HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Sept 28: On occasion of the birth anniversary of Anandaram Dhekial Phukon, the district unit of Akhil Bhartiya Sahitya Parishad in association with Khagarijan College, Nagaon organised a lecture on Dhekial Phukon’s contribution in restoration of Assamese language in Assam’ at the conference hall of Khagarijan College on Wednesday.
The programme was chaired by Debeswar Kalita and Paran Kr Boruah, president of Nagaon Zila Sahitya Sabha was present in the programme as the chief guest while Chidanand Dev Goswami attended the programme as the keynote speaker on the topic.
The programme was ceremonially inaugurated by Dhiren Sarma, chief adviser to the State unit of Akhil Bhartiya Sahitya Parishad while Dr Dilip Sarma, district president of the literary organisation delivered the welcome address.
During the programme, Dr Sanjib Kr Borkatoki’s book – ‘Unique contributions of Srimanta Sankardev in Religion and Culture’ translated into Hindi as ‘Dharm Aur Sangskriti Mei Sankardev Ka Anyanya Yogdan’ by Dr Dilip Sarma and another ‘Prastar Purush’ by Chandra Kanta Saikia were ceremonially released by Dhiren Sarma and Debeswar Kalita respectively, a release added.
