Question: Recently Majuli has been named as the world’s largest river island. It is located in which of the following state?
(a) Odisha
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Gujarat
Ans. (c)
Related facts:
- On 1 September 2016 Majuli has been named as the world’s largest river island.
- It is located in Assam.
- The island is located in the middle of the Brahmaputra River.
- The river island covers an area of around 880 sq.km.
- In the last 30-40 years it is estimated that it has lost around one third of its area. Majuli is home to around 160,000 people.
- The island of Majuli today houses a total of 243 small and large villages.
- Various ethnic origins all of whom have settled in Majuli are Mishings, Deori, Sonowal Kachari, Koch, Kaivartta and Nath.
- The island is an assembly constituency reserved for scheduled tribes.
- It was recently declared a district and was earlier a sub-division under Jorhat district.
- CM Sarbananda Sonowal was elected from Majuli constituency.
- Majuli is the nerve centre of neo-Vaishnavite culture and has been vying for World Heritage Site status.
- It has been included in the tentative list by UNESCO.
- Majuli has replaced Marajo in Brazil.
Reference:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-river-island-
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Majuli-named-worlds-largest-river-island/articleshow/53972804.cms
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1870/