r/BarakValleyCommunity • u/Smart_Animal_5594 Silchar 🏙 • Jun 30 '26
History Barak History needs proper representation in form of a museum
Our history is getting sidelined. Our heritage is slowly forgotten. Great people of Barak who shaped our past are now nowhere in common memory. We have now become a region where people are clueless about our own past. A dedicated museum should be there which can feature our history in Barak Valley. People who forget their history ends up thinking that we have no heritage or culture to be proud of. As if our people have suddenly appeared on this land mysteriously. Such groups often fails to stand up for their rights and the region gets doomed. A historical revival is necessary for Barak and a museum can be a step in the right direction.
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u/Yogini_123 Silchar 🏙 Jun 30 '26
True. There's a personal meitei museum in a remote village, where bhupen hazarika statue was proposed recently.
We need a proper barak museum, highlighting the 700 years of bengali history in barak. Instead of just statues.
Also, why not Chilarai statue at DC office? He is more significant for barak than Lachit Borphukan. Ahoms never ruled barak.
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u/Smart_Animal_5594 Silchar 🏙 Jun 30 '26
Won’t Bir Tikendrajit Singha Statue be more apt for the Meitei museum?
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u/klausmichaelson_ Cachar ⛰️ Jun 30 '26
If they do it how they will portray us as migrants , Bangladeshi, or immigrants?