August 10, 2026 03:22 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘A morning I will cherish’: Raghav Chadha meets PM Modi, shares photos from ‘enriching’ meeting | Delhi Mercedes crash kills 70-year-old woman: Cop’s son behind wheel, beer bottle found | Indian-origin woman accused of ‘visa fraud’ on X: US Attorney steps in with major clarification | US Senate passes Russia sanctions bill: India can face Trump’s 100% tariff threat | Expired meat, rotten vegetables found at Bengaluru's luxury hotels, legal action begins | 'I'm ready to be humiliated': Vijay, Udhayanidhi Stalin clash in Tamil Nadu Assembly over Cauvery dispute | 'They don't need Mohan Bhagwat's certificate': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's sharp reply to RSS chief's Gen Z remark | 'Students, Gen Z, ask me anything': Rahul Gandhi launches Instagram Q&A, responds to Jharkhand protest | PM Modi goes Gen Z, urges Indians to share 'Get Ready With Me' videos on National Handloom Day | Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal sentenced to 10-year jail term in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal

Assam govt to set up auditorium after the name of Medini Chowdhury

| | Apr 21, 2017, at 03:10 am
Guwahati, Apr 20 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said that Sarania Kacharis are one of the ancient ethnic tribes of Assam.

This ethnic tribe has a distinct cultural and spiritual identity. Bah Gosai is the ardent deity of Sarania Kacharis.

While speaking at a function held at Sarania Kachari Sammanya Kshetra at Senduri Gopa in Kamrup district, the Assam CM said that through worshiping Bah Gosai or lord Shiva the Sarania Kacharis make their connection evident with the nature.

This ethnic tribe with its capability of working hard will make its presence as the strongest tribe in the globe, said he.

Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal announced that the government would set up an auditorium after the name of the novelist Medini Chowdhury who wrote Ferengadao.

He also said that guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sabka Saath Sabka Bikash, the present State Government is also working resolutely for the welfare of all 3.20 crore people of the state.       

Underscoring the need of solving the problems faced by Sarania Kacharis, Sonowal said that his government is committed to solve all the outstanding problems faced by them and help to contribute to the development of the State.

Citing that the development of rural areas is the paramount importance of the government, the Assam CM said that for the all-round development of all the villages, state government has launched Chief Minister’s Sammagra Grammya Unnayan Achoni and stimulate development of the rural areas.

He also said that the State Government has set up a high powered committee to facilitate allotment of land pattas to the indigenous people of the State.

On this occasion, All Assam Sarania Kachari Students’ Union also submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister which the Chief Minister assured to look into them sympathetically.          

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.