Patharighat, previously known as Patharughat, is a town and headquarter of eponymous revenue circle in Darrang district. It is 35 km northeast of Baruah Souk area of north Guwahati on northbank of Brahmaputra River. It is the site of memorial for the Patharughat massacre caused on 28 January 1894 by the British colonial rulers during the Patharughat peasant uprising, the day is commemorated as the Krishak Swahid Divas (Farmer Martyrs Day).