Dimasa Kingdom
The Dimasa Kingdom (also Kachari kingdom) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were examples of new states that emerged from indigenous communities in medieval Assam as a result of socio-political transformations in these communities. The British finally annexed the kingdom: the plains in 1832 and the hills in 1834. This kingdom gave its name to undivided Cachar district of colonial Assam. And after independence the undivided Cachar district was split into three districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills), Cachar district, Hailakandi district. The Ahom Buranjis called this kingdom Timisa.
Dimasa Kingdom | |||||||||
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| 13th century CE–1832 | |||||||||
DELHI SULTANATE (LODIS) TIMURID EMPIRE (Babur) SHAH MIR SULTANATE PHAGMODRUPAS MALWA SULTANATE KALMAT AMARKOT SHEKHAWAT SIROHI TRIPWA SUGAUNAS VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE GOLKONDA SULTANATE ◁ Location of Dimasa kingdom around 1500 CE | |||||||||
| Status | Historical kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Dimapur Maibong Khaspur (near present-day Silchar) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dimasa | ||||||||
| Government | Tribal hereditary monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 13th century CE | ||||||||
• Annexed to British India | 1832 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India (Assam, Nagaland) | ||||||||
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In the 18th century, a divine Hindu origin was constructed for the rulers of the Kachari kingdom and it was named Hidimba, and the kings as Hidimbesvar. The name Hiḍimbā continued to be used in the official records when the East India Company took over the administration of Cachar.