Someswari

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Someswari

River in the Garo Hills District, Eastern Bengal and Assam. It rises to the north of Tura station, and flows east as far as Darangiri. Here it turns south and debouches on the plains of Mymensingh, through which it makes its way to the Kangsa river, 88 miles from its source. It is navigable up-stream as high as Siju, where further progress is barred by rapids. Valuable outcrops of coal and lime have been discovered in the Someswari valley, but owing to difficulties of transport they still remain unworked. In its course through the hills the river flows through gorges of great natural beauty, where precipitous cliffs are clothed with dense tropical vegetation.