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DIBRUGARH
, a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Lakhimpur See also:district of eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam, of which it is the See also:head-quarters, situated on the Dibru See also:river about 4 M. above its confluence with the See also:Brahmaputra
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Pop
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(Igor) 11,227
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It is the See also:terminus of steamer See also:navigation on the Brahmaputra, and also of a railway See also:running to important See also:coal-mines and See also:petroleum See also:wells, which connects with the Assam-Bengal See also:system
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Large quantities of coal and See also:tea are exported
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There are a military See also:cantonment, the headquarters of the volunteer See also:corps known as the Assam Valley See also:Light See also:Horse; a See also:government high, school, a training school for masters; and an aided school for girls
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In 1900 a medical school for the See also:province was established, out of a See also:bequest leftby See also:Brigade-Surgeon J
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