Dimasa Kingdom
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The Dimasa Kingdom[4] (also Kachari kingdom[5]) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings.[6][7][8] The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were examples of new states that emerged from indigenous communities in medieval Assam as a result of socio-political transformations in these communities.[9] The British finally annexed the kingdom: the plains in 1832[10] and the hills in 1834.[11] This kingdom gave its name to undivided Cachar district of colonial Assam. And after independence the undivided Cachar district was split into three districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills), Cachar district, Hailakandi district. The Ahom Buranjis called this kingdom Timisa.[12]
Dimasa Kingdom | |||||||||
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13th century CE–1832 | |||||||||
Status | Historical kingdom | ||||||||
Capital | Dimapur Maibong Khaspur (near present-day Silchar) | ||||||||
Common languages | Dimasa | ||||||||
Government | Tribal hereditary monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 13th century CE | ||||||||
• Annexed to British India | 1832 | ||||||||
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Today part of | India (Assam, Nagaland) |
In the 18th century, a divine Hindu origin was constructed for the rulers of the Kachari kingdom and it was named Hidimba, and the kings as Hidimbesvar.[13][14] The name Hiḍimbā continued to be used in the official records when the East India Company took over the administration of Cachar.[15]