India, Sept. 9 -- Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, several MPs and other dignitaries paid floral tributes to music maestro Bhupen Hazarika on his 100th birth anniversary here at Assam House on Monday.
The Assam Government has launched year-long programmes to mark the birth centenary of Hazarika, who passed away in 2011.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the centenary celebrations of the Bharat Ratna awardee in Guwahati on Saturday during his two-day visit to Assam, an official statement said.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said Bhupen Hazarika sang songs of "the soil, the people, Assam's culture, and the rest of Northeast" and took them to the global stage.
Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita, while pay...