Dr. Nirod Kumar Barua and Shrimanta Sankardev in Shillong Chamber Choir Kalakshetra honored with Biennial Popular Gopinath Bordoloi Award of Government of Assam

·         Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Assam Government's biennial popular Gopinath Bordoloi Award for National Integration and National Contribution at a special function in Guwahati.

·         The award carries five lakh rupees, a citation, and an Angbastram.

·         The award has been given to the Shillong Chamber Choir at Shrimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, German-based Assamese litterateur Dr Nirod Kumar Barua, and the Assam branch of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust.

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About Vice President

v  Article 63: "There shall be a vice president of India."

v  First vice president of India: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan