Modi Pays Tribute at Assam Movement Memorial in Guwahati

Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered floral tributes, walked through the Swahid Gallery, and garlanded the bust of Khargeswar Talukdar, identified as the first martyr of the agitation.
• Modi wrote on X that the visit was deeply moving and reaffirmed a pledge to work for Assam’s progress, prosperity, and cultural pride.
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the moment deeply emotional, contrasted it with what he termed past neglect, and framed the event within the state–centre 'double engine' development narrative.
• Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, and Assam Accord Implementation Minister Atul Bora accompanied the Prime Minister, with Bora noting the PM was briefed on the martyrs.
• The state-funded memorial, inaugurated earlier this month, is dedicated to 860 people and was reported to cost Rs 170 crore, with features including water bodies, an auditorium, a prayer hall, a cycle track, and a sound-and-light show.