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India's Longest Bridge Dhola Sadia Named After Dr Bhupen Hazarika | Kalpana Patowary

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Kalpana Patowary expressing happiness about naming Dhola–Sadiya Setu, the Longest Bridge in India after Dr Bhupen Hazarika.

On 26th May 2017 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest river bridge, the Dhola Sadiya bridge in Assam, over the river Lohit, a tributary of Brahmaputra near China Border, bringing Assam and Arunachal Pradesh closer. 

The bridge is named after the legendary Bard of Brahmaputra Bhupen Hazarika.

Kalpana Patowary was invited to perform in Gogamukh Assam as part of this historic occasion.

While the entire nation has its eye on it, a song is born on this Dhola Sadiya bridge featuring Sadiya, it’s ancient history and cultural heritage - a unique song (Dhol Sadiya Song https://youtu.be/_pfJEmaUH3k) was recorded by the Assamese Bhojpuri Folk activist Kalpana Patowary.

Despite being a household name in the Bhojpuri heartland (as also in Assam) Kalpana Patowary aspires for more then just the fame that the film industry brings. That’s the very reason why this multi-faceted artiste has worked on several unique project that focus on different musical genres and manage to dig into the cultural practices and the history of those very regions and came out with several pearls of musical wisdom making her own in roads into the musical history of her home-state and the Heartland.

The lyrics of the song have been penned by poet - lyricist, Teacher, Author, Research Supervisor - Dinesh Baishya. Composition and Acoustic guitar by Santanu Borah and Violin by Manoj Baruah.

Talking about the theme of the song, Kalpana Patowary said, the idea behind this song was to keep a thought afresh in minds of people that Creativity Drives a Nation.

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The rich history of Sadiya dates back to the 12th century and finds a mention in Indian mythology. Sadiya was the third capital of the Sutiya kingdom established by the second Sutiya ruler Ratnadhwajpal in 1248 and remained as the capital till 1524. According to Sutiya language, the word Sutiya stands for glory,hence the Sutiya kingdom was well known in history for bravery. The Sutiyas invaded the Ahom territory twice, and were successful in defeating the Ahoms.

Many historians believe that it was in Assam where gunpowder was invented, the Sutiyas were the first to use Gunpowder in Assam. The Sutiyas battled the Ahoms with cannons and other varieties of firearms. One of those were the big gun, called Mithaholong and was the one of the largest classes of big guns which were produced in this part of the country.

Gaurinarayan alias Ratnadhwajpal was one of the most powerful Sutiya kings. The expeditions by Gaurinarayan took Sutiya Kingdom to supremacy, to such an extent that after a few years the impact of his power was felt even by the Gauda ruler. The Gauda ruler possibly Khesav Sen made friends with Gaurinarayan who sent one of his son to that country for education. Unfortunately, the Sutiya Prince died there and the corpse was sent to Gaurinarayan, who was then engaged in building a new city. He named the city as Sadiya (Sa-Corpse, Diya-Given) which later on became the capital of the Sutiya Kingdom.Extensive remains of buildings and fortifications built during the rule of the Sutiyas near about Sadiya still point to the importance of the region in the past.
Sadiya had an International bazaar where in many valuable products like rubber, wax, ivory, and musk, to barter for Cotton cloth, salt and metal goods were traded. The hill-men beyond the frontier Mishmis, Abors, and Khamtis used to come down to Sadiya for trading.

Xodiya for me and many of us, is like a Fairy Land..as if, a place which is not very easily reachable, a fantasy land from our childhood storybooks. I always wanted to go there from my childhood times when i used to listen to the songs on Xodiya and xotful by legendary artiste of Assam late Khogen Mahanta’s “ma ami xodiyaloi jaamei”. It is also the birth place of my Idol Guru Bhupen Hazarika. 

So i was very happy when i was informed of my musical presence on the inaugurating event of the historical Dhola Xodiya bridge on 26th May 2017 to be inaugurated by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi..India’s longest river bridge on mighty river Luit. 

I thought it to make further more memorable by creating a musical note. It was not easy for me to express myself in lyrical words as now i know the historical significance of Xodiya, the hub of the many ethnic diverse tribes building today’s Assam. As a Folk Root Artiste i had to carry the responsibility of it. After much pondering there came only one name Dinesh Baishya Sir…I went to his place, met him and expressed my thoughts…..next day there came the song ready.

I am also planning to shoot this song capturing every beauty details of the place and let the whole world know about this bridge and about Sadiya, let Sadiya be on the world map. LONG LIVE SADIYA!! LONG LIVE DHOLA SADIYA BRIDGE, THE BHUPEN HAZARIKA SETU.

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