Administrative divisions of Assam

The state of Assam in India has five regional divisions, each comprising a number of districts.

The person responsible for the administration of a division is designated as a Divisional Commissioner.

[citation needed] In 1874, Assam was constituted as a Chief Commissioner's province with the seat of the government in Shillong, the erstwhile capital of Assam, which is now in Meghalaya.

[3] In 1905, the offices of the Judge and the Commissioner were segregated in the Assam Valley;[4] in addition to adding a separate Commissioner's office for the administration of the Hill Districts and Surma Valley.

[7] The list of the oldest urban areas based on the earliest years of formation of the civic bodies,[8][9] constituted before India's Independence of 1947.