Baniyachung

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Baniyachung

Village in the Habiganj subdivision of Sylhet Dis- trict, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 24 31' N. and 91 21' E. It is the largest village in Assam; population (1901), 28,883. It is said to have been founded in the first half of the eighteenth century by Abid Reza, the first of the converted Hindu Rajas of Laur, who sub- mitted to pay tribute to the Mughals. The village contains a mosque of great local repute, a dispensary, a high school, two bazars, and about two hunared shops. It is surrounded by a moat, and the houses are closely packed together on islets of high land separated from one another by marshy ground and watercourses.