Guwahati is the largest and the most populous city in the Indian state of Assam as well as in the entire northeast India. Peoples from different communities, tribes, religions lives peacefully in Guwahati. There are a lot of interesting facts about the city of Guwahati. Some of them are given below-

1. Guwahati is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also in the entire northeast India.

2.Guwahati was known as 'Pragjyotishpur' in the ancient time.

3. Guwahati was formerly the capital of the Indian state of Assam. Now, the capital of Assam is Dispur, which is a suburb of the Guwahati City.


4. Saraighat Bridge,the first bridge on the Brahmaputra river was built in Guwahati.


5. Guwahati is home to the Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden, which is the largest of its kind in the entire northeast India.


6. Guwahati Planetarium is the first Planetarium to be set up in the entire North Eastern state of Assam.


7. Guwahati is home to Umananda, the smallest river island in the world. The Island is situated on the middle of the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati.


8. Guwahati is home to the Kamakhya Temple, which is one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India. This a very famous and one of the most visited temple India.


9. Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, situated on the Sijubari area, Guwahati is the largest cultural museum in the Northeast India.


10. Accoland is the first and largest Water Adventure Park in Northeast India and is situated in the city of Guwahati, Assam.



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