Dibrugarh, Aug. 17 -- The Jyotinagar Road in Assam's Dibrugarh has been renamed Nirupama Phukan Road by the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC).
Noted writer, social worker, and tea planter Devi Prasad Bagrodia inaugurated Nirupama Phukan Road on Sunday. Dibrugarh District Commissioner Bikram Kairi, Mayor Saikat Patra, Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation Commissioner Jay Vikas, and several renowned citizens of Dibrugarh were present on the occasion.
Nirupama Phukan was an eminent Assamese writer and translator. She received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999 for translating Munshi Premchand's Godan into Assamese.
Prahari, a Dibrugarh-based NGO, submitted a letter to the DMC requesting the renaming of Jyotinagar Road as Nirupama Phukan Roa...
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