Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on September 28 announced that the concluding ceremony of legendary singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations will be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on November 29.
Sarma said artistes from Assam and across the country will participate in the event, which will mark Hazarika’s contribution to Indian music and culture. He added in a social media post that Hazarika’s music continues to live on.
The year-long centenary celebrations began last year, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending a special tribute programme dedicated to Hazarika. During the event, Modi released a commemorative Rs 100 coin issued by the Reserve Bank of India in Hazarika’s honour and a biography titled Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika.
Born on September 8, 1926, in Sadiya, now in Assam’s Tinsukia district, Hazarika was a singer, composer, lyricist and filmmaker whose work spanned Assamese, Bengali and Hindi music.
Hazarika died in Mumbai on November 5, 2011, at the age of 85. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, in 2019.