Overview

• At Guwahati’s Khanapara, the Prime Minister released a ₹100 commemorative coin and launched Anuradha Sarma Borpujari’s biography of Hazarika, slated for translation into multiple Indian languages, as 1,200 artistes delivered an 18‑minute musical homage.
• The commemorative coin is a non-circulating silver issue produced by India Government Mint, Mumbai under SPMCIL, with its issuance notified by the Finance Ministry on August 26.
• On Sunday, Modi inaugurated and laid foundations for works estimated at about ₹18,000–19,000 crore, including Darrang Medical College, the Guwahati Ring Road, the Narengi–Kuruwa Brahmaputra bridge, and major projects at Numaligarh Refinery.
• He inaugurated India’s first bamboo‑based ethanol plant at Numaligarh and laid the foundation stone for a polypropylene unit, positioning Assam for clean energy and petrochemical capacity.
• Modi portrayed Hazarika’s songs as unifying the nation under ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat,’ while the event also featured sharp politics as CM Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the PM’s presence and Modi rebuked Congress over past comments on Hazarika’s Bharat Ratna.