GUWAHATI, Nov 26: A week after the Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam Government renamed Karimganj district Sribhumi, the State cabinet, during its weekly meeting, today decided to rename Hojai district headquarters Sankardev Nagar as Srimanta Sankardev Nagar.
The decision to rename Sankardev Nagar Srimanta Sankardev Nagar was announced by Assam Government spokesperson and Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu during the scheduled press briefing after the meeting of the State cabinet ended.
Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, too, took to the social media to announce the cabinet’s decision.
“The state cabinet has decided to rename the district headquarter of Hojai district from ‘Shankardeva Nagar’ to ‘Srimanta Shankardeva Nagar’,” Dr Sarma wrote on ‘X’.
