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Tezpur, town, north-central Assam state, northeastern India. It is situated along the right (north) bank of the Brahmaputra River (there bridged), about 20 miles (32 km) north-northeast of Nagaon. Pop. (2001) 80,575; (2011) 58,559.

Tezpur is a trade center for tea, rice, and other crops grown in the surrounding agricultural area. There is also some tea processing. The town is served by a rail line and nearby Salani airport. In World War II Tezpur was the western terminus of an Allied airlift to Kunming, China, over the “hump” of the Himalayas in the China–Burma (Myanmar)–India theater of war. It is the site of Tezpur University, Darrang College, Tezpur Law College, and an electrical engineering facility of the Indian Institute of Science. The capital of part of the ancient Pala kingdom about the 9th century ce, the town contains carvings and ruined temples from that period. Kaziranga National Park, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985, is about 60 miles (100 km) east of Tezpur.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Ethan Teekah.