Name the new bridge over Brahmaputra after Bhupen Hazarika

By Priyankan Goswami on November 10, 2011 Architect of Modern Assam, Assam, Assam agitation, Atan Burhagohain, Bhupen Hazarika, Congress Party, Gauhati University, Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lachit Borphukan, Nehru Stadium, New bridge over Brahmaputra, Rajiv Chowk, Rajiv Gandhi, Saraighat Bridge ARTICLES, HEADLINES

It was disappointing that the square at Jalukbari near Saraighat, connecting the historic Saraighat Bridge, Gauhati University, the road to Guwahati and the by-pass around the city was named Rajiv Chowk. Not because we dis-respect the Late Indian Prime Minister who administered the Assam Accord to end six struggling years of Assam agitation in 1985. […]