Assam’s Majuli becomes India’s 1st island district
Assam's Majuli, a 400-square-kilometre island in the Brahmaputra river, became India’s first island district on Monday. This came after Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal won the recently held Assembly elections from Majuli, a constituency reserved for scheduled tribes. The decision was taken in the first cabinet meeting of the new BJP-led government, that had assumed office on May 24.