Dibrugarh, Jan. 26 -- On the occasion of the 77th Republic Day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday unfurled the National Tricolour at Khanikar Playground in Dibrugarh.

He offered his floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, other freedom fighters and martyrs who made supreme sacrifices that shaped India's independence.

The Chief Minister also paid his homage to BR Ambedkar and other stalwarts associated with the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of India.

Speaking on the occasion, Sarma also said that conferment of the Padma Awards on five personalities from Assam, Union Minister Kabindra Purkayasthya (posthumously), Haricharan Saikia, Jogesh Deuri, Pokhila Lekthepi and Nuruddin Ahmed has made every Assamese ...