Basistha

Basistha वशिष्ठ বশিষ্ঠ
State of Vishwamitra
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Country	Vishwamitra
Region	South
Capital	Basistha City
Bifurcation from Beltola	7 May 2017
Founded by	Dhrubajyoti Roy Sarala Baishya (Prime Minister)
Executive	Basistha City
Government
• Rajpramukh	Anoushkaa Patranabish
• Governor	Bhargab Jyoti Medhi
• Lok Sabha members from Basistha	Farhaz Hazarika (Basistha City) Manggala Alif Prasetia (Basistha Rural) Reuben Isze (Basistha Central)
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code	+05
Languages	English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese

Basistha (Hindi: वशिष्ठ, Bengali: বশিষ্ঠ) is a state in southern Vishwamitra covering areas near the Basistha Temple and Basistha river of the city of Guwahati, Assam. The state is bordered by Beltola from which it was bifurcated on 7 May 2017. English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese are the official languages of Basistha.

Basistha is an absolute monarchy with the Rajpramukh of Basistha being the executive head of state and head of government of the state.