{"id":86672,"date":"2019-12-03T02:39:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=86672"},"modified":"2019-12-03T02:39:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T21:09:02","slug":"bohams-mortal-remains-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/12\/03\/bohams-mortal-remains-laid-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Boham\u2019s mortal remains laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KANUBARI, Dec 2:<\/strong> The mortal remains of former minister Nokchong Boham were laid to rest here in Longding district on Monday.<br \/>\nAs a mark of respect, Longding MLA Tanpho Wangnaw and the DC Cheshta Yadav laid wreaths on his mortal remains.<br \/>\nA ceremonial gun salute was accorded by Arunachal Pradesh Police.<br \/>\nBoham passed away on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness.<br \/>\nWangnaw termed the death of Boham as a personal loss and recalled his contribution and role in all round development of the Wancho community.<br \/>\nWhile consoling the bereaved family members, he urged them to be strong at such trying times.<br \/>\nIn his condolence message, RWD Minister Honchun Ngandam said: &#8220;I have worked with him as a junior legislator during our good years and learnt many things from him. He was not only a popular public leader in Wancho but also a gentle, honest and helpful person.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe expressed the hope that his good soul will continue to guide all of us in the years to come.<br \/>\nKanubari MLA Gabriel D Wangsu also conveyed his condolences to the family.<br \/>\n&#8220;With his passing away, I have lost a guide, philosopher and a fatherly figure. It is a colossal loss for me personally,&#8221; said Wangsu in his condolence message.<br \/>\nA sea of people also joined the funeral procession of the former minister at Kanubari.<br \/>\nGovernment has declared a day&#8217;s state mourning on Monday as a mark of respect to Boham.<br \/>\nBoham served the state in various capacities. He was the minister for Forest, Panchayat and Industries etc. in his 22 years of long stint as a legislator.<br \/>\nHe is also remembered for outlawing repugnant social cultures like tattooing among Wancho women. DIPRO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANUBARI, Dec 2: The mortal remains of former minister Nokchong Boham were laid to rest here in Longding district on Monday. As a mark of respect, Longding MLA Tanpho Wangnaw and the DC Cheshta Yadav laid wreaths on his mortal remains. A ceremonial gun salute was accorded by Arunachal Pradesh Police. Boham passed away on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}