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Bhupen Hazarika Birth Centenary
September 12 , 2025
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- Year-long national celebrations of Bhupen Hazarika’s 100th birth anniversary was launched on September 8, 2025, in Guwahati, Assam.
- The RBI will release a ₹100 commemorative coin in his honour.
- Hazarika was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
- He is widely known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’, for his deep connection with Assam’s riverine culture.
- His iconic songs like Manuhe Manuhor Babe, Bistirno Parore, and Ganga Behti Ho Kyun carried themes of humanity, justice, and social unity.
- A poet, lyricist, singer, composer, filmmaker, and politician, Hazarika’s works transcended regional boundaries and connected Assam to national and global audiences.
- His memorial in Jalukbari has been renamed Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Tirtha.
- A new museum will be built at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra to preserve his legacy.
- A biography written by Anuradha Sarma Pujari will be translated into major Indian languages and distributed to libraries across the country.
- The centenary celebrations will culminate on September 8, 2026, with a ceremonial event in New Delhi, attended by the President of India.
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