Kamrupa
Kamrupa
कामरूप কামৰূপ কামরূপ | |
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State of Vishwamitra | |
Nickname: Land in the heart of the city | |
Anthem: "O! Hamare Mahan Shashak" (Royal anthem of Vishwamitra) | |
Country | ![]() |
Special administrative region | 4 March 2019 |
First statehood | 15 June 2019 |
Union territory | 1 January 2020 |
Second statehood | 8 June 2020 |
Capital | Dadara |
Government | |
• Rajpramukh | Anirban Phatowali |
• Senior Princess | Princess Arnisha |
• Parliamentary constituencies | Lok Sabha (3 seats) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | VH-UT |
Official languages | English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali |
Kamrupa is one of the six royal provinces of the State of Vishwamitra. It is geographically located towards of the north of the Vishwamitran territory and is the second smallest province in terms of territory. It is an absolute monarchy with the Rajpramukh being the absolute monarch of the province. The Rajpramukh serves as both the head of state and government of the province.
The capital city of the province of Kamrupa is Dadara which is administered under a Governor's Council with the governor being an appointed representative of the Rajpramukh for the administration of the capital.
History
Kamrupa was formed as a special administrative territory by then President Dhrubajyoti Roy on 6 February 2019 under the name of the Special Administrative Territory of Dadara and Kamrupa when the two separate territories were merged under the same entity. Under the presidential decree, the president as the head of state of the nation was entitled to act as the Sovereign of Dadara and Kamrupa, whereas the actual administration was bestowed on an administrator who discharged the duties as the principal representative of the head of state. Ankurjyoti Thakuria was appointed as the first administrator following the formation of the territory in February 2019. Arnab Sil was appointed as the first high commissioner to the territory.
Government
Heads of State of Kamrupa
No. | Picture | Name (Born-Died) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | Appointer |
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Administrators of SAT of Dadara and Kamrup | ||||||
1 | ![]() |
Ankurjyoti Thakuria (b. 2001) |
6 March 2019 | 15 June 2019 | 101 days | Dhrubajyoti Roy Sovereign of Dadara and Kamrup |
Governors of Kamrup Pradesh | ||||||
1 | ![]() |
Rajdeep Deka (b. 2002) |
16 June 2019 | 4 September 2019 | 80 days | Dhrubajyoti Roy President |
2 | File:Female politician.jpg | Sampriti Paul (b. 2004) |
4 September 2019 | 4 October 2019 | 30 days | |
3 | File:Female politician.jpg | Sanghita Roy (b. 2004) |
4 October 2019 | 31 December 2019 | 88 days | |
Lieutenant Governors of Kamrupa | ||||||
1 | Saikat Seal (b. 2006) |
1 January 2020 | 10 February 2020 | 40 days | Dhrubajyoti Roy President | |
2 | Manoj Chetry (b. 2005) |
10 February 2020 | 13 May 2020 | 93 days | ||
Administrators of Kamrupa | ||||||
1 | Manoj Chetry (b. 2005) |
13 May 2020 | 7 June 2020 | 35 days | Tanishkaa Patranabish President | |
Rajpramukhs of Kamrupa | ||||||
1 | ![]() |
Anirban Phatowali (b. 2009) |
8 June 2020 | Incumbent | 2 years, 354 days | Council of State |