Dispur takes measures to globalize Lachit Barphukan

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Assam Government announced several steps today to take the saga of Ahom General Veer Lachit Barphukan to the national and international levels. In sync with Lachit Barphukan's 400th birth anniversary, the State Government launched an App and a portal for this purpose, besides making arrangements for a seminar on the Ahom general in New Delhi and essay competitions in schools and colleges in the state.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today launched a mobile application/portal titled lachitbarphukan.assam.gov.in at an official ceremony at Janata Bhawan.

The mobile application/portal has been designed so as to provide a platform to the general public residing in Assam and beyond, including foreign countries, to pay their richest tributes to the great Ahom army general on his 400th birth anniversary in the form of write-ups and essays. Open for use by the public from today itself, the mobile application will be available for use in both Android and iOS-operated phones.

The Chief Minister stated that the aim of the portal is to ensure the 400th birth anniversary celebration of Lachit Barphukan witnesses the participation of the majority of the population in Assam and beyond and that the ideals of patriotism, love for the motherland, as was displayed by the Ahom army general, are imbibed and practised by the participants.

Elaborating on the plan, the Chief Minister said a mass movement will be built up around the upcoming birth anniversary celebration and people from all walks of life would be encouraged to express their opinion/pay their tributes and respect to Mahavir Lachit Barphukan through the means of short write-ups, essays. The write-ups and essays can subsequently be uploaded on the portal, following which an acknowledgement certificate from the Government of Assam, bearing the signature of the Chief Minister, would be provided to the participants in the portal itself, Sarma added.

The Chief Minister stated that a participant will have the option of writing either on any piece of paper or on a pre-formatted booklet that can be downloaded from the application/portal, printed out and once the write-up is complete, can be scanned and uploaded to the application/portal.

The Chief Minister further declared that on November 18, all schools, colleges and universities of the state will hold an essay competition with Lachit Barphukan as the subject among the students within their respective educational institutions.

On that same day, the Assam Police shall organise march-pasts in every district as a mark of respect to Lachit Barphukan.

The Chief Minister also spoke about the preparations for the two-day celebration of the 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan in Delhi starting November 23. He said a grand seminar at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi has been scheduled for November 23, during which the Government of Assam is all set to release a book and a documentary on the life and works of the great general of the 17th century. He further added that on November 24, the day of the conclusion of the year-long tribute to Lachit Barphukan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah were likely to grace the central celebration at the national capital.

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