(1979) In 1979 and 1980 he won the Ritwik Ghatak Award as best music director for two theatre plays, Mohua Sundari, and Nagini Kanyar Kahini Bengal Journalist's Association Indira Gandhi Smriti Puraskar in (1987) First Indian to win Best Music for the film Rudaali at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival in Japan (1993) Honorary Degree from Tezpur University (2001) 10th Kalakar Award for Lifetime Achievement in the year 2002, Kolkata. In February 2009, the All Assam Students Union erected a life size statue of Hazarika on the banks of Digholi Pukhuri in Guwahati. A full-length docu-feature biopic film on his life titled Moi Eti Zazabor('I am a Wanderer') jointly directed by Late Waesqurni Bora and Arnab Jan Deka has been under production since 1986 In 2010, Assam Cricket Association renamed the Barshapara Cricket Stadium as Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium. Muktijoddha Padak— Awarded as a "Friend of the Freedom Struggle" award by Bangladesh Government (posthumously, 2011) Asom Sahitya Sabha has honored him with the title "Biswa Ratna". Hazarika was honored with commemorative postage stamps by India Post in 2013 and 2016. The longest road bridge of India, Dhola-Sadiya bridge is built over the river Lohit, which is a tributary of the Brahmaputra. It links Dhola and Sadiya both are in Tinsukia district of Assam is named after him. On 8 September 2022, Google honored Hazarika with a Google Doodle to mark his 96th birth anniversary. The doodle, featuring Hazarika playing the harmonium, was created by Mumbai-based guest artist Rutuja Mali. Filmography Notes External links Lyrics of 700+ Bhupendra Sangeets Official website Digital Archive of Bhupen Hazarika Gallery 1926 births 2011 deaths Assamese singers Assamese playback singers Assamese-language singers Assamese-language film directors Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents Columbia University alumni Banaras Hindu University alumni Bollywood playback singers Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipients Deaths from multiple organ failure Film directors from Assam Singers from Assam Musicians from Assam Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship People from Tinsukia district Indian film score composers Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts Best Music Direction National Film Award winners Cotton College, Guwahati alumni 20th-century Indian musicians Members of the Assam Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Indian male film score composers Recipients of the Bharat Ratna 20th-century Indian male singers 20th-century Indian