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Himanta Biswa Sarma@himantabiswa · May 22, 2026

This evening, I will inaugurate a new flyover in Guwahati named after Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Some will ask why a…

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A new flyover in Guwahati is being inaugurated in honor of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who led the political fight to keep Assam as part of India during Partition when the Muslim League sought to incorporate it into East Pakistan. His contributions included preserving Assamese language education and treating Assam as central to India's identity.

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    This evening, I will inaugurate a new flyover in Guwahati named after Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Some will ask why a flyover in Guwahati is being named after Dr. S.P Mookerjee? The answer is a story that very few people know but one which everyone in Assam should know 🧵

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    In 1947, when Partition was no longer a question of “if”- only of “where the lines would fall", the Muslim League had a plan of taking entire Bengal including Calcutta and entire North East into East Pakistan. Had they succeeded, there would be no Assam in India today.

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    Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee refused to let that happen. Alongside Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi & others, he led the political and intellectual fight to keep Assam as an integral part of India. He understood the nefarious intentions of the Muslim League and its implication on Assam.

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    His contributions to Assam went beyond geography. During Dr. Mookerjee’s tenure as VC, he advocated for Assamese as a medium for school education in Assam, with Dr. Birinchi Kumar Baruah playing a key role in strengthening Assamese language studies and higher education.

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    Most importantly, he treated Assam as central to India’s idea of itself. Not as a peripheral frontier or a forgotten corner but as a region whose people, language & land were inseparable from Maa Bharti. That is the Assam he helped save; This is the Assam we live in today.

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    Everyone in Assam, especially the next gen, should know that the very fact of being able to call themselves Indian today, to be able to study in their language, practice their faith and be in their motherland, is owed to stalwarts such as S.P Mookerjee and Gopinath Bordoloi.

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    Today, when commuters drive over the flyover in Guwahati, they will be more than just crossing a bridge, they will be travelling over a piece of history that Dr. SP Mookerjee, more than most, helped preserve for us. This is not just a flyover. It is a long overdue Thank You.