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Matiabag Palace

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Matiabag Rajbari or Matiabag Palace (Assamese: মাটিয়াবাগ ৰাজবাড়ী) is in Gauripur in Dhubri district of Assam. It is a beautiful palace at Matiabag hill and on bank of the Godadhar river. Because of this it is called Matiabag Rajbari. It was used as Hawakhana by the zamindars of Gauripur. It was used as residence by famous pre-independence era actor and director (Devdas movie famed) late Pramathesh Chandra Barua. It was the residence of Padmasree late Pratima Barua Pandey, the great Goalpariya Lokgeet singer (folk singer) and Parboti Barua, the Elephant Queen (also called Hasti kanya). The palace exhibits a unique structure and architecture in the region.[2][3]

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