Noted Assamese Singer Sudakshina Sarma dies at 89

Noted Assamese Singer Sudakshina Sarma dies at 89

Noted Assamese Singer Sudakshina Sarma, younger sister of Bhupen Hazarika
breathed her last on Monday after battling with pressure sores, sepsis, and aspiration pneumonia at 89.
According to her family, she passed away at 8.25 am.

Sudakshina Sarma, also known as Nirupama Hazarika, was born in Guwahati in 1934. She was the younger sister of Bhupen Hazarika.

Her father-in-law had given her the name Sudakshina T after she married the poet and composer Dileep Sarma. She is known for singing numerous well-known songs.

It is learnt that last October, after collapsing in the bathroom and sustaining serious injuries, Sudakshina Sarma successfully had a leg operation at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.

Doctors had said that after the procedure, her condition was stable. She had been hospitalised for observation.

The singer will always be cherished and honoured for all that she accomplished. Sarma had a donation arrangement with Ellora Vigyan Mancha, a Guwahati-based NGO that promotes organ donation, for all of her organs.

News input KV Raman