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The BTC consists of five contiguous districts — Kokrajhar, Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang, Tamulpur — carved out of seven existing districts — Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup, Darrang and Sonitpur — an area of 8970 km 2 (11% of Assam land area i.e. 78,438 km 2) comprising various protected tribal belts and blocks in Assam.
A Brahma Temple at Kokrajhar. Originally a part of Bhutan, this region came under the control of Koch king Vishwa Singha in the early 16th century. [11] Around 1562, the successor king Nara Narayan determined that the Meches and Koches peoples north of the newly constructed Gohain Kamal Ali could follow their indigenous customs whereas peoples to its south had to follow Hindu Brahmanical rites.
The term of the current council was due to expire on 27 April 2020. There were two possible options for the council after that date, the term of the current council could be extended by up to six months or the Bodoland Territorial Region could be placed under President's rule by the Governor of Assam.
The party was assigned 16 seats as per the agreement and won the same 12 seats. Despite just winning 12 seats the party had the best winning percentage and was part of the government in Assam. Then in 2021 the party left National Democratic Alliance and joined the United Progressive Alliance ahead of the 2021 Assam election.
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On 8 July 2023, 12 persons died due to election-day violence. On 9 July 2023, six more deaths were reported, [ 4 ] increasing the death toll to 18 on the election day. The dead included 10 Trinamool Congress supporters, four from the Indian National Congress , two from the Bharatiya Janata Party and two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) .
The 2015 Bodoland Territorial Council election was held on Wednesday, 8 April 2015 to elect the 3rd council of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts.All 40 seats in the legislative assembly were set up for election.
In January 2024, the first 11 US spot bitcoin ETFs began trading, offering direct exposure to bitcoin for the first time on American stock exchanges. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] In December 2024, bitcoin price reached $100,000 for the first time, as US president-elect Donald Trump promised to make the US the "crypto capital of the planet" and to stockpile ...