Matiabag Palace

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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox building

| name = Matiabag Rajbari

| alternate_names = Hawakhana

| image = Matiabag Palace or Gauripur Rajbari.jpg

| caption = Matiabag Palace or Gauripur Rajbari located at the bank of river Gadadhar was the residence of Folk queen of Goalporia Lokageet Pratima Baruah Pandey

| map_type =

| location_town = Dhubri

| location_country = India

| coordinates = {{coord|26.5|N|89.58|E|region:IN-AS|display=inline}}

| location = Matiabag

| address = Gauripur

| architect =

| client = Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua

| renovation_date = 2023

| known_for =

| rooms = 24

| construction_start_date = 1904

| completion_date = 1914

| owner = Government of Assam

| cost = ₹ 340000

| style = Mughal Architecture and British Architecture

}}

Matiabag Rajbari or Matiabag Palace is located in Gauripur in Dhubri district of Assam.{{cite book|last1=Prakash|first1=Ved|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India, Volume 2|year=2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |isbn=9788126907045|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AWL1pa8TUFYC&q=Matiabag+Palace&pg=PA1012|accessdate=19 December 2014}} The palace was built by Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua of the Gauripur royal family on a small hill-top at Matiabagh, Gauripur on the banks of the Gadadhar river. It was the royal guest house and summer residence (Hawakhana) by the royal family of Gauripur, also known as ‘Rangamati Baruas.{{Cite web |last=Barua |first=Rishi |date=2020-09-04 |title=The Gauripur Baruas- Prabhat Chandra Barua |url=https://eastindiastory.com/the-gauripur-baruas-prabhat-chandra-barua/#:~:text=The%20family%20then%20on%20came,when%20he%20died%20in%201880. |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=East India Story |language=en-US}} The construction of the palace began in 1904 and was completed by 1914. The palace was built by Chinese carpenters from China Town in Kolkata at a cost of ₹ 340000, the palace features elements of Hindu, Mughal and British architecture.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-03 |title=Historic Matiabag Hawa Mahal of Gauripur to be converted to a Museum: Assam CM |url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/historic-matiabag-hawa-mahal-of-gauripur-to-be-converted-to-a-museum-assam-cm-1455536 |access-date=2024-08-19 |newspaper=The Assam Tribune |language=en }}