It was the inaugural lecture by Lt. Gen (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, PVSM, His Excellency the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir on Assam's Glorious History as a part of Assam Association Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, where he remembered these quoted words which were spelled during his tenure of Assam's Governor at a seminar organized by Indian Council for Historical Research in the past.
Lt. Gen (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, The Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, also said in his lecture "that there is been a unique contribution of Assam in our country's development. I believe that India has three capitals one Delhi as its Political Capital, second Mumbai as its commercial capital and third Gauhati as its cultural capital".
"Historians have been unfair to Assam, they discussed about the Indus valley civilization, Kaveri Valley civilization, Gagus Valley civilization but they haven't discussed about the Brahmaputra valley civilization. Historians have discussed about warriors like Ranapratap and Shivaji prominently but, they have not discussed about the Military leaders from Assam. 'Lord Krishna' has a prominent importance in Indian Mythology there is nothing which is not widely known is that his wife Rukmini hails from Assam" He added.
"I feel very painful when I see separatists groups, especially Ulfa projects Assam as a separate state. My objective during my tenure as Governor of Assam was that I want people of Assam to be proud of them self and their past, and rest of the India to be proud of Assam. It can be done by focusing on the history of Assam & bringing out features which are unique in many ways" he said in his lecture.
"History proved that Assam is always been an integral part of India same as Kashmir, the city of Srinagar was founded by Ashoka in the 3rd century BC and Assam's association with the rest of the country is even older".
