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Centre Authorises ₹100 Commemorative Coin for Bhupen Hazarika as PM Shifts Centenary Visit to Sept. 13

Assam coordinates concerts, publications, museum plans across states for the year-long programme.

Assam: Centre to Issue ₹100 Silver Coin to Mark Bhupen Hazarika’s Birth Centenary

Overview

  • The Union Finance Ministry issued a Gazette notification approving a ₹100 coin to mark the Bharat Ratna singer’s birth centenary.
  • Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the notice and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the recognition.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the main centenary event in Guwahati on September 13 during a two-day state visit, after an earlier plan for September 8 changed.
  • Sarma chaired a core committee review that mapped events across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai, with publications and outreach on Hazarika’s legacy.
  • Tributes are scheduled at Hazarika’s Jalukbari memorial on September 8, and Arunachal Pradesh will host a Roing programme on September 26 that includes laying a museum’s foundation stone.