INTACH Documents 198-Year-Old Bargola Building as Heritage Structure
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has documented the historic Bargola building at Fancy Bazar, Guwahati, highlighting its architectural, historical and socio-cultural significance. Established in 1828, Bargola, also known as the Mahasingh Meghraj Bahadur Mercantile and Residential Building, served as the Guwahati branch of the Kuthari family’s trading enterprise. By the 1930s, the enterprise had expanded to 64 warehouses and shops across Assam, making Bargola a major wholesale food-grain trading hub.
The building also served colonial-era administrative and…
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