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Golden jubilee celebration of Namrup Sahitya Sabha starts

The year long Golden Jubilee of Namrup Sahitya Sabha is coming to an end with various cultural programmes. The programme was inagurated by working president Satrasingh Deuri.

Seminar, poetry, cultural night, Book release were part of the event.

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