During 1989, Government of Assam took the decision to create a new district Bongaigaon, carving out some areas of Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts with it's headquarters located at Bongaigaon.
Originally from Gauripur of Assam's Goalpara district (undivided), Jamuna was married to the legendary actor director Pramathesh Barua, or P.C. Barua, who died in 1950.