💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical📍 Heritage🍲 Local Experience

Digboi (Oldest Oil Refinery & War Cemetery)

Tinsukia, Assam, India

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Overview

The birthplace of Asian oil — the world's oldest working refinery (1901), an oil museum, colonial bungalows and a WWII cemetery of the Burma campaign.

Why visit: Asia's oil history and a poignant war cemetery in one town.

Things to do

›Oil museum
›Centenary refinery
›WWII cemetery
›Digboi Club bungalows

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Museum ₹20–50

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

Half day

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