or geographical divisions; Nalbari placed in Kamapitha division. Region continued to be called as Kamrup till colonial times. The area congruent to Kamapitha, became Undivided Kamrup district of colonial and post colonial times until 1985, when Nalbari district was carved out.

Growth

In the early part of the twenties a railway station of the Assam-Bengal Railway Company had been established here. As the train started running through, certain traders and businessmen from outside the state came and interacted with the local people. Business transactions were started on the rail station road. The Nalbari M.E. School had been started in the meantime to the Gurdon School site, and it was upgraded into a High School named Gurdon High School in 1917. Both these two events attracted the people to throng to the area which had changed its shape and size. It became a strong business centre with great growth potentials in the whole of the north bank of the river.

Nalbari (Assembly constituency)

The Nalbari Assembly constituency is number 59 out of 126 in the Assam Legislative Assembly. This seat is a mix of urban voters and ones from villages. The assembly constituency comes under the Mangoldoi Lok Sabha constituency. The Governor for the constituency, Sh. Manas Deka; Bharatiya Janata Party for North East, was born in this assembly constituency. The Nalbari assembly constituency still needs much more development; mainly roads, drainage, unemployment, ect.