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[email protected] Vol.VII Issue VIII AUGUST 2005 C O N T E N T S IN THIS ISSUE The News Round-Up Independence Day Feature : Martyr Kushal Konwar Feature : Lived as an Emperor, Died as a Saint Feature : Indian Independence Struggle and Assamese Women Backgrounder : Forest Survey of India Feature : Defining Poverty in True Sense Feature : Harnessing North East Economic Potential PM’s Speech Highlights : Prime Minister’s Independence Day Address Feature : National Rural Health Mission Feature : Manas – Paradise on Earth Cover Page : Martyr Kushal Konwar Editor : Smt. R. Sonowal Kouli, I.O. Assistant : Shri N. Chowdhury, Steno(Jr.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE NEWS ROUND-UP B. NARZARY NEW DAVP REGIONAL DIRECTOR Shri Bidyasagar Narzary, Director Public Relations, Press Information Bureau, Guwahati has recently taken over as Regional Director of the Directorate of Advertisement & Visual Publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India in Guwahati, on his promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade of the