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Raha, Assam

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Raha (Assamese: ৰহা) is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, India, situated near the National Highway 37 (India). The river Kolong and Kopili flows near Raha.

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Map of Raha, Assam 781319

School

  • Raha Higher Secondary School
  • Raha Girls High School
  • Pranjal Memorial Academy
  • Raha Adarsha Shishu Bikash Kendra
  • Pandit Gopinath Bordoloi High School
  • Sankardev Sishu Vidya Niketan Raha.

    • College

  • Raha College
  • College of Fisheries Science

    • Politics

    Raha is part of Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency). Present MLA of Raha Vidhan Sabha constituency is Dimbeswar Das from B.J.P.

    Notable person

  • Gopinath Bordoloi, first chief minister of Assam. He was born in Raha. His house which is in the middle of the Raha wholesale market, inside the Government Circuit house compound have been converted to a museum. This museum have his personal items, cloths, letters to and from notable politicians of his age, like M K Gandhi,etc. This museum which is maintained by the government of Assam, is open to the visitors on all days except holidays.

    • References

    Raha, Assam Wikipedia
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