Guwahati: The Gateway to the East

Present Guwahati was the location of many urban settlements in classical and medieval times. Modern Guwahati owes its origin to British occupation of Assam in 1826. But it never became the capital except for forty days in 1874. Guwahati since since 1972 has been the capital of the reorganised State of Assam. Since then, the city became the central place of the North-East India with respect to vari...