#634: Jorhat is the 2nd city of north east india after Guwahati. Jorhat has many firsts to its credit in different spheres. Jorhat was there first town of the Greater Assam installing electricity supply in 1923. The first aeroplane on northeastern soil was landed in Jorhat in 1928. Jorhat Gymkhana Club is the oldest golf course in Asia and third oldest in the world. The first stadium of Assam was built in Jorhat. The world’s oldestand largestTea Experimental Station is located at Jorhat. The first non-government college of Assam J BCollege was established in Jorhat. The cityhas many research institutes,including the world’s oldest and largest Tea Exprimental Station, North East Institute of Science & Technology, Rain & Forest Research Institute, Central Muga Eri Research Institute and universities like Assam Agricultural University & Kaziranga University.Now Jorhat is a rapidly developing city and one of the major business & commercial hubs of Northeast-India.Its population has now increased to more than 0.1million. The recent urban development of Jorhat has seen the rise of several high cost apartments and flats with people flocking in from all parts of the state making it truly a cosmopolitan City.SHOPPING MALLS:*.Big Bazaar, kb road*.Sohum Shoppe, tarazan road*.Vishal Mega mart, lahoti area*.MAxmart mall, rajamaidan road*.shoppers city, rupa-ali road*.Ragga, kb road*.cosmos mall ( under construction near pwd point road, behind raymond showroom)*.metro mall ( under construction near doss& co, kb road)*.City centre ( upcoming project )Fun City Aqua park Opening shortly Fun City Aqua park in Jorhat is going to make a mark as the first aqua parkin Upper Assam region of India. #male
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:56:18 +0000