Pratul Bora, the brother of Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora, has set up a private museum in his native village in Golaghat district, housing a rare collection of over 2,000 antique items pertaining to the history of Assam and Northeast as a whole.
These antique items include traditional musical instruments, agricultural tools, coins of Ahom kingdom, dresses of different tribes- communities of North East India that Bora had collected in the last 16 years.
The private museum has been established at Borahi village in Golaghat district. Bora had set up the museum in memory of his grandfather, Juga Bora.
He said that he has collected more than 2000 antique items including 400 years old Bor Tup Cannon of the Ahom Kingdom, Caps of Naga Kings, coins of the Ahom Kingdom, and Jayantia Kingdom, Mughals, many traditional musical instruments, dresses of different tribes and communities, wooden items, ancient toys, ritual items etc.
Source: PT
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