Goalanda

Goalanda, a market-town of Bengal, situated on a tongue of land at the confluence of the main streams of the Ganges and Brahmaputra, has become within a few years an important entrepôt for the river trade, the terminus of the Eastern Bengal Railway, and the starting-point of the Assam steamers. Only temporary buildings are erected, as the floods of July have more than once swept away the more expensive masonry structures. Busy markets are held daily, and the river is crowded with native craft and fishing-boats. The population has grown from about 1000 in 1881 to over 10,000.