Weaving is the way of life of our village. We grown up with the sounds like ‘klik-klak’ ‘klik-klak’ of handloom. Britishers named this village Sualkuchi as “Manchester of East”.

History says, Sualkuchi - the silk village was established in the 17th century by Momai Tamuli Barbarua during King Swargadeo Pratap Singha (1603-1641). However, silk weaving in Sualkuchi actually been traced back to around 10th-11th centuries when King Dharma Pal of the Pala dynasty sponsored the craft by bringing the Tanti weaving community from Tantikuchi (Dist.Barpeta) to Sualkuchi. Even in Kautilya’s Arthashastra there is a mention of the village by the name of Suvarnakudya of ancient Kamrupa, where the best quality of Patrorna (Pat) was produced around the 4th century BC. Suvarnakudya was probably known later as Swarnakuchi, which eventually became Sualkuchi.

People of Sualkuchi are very rich in Craft & Culture. In ancient days, villagers were engaged in various craft works like pottery, gold jewellery making, oil processing, weaving etc. Gradually weaving became the main occupation of the villagers.

Former president Late Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam expressed his happiness by visiting Sualkuchi on 17 th October 2006 and said “I am happy to note that the more than 5000 households having the population of about 30,000 residents at Sualkuchi has the pride of embroidering the name of Assam first in the national and recently in the international markets by its excellent and two of the finest silk fabrics hitherto available in the world: Muga and Mulberry silks.” Hon’ble president did mention a Tamil saying in the context of Sualkuchi Which means that the dress that a man wears makes half the man - Thus if you create good garments and not stop with just weaving only cloth, you will make half of our Nation - Then we can go on to capture half of the world.