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'''Dighalipukhuri'''; also Dighalipukhri<ref>India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (2003), ''Parliamentary Debates: Official Report, Volume 200, Issue 4'', Council of States Secretariat, 05-Dec-2003 - India,</ref><ref>''The Indian Newspaper Society Press Handbook'' (2007), p.774</ref> is a rectangular man-made pond in [[Guwahati]], about half a mile long. Dighalipukhuri is occupied altogether area of garden and pond between 17-18 bigha lands.<br />
[[File:Dighalipukhuri, Guwahati, Assam.jpeg|thumb|{{center|Dighalipukhuri}}]]<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Dighali Pukhuri War Memorial.jpg|thumb|Assam's CM has inaugurated the war memorial on the north bank of Dighalipukhuri tank on 15 August 2016.]]<br />
As per historical legends, its creation is credited to [[Bhagadatta|King Bhagadatta]], who led the [[Kaurava|Kauravas]] in the [[Kurukshetra War|Battle of Kurukshetra]], in the [[Mahabharata|Mahabharata]]. The tank was dug by him during the [[Svayamvara|svayamvara]] of his daughter, Bhanumati. Later on, it was used by the [[Ahom kingdom|Ahoms]] as a naval dockyard. Its access to the Brahmaputra was eventually closed, and during [[Colonial Assam|colonial times]], that portion was further filled on which the Circuit House was built. Later, the Gauhati High Court building too was built in the newly filled area.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Dighalipukhuri Park Timing ==<br />
The [https://www.neportal.in/2020/09/dighalipukhuri-park.html Dighali Pukhuri Park] opens at '''8:30 AM and closes at 5.30 PM'''. So if you are visiting this place make sure you visit as per the timing.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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* {{Citation| last = Al-Ahmed| first = Saikh Md Sabah| title = A Tale of Four Ponds| newspaper =The Assam Tribune| location = Guwahati| url =http://www.assamtribune.com/may3009/horizon.html<br />
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120119053923/http://www.assamtribune.com/may3009/horizon.html<br />
| archive-date = 2012-01-19}}<br />
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