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SUNDAR PUKHURI

Sundar pukhuri an area localated around 7 km from nazira town in sivasagar district in the indian state of assam. Sundar pukhuri a significant and a historicaly credible Small area of approx 1.5 km × 1 km. The area is surrounded by tea estate, mostly owped by locals. Nearest locality's name are bamunpukhuri and seleng pathar in East,bauli moidam in West naga ali in North and dikhow river in South. The name sundarpukhuri coined by the local people refering to a tank dug by the sundar gohain ( one of the son's) of lai thepena (official) of ahom court.

The area has two village hulal and kolita village. Being in the vicniti uniti of dikhow reaver and the capital of ahom kingdom gargaon, it is said that there was fricuant mobility of royal official's ahom court.

From the reference of folk lore " sundar gohain one of 24 son's of lai thepena. Lai thepena married 12 woman and had 13 girls. One of them was joimoti. Lai thepena used to work at the court of ahom during the reign of lora roja and godadhar singha. Though the area named after sundar gohain, the village has no family's title gohain. There are family's surname tamuli, saikia, hazarika, boruah, bora ect.

In 1942 quit india movement in number of people weare hiding in the area. The locals of the area used to aid them with food and beverage. Few of them weare late hamo goswami, mohiram hazarika, muluka tamuli ect.

In 1947 a freedom fighter of nazira, gopal hondique boruah initiated a group of people to clean the tank and started a primary school on the bank and later on a higher school.

Hondique boruah also started handicraft industry named gopal hondique boruah industrial institute because of this institution most of the villager's got employment with the help of locals and few political authority's. The peripherry of the tank has been receiving extol.

After Smoth running of 8 to 9 the high school had closed. Gradually the handicraft industry to started diminishing productivity.

Agriculture being the main source of income, land holder's give employment to land less. Besides rice cultivition family's grow thear own vigitables.