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A<\/span>ssam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi<\/a> has called on the state government to rename Silchar Railway Station in honor of the eleven language martyrs, also known as Bhasha Sahids, of Silchar. The Jorhat MP, who also serves as the deputy leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, believes this gesture would be a fitting tribute to the martyrs\u2019 significant role in the 1961 Language Movement in Barak Valley.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi\u2019s Emotional Plea to Honor Language Martyrs by Renaming Silchar Railway Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gogoi underscored the importance of this renaming initiative, arguing that it would duly honor the martyrs\u2019 legacy. Despite Gogoi\u2019s appeal, a recent response from the Union Government indicates that the BJP-led Assam government has not yet submitted a formal proposal for this name change.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has called on the state government to rename Silchar Railway Station in honor of the eleven language martyrs, also known as Bhasha Sahids, of Silchar. The Jorhat MP, who also serves as the deputy leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha, believes this gesture would be a fitting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[31689,31682,31690,31686,31695,17732,26749,31685,31696,26047,31693,31687,31691,17520,31684,31692,16856,31683,31688,31694],"class_list":["post-127708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-1961-language-movement","tag-assam-congress-mp","tag-barak-valley","tag-bhasha-sahids","tag-bjp-led-assam-government","tag-congress-party","tag-deputy-leader","tag-eleven-language-martyrs","tag-formal-proposal-for-name-change","tag-gaurav-gogoi","tag-honor-martyrs-legacy","tag-jorhat-mp","tag-letter-to-prime-minister-narendra-modi","tag-lok-sabha","tag-rename-silchar-railway-station","tag-renaming-initiative","tag-silchar","tag-silchar-railway-station","tag-tribute-to-martyrs","tag-union-government-response"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157227,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=157227","url_meta":{"origin":127708,"position":0},"title":"CJP Team Chased and Attacked at Rajasthan School \u2014 BJP Accused","author":"ASSAM TIMES POST","date":"August 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A team of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders, led by co\u2011founder Ashutosh Ranka, was attacked and driven out of Rampura Kanwarpura village in Jaipur\u2019s Bagru assembly area on Friday, August 21, 2026, while attempting to inspect a government primary school, party sources said. 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