Dark Age of the Assamese language Dark Age of the Assamese language The Dark Age of Assamese Language is the time-frame during which Bengali Language eclipsed the Assamese. This time-frame is about 37 years long, from 1836 until 1873. During British India, the Bengali Language was imposed over Assamese as the British took over Assam. The clerical and technical workers that they brought were Bengali, imposing Bengali as the medium of instruction in schools and colleges and for all official purposes. Nathan Brown, an American Baptist missionary to India, worked for the restoration of the Assamese language to avoid it being overtaken by the Bengali language
Assamese cuisine fish are available in abundance in the valley. It is a staple item in the Assamese palate. There is no traditional ethnic community in Assam that does not eat fish. Most traditional rural households have their own ponds for pisciculture. Some of the most popular big fishes are the "Borali" (freshwater dhark), "rou", and "cital" (big), "khoria" (medium) (Chitala chitala), "maagur", Xingi, "borali", "bhokua" or "bahu", "Xaal", "Xol", etc. The small varieties of fish available and eaten in Assam like "puthi", "Ari" (long-whiskered catfish), "Goroi" (green snake head/ spotted snake head ), "Koi" or "Kawoi" (climbing perch "Anabas testudineus"), "Kholihona"