Raha, Assam

Raha is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, India, situated near the National Highway 37 (India). The river Kolong and Kopili flows near Raha.

Education[]

School[]

• 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. Basils academy chaparmukh.
• Raha resonance junior college

College[]

• Raha College
• College of Fisheries Science

Politics[]

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

Notable person[]

• Gopinath Bordoloi, first chief minister of Assam. He was born in Raha. His house which is in the middle of the Raha wholesale market, inside the Government Circuit house compound have been converted to a museum. This museum have his personal items, cloths, letters to and from notable politicians of his age, like M K Gandhi etc. This museum which is maintained by the government of Assam, is open to the visitors on all days except holidays.
• Banwari Lal Hansaria, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, hails from Raha.

See also[]

• [bihu celebration in Raha, Assam]^{[permanent dead link]}
• [Road Map of Raha, Assam]^{[permanent dead link]}