Guwahati, Nov 5: Assam, on Wednesday, observed the 14th death anniversary of Sudhakantha Dr Bhupen Hazarika with commemorative programmes held across 35 districts and 27 sub-divisions, as lakhs gathered to pay musical tribute to the Bharat Ratna.

Addressing a state-level event at the legend’s Samadhi Khetra in Jalukbari, the Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said over 2 lakh artistes and citizens across Assam, from Barak to Brahmaputra and the hilly districts, have gathered to sing Hazarika’s immortal composition Manuhe Manuhor Babe .

He described the song as “not only an asset for Assam but for all humanity”, adding that the government has urged the United Nations to recognise it officially as a “song for humanity”.

Sarma also announced that one night of the coming annual Bohag

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