Daphla Hills

Daphla (or Dafla) Hills is a tract of hilly country on the border of western Arunachal and Assam occupied by an independent tribe called Daphla. It lies to the north of the Tezpur and North Lakhimpur subdivisions, and is bounded on the west by the Aka Hills and on the east by the Abor Range. In 1872 a party of independent Daphlas suddenly attacked a colony of their own tribesmen, who had settled at Amtola in British territory, and carried away forty-four captives to the hills. This led to the Daphla expedition of 1874, when a force of 1,000 troops released the prisoners and reduced the tribe to submission.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Sharma, N.; Shukla, Surya Pal (1992-01-01). Geography and Development of Hill Areas: A Case Study of Arunachal Pradesh. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170993834.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Daphla Hills". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 825.


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