AMGSU celebrates its 53rd foundation day

IMPHAL, Sep 25
The All Manipur Gorkha Students' Union (AMGSU), today, celebrated its 53rd Foundation Day at Kanglatongbi Community Hall from 1 pm onwards.
In the programme, Bhola Nath Sharma Nepal (RO (Retd) Planning Dept, Govt of Manipur); Raju Bhurtel, Asst Teacher (St. Joseph Hr Sec School, Imphal) and LB Adhikari, president, AMGSU attended the function as the chief guest, special guest and functional president respectively.
The programme started with lightning of candles, flag hoisting and singing of the National Anthem, a statement of AMGSU said.
One minute of silence/mourning was observed in honour of all late well wishers and members of AMGSU, it said. After the introduction programme, the official website of AMGSU (www.amgsu.org.) was launched by the presidium members. The website is at its preliminary stage and will be updated in the days to come, it said.
They also launched the annual SANDESH magazine (2020) of AMGSU, which contains the brief history of AMGSU, some of the articles written by students and scholars and the report of AMGSU's activities from 2018 to 2020.
The digital photo of Saheed Subedar Niranjan Chhetri, as developed under the initiative of AMGSU, was also launched by AMGSU in the presence of all the presidium members, it said.
AMGSU, in pursuance of the felicitation of meritorious Students of Class X and XII, provided certificates, portrait and pamphlet of Saheed Subedar Niranjan Chhetri to subject toppers Sabina Dahal (MIL Nepali from Chil Chil Asian Mission High School, Kanglatongbi), Nabin Thapa (Elementary Hindi from Froebel English School, Kanglatongbi), Ranjana Thapa (E Manipuri (RS) from Sanakeithel Chingshang High School) and Shambhawi Baral (Sanskrit from Sanatan Sanskrit Vidyalaya, Charhajare) from Class X (BOSEM) and Elishiba Rai (Nepali from Damdel Christian College, Charhajare) from Class XII (COHSEM), it continued.
AMGSU thanked Mani Kumar Limbu (president, Nepali Sanskriti Suraksha Parishad, Manipur), Laxuman Bista (president, Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangha), Bhawani Adhikari (president, Nepali Sahitya Parishad, Manipur), Shimshim Soshim (Social Worker), K B Tamang (Social Worker) and Saraswati Sharma Nepal (Wife of Social Worker, Khem Raj Sharma Nepal) for attending the function.
AMGSU also thanked the advisors present in the function, Kritimani Khatiwoda, Kamal Kumar Das, Madan Kumar Limbu, Krishnalal Biswakarma, Sitaram Kaphle and Anand Rai.
The mouthpiece magazine of AMGSU "Sandesh" Volume-7 was also released at the function, it said while adding that function was attended by president and secretary of Trang, Toribari-Kangpokpi, Kalapahar, SPGT, Charhajare and Kanglatongbi units.
Leimakhong and Motbung units observed the foundation day at its own units, it continued.