Assam celebrates Bharat Ratna to Dr Bhupen Hazarika

GUWAHATI: In 2011 after the demise of cultural icon, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika there was a demand in Assam assembly that Dr Hazarika must be conferred with Bharat Ratna, after almost eight years government of India has conferred Bharat Ratna to Dr Hazarika.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, “ It is matter of great pride and delight that Dr Bhupen Hazarika has been posthumously conferred with Bharat ratna. My gratitude to Prime minister Narendra Modi. We are all elated.”

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer Bharat Ratna to cultural icon, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika posthumously in 2014.


Gogoi in a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requested him to confer the country’s highest civilian honour to Dr. Hazarika posthumously.

Gogoi had also moved the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the matter in 2011. The demand to honour Dr. Hazarika with the Bharat Ratna was raised by the state legislative assembly and fans across the State after his death in November, 2011.

Dr. Hazarika was conferred the second highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan in 2012. He was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award for lifetime contribution to development of Indian cinema in 1993.