Overview

• Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led the inauguration at Dr Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Tirtha, with the late artist’s son Tez Hazarika attending.
• The state announced a year-long schedule of cultural programs, exhibitions, seminars and community events across districts, alongside tributes by the Bhupen Hazarika Cultural Trust at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi published a tribute and is slated to visit Assam on September 13–14 to unveil an RBI Rs 100 coin, release a new biography by Anuradha Sarma Pujari and inaugurate the Numaligarh bio-refinery.
• A 65-minute documentary, Bhupen Da Uncut, directed by Bobbeeta Sharma, was released as a first-person chronicle of Hazarika’s life, influences and philosophy.
• Nagaon will stage a 15,000-student rendition of Manuhe Manuhor Babe on September 10 with India Book of Records officials present, as the state develops his Kuthori home into a cultural complex and museum.