Raha, Assam

Raha is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, India, situated near the National Highway 37. The river Kolong and Kopili flows near Raha. Raha is also situated near to Chaparmukh, a small town popularly known for Chaparmukh junction, one of the prominent railway stations in Nagaon district.

Education[edit]

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School[edit]

• Raha Higher Secondary School
• Raha Girls High School
• Raha Adarsha Sarkari Nimna Buniyadi Abhyaxon Vidyalaya
• Pranjal Memorial Academy
• Raha Adarsha Shishu Bikash Kendra
• Pandit Gopinath Bordoloi High School
• Sankardev Sishu Vidya Niketan Raha.
• St. Basil's Academy, Chaparmukh.

Junior College[edit]

• Raha Resonance Junior College

College[edit]

• Raha College
• College of Fisheries Science, Raha

Politics[edit]

Raha is part of Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency). Present MLA of Raha Vidhan Sabha constituency is Sashi Kanta Das from Congress.

Notable people[edit]

• Gopinath Bordoloi, first chief minister of Assam. He was born in Raha. His house has been converted to a museum with his personal items, clothes, letters to and from notable politicians of his age, like M K Gandhi. This museum, maintained by the government of Assam, is open to the visitors every day except holidays.
• Banwari Lal Hansaria, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, hails from Raha.