Dotma

Dotma^[1] is a plain area under the District of Kokrajhar in the state of Assam situated in the North East India. It was once under British rule.

At close of the Bhutan war of 1864, the British and the Bhutan arrived in an agreement called SINCHULA AGREEMENT in 1865. As per terms and spirit of the condition laid in the said agreement, the 18th Bhutan Duars were divided into the Eastern and Western Duars. the portion of the land lying between the Manas and Sankosh rivers was formed into the Eastern Duars district and was administered by Deputy Commissioner with headquarter at Dotma.

By the government notification of 3 December 1866, the Eastern duars were added to Goalpara and along with this Goalpara was separated from province of Assam and placed under the Commissioner at Coochbehar division in all matters .

Due to administrative convenience the civil and criminal jurisdiction of Goalpara was re-transferred to Judicial commissioner of Assam by a notification Dated August 10th '1868 but executive control remained with the commissioner of Coochbehar , Goalpara along with Dotma was finally incorporated in the new province when Assam was created into separate administration in 1874. The Headquarters of the District initially located at Goalpara was transferred to Dhubri in 1879.

In the 19th Century the British accepted it as the commercial place for them and constructed a narrow gauge in the heart of Dotma to reach the Kochugaon for carrying timber logs from the Kochugaon Forest division. these timber logs had been placed at Dotma at Thulungapuri the burial ground of Upendra Nath Brahma, father of the BODOS from which these were dispatched to Fakiragram for selling.

Besides there was a legendary hero called Jaolia Dewan or Sikna Mech. when a war took place between the British force and Bhutias , Sikna Mech was sided with the Bhutani force. The aftermath of this war was he had to leave his capital Siknajhar and sheltered at Dangarkuti village of Dotma hiding his beloved pregnant wife in neighboring Bhalukmari village. Thereafter he was defeated in the war field where British used Cannon in that war . lastly he was killed by the British force at AliKhungri river in Bengal.

References

http://www.cic.nic.in/cicwebpages/assam/cicweb2/historyof%20dotma.htm

1. ^ Dotma