Assam: District Day celebrated in Dhubri and Gossaigaon

Dhubri: Dhubri District Day was celebrated with a day-long programme under the auspices of Dhubri district administration in the auditorium of Dhubri Police Hall on Friday.

Dhubri Deputy Commissioner, Anbamuthan MP delivered welcome speech and said that this was the first occasion that District Day was being celebrated to showcase its long glorious history and heritage. He said that Dhubri district was earlier within the erstwhile Goalpara district as one of its subdivisions with district headquarter at Dhubri.

"However, on July 1,1983, Dhubri subdivision was carved out of the Goalpara district by the State Government and a separate Dhubri district was constituted with three subdivisions," Ambamuthan MP said.

A renowned numismatist and a worthy son of Dhubri who was born and brought up here, Shankar Kumar Bose, speaking as the key speaker on the history, heritage and culture of erstwhile Goalpara district, dealt at a length on the rulers who occupied this area and protected this part, by erecting a fort on the northern bank of the River Brahmaputra, from the invasion of Mughals.

"Being a numismatist, I see history through the old coins of rulers which not only speak of the economy, trade and prevalent history of that time but a lot of other things," Bose added.

The inaugural function was also addressed by the chairman of Dhubri Municipal Board, Dr Debamoy Sanyal who spoke on the significance of observing Dhubri District Day. Art and quiz competitions among the students were held followed by vivid cultural programmes, including songs.

Gossaigaon: On the occasion of District Day celebration, Sub-Registrar office, Gossaigaon celebrated it by selecting newly-married brides and grooms for the Arundhati Gold scheme.

ADC i/c Gossaigaon, Masanda Pertin ceremonially blessed six brides and grooms on this day by distributing forms of this scheme. The scheme is to help the parents of girls who are economically not very sound, but like all parents desire to give some gold as a gift to their daughters on their marriage.

The government desires to share the joy of such parents who are getting their daughters married by providing Rs 40,000 as a token of blessings to the daughters of these parents for purchasing gold. As informed by Priyankar Pratim Deka, ACS i/c Sub-Registrar, Gossaigaon, altogether 44 proposals for Arundhati scheme have already been sent. He also urged all newly-wedded couples to register their marriages to uphold the dignity of the institution of marriage.

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