Explanation: Surampha was a king of the Ahom kingdom. Due to his moral disposition, which was severely lacking, he is referred to as the bhoga roja or bhaga raja in the Buranjis.
Explanation: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (or Assam PCC) was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road Guwahati. Kuladhar Chaliha was the first elected president and Chabilal Upadhyaya was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.
Explanation: The gogona is a type of jaw harp, a vibrating reed instrument that is used primarily in the traditional Bihu music in Assam. In Boro language, it is known as Gongina. It is made of a piece of bamboo/horn that has a bifurcation on one end.
Explanation: The term “Bihogi Kobi” means “Poet of Birds” or “Bird Poet”. Raghunath Choudhary is called “Bigohi Kabi” because the subject matter of most of his poems were birds and simple things of nature. Just like English poet Wordsworth, he was a worshiper of Nature.
Explanation: Pushpalata Das founded the ‘Mrityu Bahini’. Pushpalata Das was an Indian independence activist, social worker, Gandhian and legislator from the north-east Indian state of Assam. Due to her association with the National Planning Committee as a member of its Women Sub Committee, Das moved to Mumbai that year and stayed there for two years. Her activities gave her opportunities to work alongside Mridula Sarabhai and Vijaya Laxmi Pandit as well as Omeo Kumar Das, then sitting member of the Assam Legislative Assembly, whom she married in 1942. She returned to Assam after her marriage and formed two organizations, Shanti Bahini and Mrityu Bahini. In September 1942, Das and her comrades of Mrityu Bahini led a protest to the local police station holding the National Flag of India and it was at this procession, the police opened fire which led to the death of her colleague. Kanaklata Barua by that time, she had already become a member of the All India Congress Committee and the convener of the women's wing of the Assam Congress Committee and reportedly worked to get Assam out of the grouping with East Pakistan.
Explanation: The 'Rang Ghar' is a historic structure located in Assam, India. It is an amphitheater-like structure and is one of the oldest surviving amphitheaters in Asia. The 'Rang Ghar' was constructed during the Ahom dynasty's rule in Assam. Let's identify the ruler associated with its construction:
Explanation: Suhungmung Dihingia Rojaa was the first Ahom king to expand the kingdom and the polity, allow Assamese influence in his court and accept a non-Ahom title - Swarganarayan.
Explanation: Bihu is the most important festival of Assam, which is actually a set of three festivals: Rongali celebrated in April, Kongali celebrated in October and Bhogali celebrated in January.
Explanation: Noonmati is a locality located in Guwahati, Assam in North-East India. It is the place where Indian Oil Company (now the Indian Oil Corporation) commissioned its first oil refinery, the Guwahati Refinery on 1st January 1962.
Explanation: The Tocklai is a Tea Research Institute (formerly known as Tocklai Experimental Station) which was established in 1911, at a site near the River Tocklai in Jorhat, Assam.