Guwahati, Aug. 19 -- Former Mizoram Chief Minister and Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga is set to receive his undergraduate degree from Gauhati University nearly six decades after completing his final examination.

The 82-year-old politician will be presented with his degree certificate at a special programme at the Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall on August 20. Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Professor Nani Gopal Mahanta is scheduled to hand over the certificate at 2.30 pm.

Zoramthanga completed his undergraduate final examination in 1966 from Dhanamanjuri College in Manipur, which was then affiliated with Gauhati University. He studied English as his major subject and cleared the examination with a second-class result.

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