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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Kangkan Kalita | TNN

Assam: 'Miya Museum' sealed in Goalpara

GUWAHATI: Assam government on Tuesday sealed a private museum in Goalpara district set up by an organization of migrant Muslims of Bangladesh origin, known as "Miya", to display agricultural tools and other items, which it claimed were exclusive to their community.

The Goalpara district administration sealed the "Miya Museum" at Lakhipur soon after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told media in the city here that the items put up for display are traditional tools of the natives.

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