Binay Tamang will visit Rhenock in Sikkim on Thursday on the
invitation of chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling to kick-start the
birth centenary celebrations of Shiva Kumar Rai, a well-known literary
figure from Darjeeling who was deputy minister (labour) in the B.C. Roy
government of Bengal.
Tshering Dahal, chairperson, District School Board, said: "GTA
chairman, Binay Tamang will be visiting Rhenock in Sikkim on the
invitation of Sikkim chief minister, Pawan Kumar Chamling to kick start
the centenary birth anniversary of Shiv Kumar Rai on Thursday."
Rai, also a founder member of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
(ABGL), was a renowned literary figure. "He was born in Rhenock on April
26, 1919 and passed away on July 22, 1995. He was also the first Gorkha
minister in the Bengal government. The GTA along with the Shiv Kumar
birth centenary celebration committee, Kurseong, have decided to mark
his birth centenary in a big way."
Tamang will also announce the name of the receipt of the Shiv Kumar award instituted by the GTA, from Sikkim on Thursday.
The Telegraph