Uttaranchal Chief Minister Himarnav Deka and Rajagriha Mayor Nitin Kumar head Federal Territory Honours list 2025

BY THE CHIEF EDITOR

20 December 2025, Rajagriha: Uttaranchal Chief Minister and Gotanagar Mayor Aryasri Maha Sri Pramukha Himarnav Deka and Rajagriha Mayor Nitin Kumar headed the list of 34 recipients of the Most Distinguished Order of the Territorial Crown in conjunction with the Federal Territories Day 2025. Both of the recipients received the highest class or Grand Companion of the order with carries the title Uttama Sri.

Twelve were awarded the Companion class which included Health and Sanitation Minister Aryasri Maha Sri Mohammad Rayan Hussain, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Aryasri Maha Sri Uttama Bhargya Phukan, Urban Development Minister Aryasri Maha Sri Uttama Praneet Singh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Paramsri Maha Surya Yasmin Sultana, Purvanchal Chief Minister Maha Sri Indra Tushar Deka, Basistha Chief Minister Maha Surya Harlong Terang, Kamrupa Chief Minister Maha Sri Paduka Pallavi Rai, Madhya Prant Chief Minister Maha Prathama Sanghita Roy, Beltola Chief Minister Aryasri Maha Sri Surya Samaira Paul, Suvarnabhoomi First Minister Aryasri Maha Sri Vijaya Chandan Das, Roanoke Representative Aryasri Maha Sri Uttama Josh Ford, and Rabat-Mgarr Representative Sanaya Roy.

20 individuals were awarded the Member class which included Grand Chamberlain Prince Subrata, Naqipur First Minister Maha Vijaya Kushal Saha, Ranigarh First Minister Maha Paduka Mayuri Kalita, Rashtradhyaksh's Principal Private Secretary Prateek Baul, Beltola Deputy Chief Minister Pranjit Kalita, Kamrupa Deputy Chief Minister Subhajit Kar, Religious and Minority Affairs Minister Maha Vijaya Razia Sultana, Civil Defence Minister Maha Vijaya Iftikar Ahmed, Health and Sanitation Minister of State Maha Indra Parishmita Das, Culture Minister of State Nida Fatima, Army Chief General Narawit Watcharachetthakul, Purvanchal State Ministers Jatin Naik and Hanif Ali Palowan, Beltola State Minister Ishika Das, Basistha City Mayor and State Minister Fardeen Ahmed, and his colleague Arshad Ahmed, Madhya Prant State Minister Debika Deka Pator Sarma, Prime Minister's Secretary Mridula Barman, Foreign Secretary Luke Wellmoore, and former FT Minister of State Benjamin Levinson.

The Rashtradhyaksh and the Minister of Regional Development had earlier greeted the nation and the territorial citizens on the occasion of the Federal Territory Day. The FT Day marks the annexation of the first federal territory of Chandrabans in 2020. Since 2023, 20 December every year has been observed as the FT Day and appointments are made to the order.