About Gauripur
Gauripur is a semi-urban town under Gauripur Town Committee in the Dhubri district in the state of Assam, India.
The establishment of the town and the name "Gauripur" has an interesting story associated with the main architect of Gauripur, Raja Pratap Chandra Baruah, Zamindar of Rangamati. It is believed that Raja Baruah was hunting in the forest and came across a frog eating a snake. He was astonished to see this unnatural and unheard of sight. Being a strong devotee of the Goddess Mahamaya, he was convinced that what he saw was a supernatural message for him. Shortly afterwards, he established a temple for Goddess Mahamaya and named it Gauripur after the alias "Gauri" of Mahamaya. He even shifted his capital of his Zamindari from Rangamati to Gauripur. Gauripur was a raj estate in Assam during the British Raj. It was joined to the Assam province, before the independence.
Source : Wikipedia