Guwahati, Oct. 18 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that India was not born in 1947; this nation and civilisation are the result of 5,000 years of penance.

"India was not born in 1947; this nation and civilisation are the result of 5,000 years of spiritual and intellectual penance. Till the time India led the world, humanity had not witnessed the destructive face of science," CM Sarma said.

Lamenting that the movement for knowledge and wisdom in India declined during the colonial era, he emphasized that institutions like Pragjyotishpur University must now take the lead in reviving this great intellectual tradition.

He further observed that Pragjyotishpur University, rooted in the Indian Sanatan educational and value-base...