Dispur

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Dispur
Suburb
The Secretariat of Assam
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Coordinates: 26°8′23″N 91°47′33″E / 26.13972°N 91.79250°E / 26.13972; 91.79250
Country	India
State	Assam
Region	Western Assam
District	Kamrup Metropolitan
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Body	Guwahati Municipal Corporation
• Governor / Chancellor	Gulab Chand Kataria
Elevation	55–290 m (180−955 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	534,872
Language
• Official	Assamese[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	781005
Telephone code	91 - (0) 361 - XX XX XXX
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS - 01
Climate	Cwa

Dispur (/dɪsˈpʊər/,^[2] Assamese: [ˈdispuɹ] ^ⓘ) is the capital of the Indian state of Assam and is a suburb of Guwahati.

It became the capital in 1973, when Shillong the erstwhile capital, became the capital of the state of Meghalaya that was carved out of Assam.

Dispur is the seat of power of Government of Assam. The Assam Secretariat (Janata Bhawan) building is located in Dispur along with the Assam Legislative Assembly House, MLA Hostels and the State Emergency Operations Centre. The Assam Trunk road and the G S road pass through Dispur. To the south of Dispur lies the theologically important site of Basistha Ashram and the Shankardev Kalakshetra, a cultural centre created in the 1990s. Next to Dispur is the township of Jatia.

The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre, one of the busiest tea trading facilities in the world, is located in the city.

The Bharalu river^[3] flows through the heart of the town.

Dispur, being a part of Guwahati, has warm summers and cold winters. Winters are also accompanied by occasional rainfalls that bring down the temperature further. Monsoon season in Dispur commences from the month of June. Dispur monsoons are usually accompanied by severe thunderstorms along with heavy downpours.^{[citation needed]}

Dispur is part of Gauhati parliamentary constituency.^[5] BJP's Bijuli Kalita Medhi is the MP^[6] MLA of Dispur Assembly Constituency is Atul Bora from BJP.^[7]

Being the capital it is a well-planned locale. There are many tourist spots in Dispur, such as:

• Shilpagram is famous for cultural and handicraft heritage of Assam and other northeastern states. Ethnic jewellery, carpets, silk saris, wooden and metal handicrafts are available here among others.^{[citation needed]}
• Basistha Ashram is six kilometres from Dispur. It is popular for a Lord Shiva temple. The temple spread across 835 bighas of land. It stands on the bank of mountain streams which originates from the hills of Meghalaya which in turn becomes river Basistha and Bharalu that flows through the city.^{[citation needed]}
• Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra is a cultural institution located at the Panjabari area of the region. The museum preserves the culture and tradition of Assam as well as the Northeast. It is named after the great cultural exponent and scholar of Assam Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. Inside the museum, there are traditional jewellery, costumes, statues, articles, weapons, stone and inscriptions displaying the culture of Assam and the rest of the northeastern region.^{[citation needed]}

Dispur is home to many hospitals and healthcare centres including Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC) Hospitals, Dispur Hospital, Dispur Polyclinic and Hospital and Capital State Dispensary.^{[citation needed]}

• Tourism in North East India
• Beltola
• Paltan Bazaar
• Ganeshguri
• Chandmari
• Khanapara
• Dharapur

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