After the defeat of the Sutiyas, the Ahoms appointed Prasengmung Borgohain as the Sadiya-Khowa Gohain to rule the region.

After the defeat of the Sutiyas, the Ahoms appointed Prasengmung Borgohain as the Sadiya-Khowa Gohain to rule the region.

Bengmara was built by King Sarbananda Singha with the help of his Minister, Gopinath Barbaruah (alias Godha).

The Oldest oil refinery in India is situated at Digboi and places like Margherita and Ledo are famous for open cast coal mining.

Thereby, Tinsukia district has a long history of extractive industries spanning tea, coal, oil, timber, and plywood.

The timber and plywood industries was halted by the Supreme Court of India when it imposed a blanket ban in 1996.

[5] Sociologist Sanjay Barbora and Geologist Sarat Phukan who grew up in eastern Assam assert, Three crucial industrial activities – tea plantations, oil drilling sites, and collieries – that epitomised 19th and 20th century colonialism, are layered into this energised landscape.

It is an industrial district, yet it produces a sizeable amount of tea, oranges, ginger, other citrus fruits and paddy (rice).

According to the 2011 census, 47.81% of the population spoke Assamese, 14.10% Sadri, 10.21% Bengali, 8.54% Hindi, 7.51% Nepali, 2.3% Bhojpuri, 2.11% Odia and 1.46% Mising as their first language.

Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the last remaining lowland tropical wet evergreen forests of Assam.

It is home to various types of wildlife like the hoolock gibbon, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris, tiger, elephant, clouded leopard, and hornbill.