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About Nāzirā
Nazira (Assamese pronunciation: [naziɹa]) is a city and a municipal board in Sivasagar district in the Indian state of Assam.
From the Wikipedia article Nazira (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where to stay1
KAMAKHYA HOMESTAY NAZIRA
Motel and hotel · 1.2 km
COLLEGE TINIALI, near AGNINAV SHIV MANDIR, Nazira, Assam 785685 Nazira Town, Nazira
History
Nazira was an important place in the Ahom Kingdom. Nearby Gargaon was the capital of the kingdom over a long period. According to tradition, Nazira got its name from "Now-Jeera", which in Assamese means resting place of boats. The historian Sarbananda Rajkumar states, however, that nazira is a Tai Ahom word: na means "land", zi "inclined" and ra "much". Therefore nazira means a "much inclined land". He also writes that once the important places of Nazira were Ganak Village and Nazirahat.
Being in the vicinity of the Dikhow River and the capital of Ahom kingdom Gargaon, it is said that boats used to rest in this place after their long journey through the river. The Kareng Ghar a palace from the Medieval period build by King Rajeshwar Singha, a ruler of the Ahom kingdom stands as a testimony of the bygone era. During the British rule, tea plantations were started in and around Nazira like the other parts of upper Assam. The present day officer's club of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONGCL) was in fact a tea planter's club established in 1939. Nazira was the headquarters of famous Assam Tea Company. An account of Life in and around Nazira during the 1940s to 1960s by European tea planters can be found here.
From the History section of Nazira on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Jorhat Rowriah Airport (JRH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 60 km away.
- Simaluguri 2 km east, about 2 min by car
- Sibsāgar 12 km northwest, about 12 min by car
- Naginimora 14 km southeast, about 14 min by car
- Amguri 24 km southwest, about 24 min by car
- Sepon 24 km northeast, about 24 min by car
- Tsudikong 28 km south, about 28 min by car
- Tuli 30 km south, about 30 min by car
- Sonāri 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
- Teok 33 km west, about 33 min by car
- Jorhat 56 km west, about 56 min by car
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Photo credits
- Entrance gate to the Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inside view of the Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace, Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inner part of Kareng Ghar, Pranamikaadhikary, CC0
- Kareng Ghar, Sivasagar, Assam, India, Neelav Kashyap, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kareng Ghar-1, Pranamikaadhikary, CC0
- Kareng Ghar, Sivasagar, Assam, Samudrabikash06, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A view of the Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A partial view of Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace, Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A view of the unique brick walls of Kareng Ghor, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Inside view of Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace, Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A part of Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Gargaon, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Relicts of Ahom designs in Kareng Ghor, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- An inside view of a chamber in Kareng Ghor, Garhgaon, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Relicts of Ahom architecture in Kareng Ghor in Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A side view of Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A part of Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace, Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Remains of a watch tower at Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace, Garhgaon, Sivasagar, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kareng Ghar1, Anol Protim Boruah, CC BY-SA 4.0
- A door into a chamber in Kareng Ghor- Ahom Raja's Palace in Garhgaon, Assam, Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0
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