n the Golaghat district of Assam, India, is the town and municipality known as Dergaon. From Guwahati, the state capital, it is 282 km away.
Dergaon is sometimes called Devargaon, a name that suggests the village of the Shiva deity. Suhungmung’s reign saw the Kacharis forced from this region. It features the well-known Negheriting Shiva Doul, which was built in 1765 by Swargadeo Rajeswar Singha.

Here, Ahoms rulers founded the dockyard known as Negeri Noasal, the royal station known as Rajabahor, and a Pilkhana, a center for elephant training.