NAZIRA MUNICIPAL BOARD: Nazira Municipal Board was situated at Nazira Town in the District of Sivasagar (Assam). Nazira is a small historical town. It has an land area of 2003 B, 4 K, 3 L. (26,79,654Sqmt.) It is a beautiful town situated on the banks of River Dikhow. The existing town has their organic growth. The regional connectivity for the town is very good having four connecting major roads along with the Railway facility. It is around 18 km from Sivasagar town, 3 km from Simaluguri Jn. &78 km from Jorhat Airport. It is Sub-Divisional Head Office of Nazira Sub-Division. The HQ of O.N.G.C, Assam Asset, a Maharatna E&P Company is situated in Nazira. Nazira is surrounded by large tea states like Mackeypore, Geleky, Santok, Bihubor, Lakwa, Ligiripukhuri, Mezenga, Bamunpukhuri and Maduri Tea estate. The Nazira Municipal Board was established in 2^nd August 1909. It presently concisely of 10 (Ten) wards.

Total population of Nazira town was13,304Nos. (Male 6,885 Nos. & Female 6,419 Nos.) and literacy rate is 81%thecommunities residing in the town are the Ahom, Assamese, Muslims, Brahmins, Koch, Kalitas, Deories, Kaibarta and tea tribes. Assamese is the main spoken language in this town. Gossaigaon Municipal Board has total administration of over 1,935 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

l   History :

Nazira was an important place during the regime of Ahom Kingdom. Nearby Gargaon was the capital of Ahom Kingdom over a long period. According to legends Nazira got its name from 'Now-Jeera', which Means “resting place of boats”. But to some historians, “Nazira” is a Tai (Ahom) word, where “Na” means Land, “Zi” means Inclined and “Ra” means Much. Accordingly, Nazira means a much inclined land.

Being in the vicinity of the Dikhow River and the capital of Ahom kingdom Gargaon, it is said that boats used to rest in this place after their long journey through the river. The Kareng Ghar a palace from the medieval period build by King Rajeshwar Singha, a ruler of the Ahom kingdom stands as a testimony of the bygone era. During the British rule, tea plantations were started in and around Nazira like the other parts of upper Assam. The present day officer's club of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONGC (L) was in fact a tea planter's club established in 1939. Nazira was the headquarters of famous Assam Tea Company.

J.W. Masters, the then Superintendent of Assam Company had proceeded to Assam in June 1839 and took up residence at Nazira who made Nazira as the Company's Headquarters. An old British Graveyard has been lying inside ONGC (L) Colony Nazira Town. Here there are about 62 graves can be traced according to the list given by H. A. Antrobus. The buried include the historian William Robinson, the author of A Grammar of Assamese Language (1839) and A Descriptive Account of Assam: With a Sketch of the Local Geography, and a Concise History of the Tea-Plant of Assam. (1841).William Robinson mastered over the Mising Language and unbelievably on Dafla language too. William Robinson wrote Notes on the Daflas and the Peculiarities of Their Language. Robinson was the first man to attempt to write a grammar on the Mising Language for institutional purpose. His A short outline of Miri (Mising) grammar was published in the March issue of Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal , in 1849.

The Gorokihiya Temple, [Gorokihiya means Cowboy in Assamese] at Namati of Ahom days is 3 km from Nazira. History says that Ahom King PratapSingha (1603–41) was a devotee of God Siva before he took his throne and he worshipped a Siva Linga. After he got his throne as a King he removed the Siva Linga and established it on the bank of Dikhow River just opposite to Gargaon in a temple which was called as Maidole. This temple is also known as Maheswara Ghar or house or God Siva. Charaideu is just 16 km from Nazira Town. Here tourist can see the very sacred earthen pyramids(Tombs) of Ahom Kings, families and other ministers. During World WarII(1939–1945)also Nazira had played an important role in China Burma India Theatre. The OSS Detachment 101 established a base camp under the guise of a centre for malarial research at a tea plantation near Nazira. Detachment 101's training camp was located at Nazira (Most probably in the present Guest House, ONGCL Colony, Nazira).

Nazira has very reputed and old educational institutions like Gargaon College, Nazira College, Nazira Boys Higher Secondary & Multi-Purpose School, Nazira Girls HS School, Nazira Bortol HS School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, DPS Nazira, NIIT Simaluguri Centre, Sankardev Vidya Niketan, St. Peters School, Ligiri Pukhuri High School, Gurukul School, Amolapatty, Aim's Multi-Purpose Study Centre, NEEDS Institute if Fashion Design, NEEDS Technical Institute and many more. The primary source of income of this area is employment in ONGC and Govt. Departments. Well experienced entrepreneurs are doing oilfield related contracts & services. Big companies like Halliburton and Schlumberger operate in this area. However, cultivation is still one of the main sources of income of this region.