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Urus Festivel

By Bikash Das |
The religious Urus festivel of Dinkar Khalilar Rahman Majhar Sharif located at Dinkar under Kamalpur revenur circle in Kamrup district will be held on December 11 and 12 next with a two days long programme. This will be the 32th celebration of this festivel. Thousands of people will be gathered in this event from various parts of Assam and the north east.The programmme will be attended by Syeda Anowara Taimur, ex Chief Minister of the state and MP, Rajya Sabha, Maidul Islam Borah, ex Minister, Uttara Kalita, Parliamentary Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development and Madhab Rajbangshi,ex MP. A reception committee has been formed with Uttara Kalita, MLA, Kamalpur as Chief President, Abdul Mazid Saikia as Working President and Hanif Ali as Secretary. The reception committee has appealed all the people to attend the event.

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