Radha Govinda Baruah - Revision history

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	'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ~~({{lang-as\|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}})~~ (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book\|author=Mitra Phukan\|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp \|title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG \|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]] \|date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of ~~news papers~~. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August ~~1939~~ under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader\|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm\|accessdate=8 September 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#\|archive-date=5 July 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web\|url=http://~~webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:~~naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc~~+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in~~\|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati\|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site\|~~accessdate~~=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan\|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web \|url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm \|title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 \|work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site \|access-date=7 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# \|archive-date=27 July 2011 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		'''Radha Govinda Baruah''' (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book\|author=Mitra Phukan\|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023221807/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG \|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]] \|date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of newspapers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in [[Dibrugarh]], first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1938 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader\|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm\|accessdate=8 September 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm\|archive-date=5 July 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> The iconic [[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati\|Nehru Stadium]] in Guwahati was built under his leadership in 1962. He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> RG Baruah was instrumental in opening the first bank in Assam, the Imperial Bank Of India (Now State Bank Of India) in 1923. He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is also called the ''Singhapurush'' ("Lion Man") for his immense bravery and enthusiasm.<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web\|url=http://naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc\|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, Guwahati\|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site\|access-date=24 September 2009\|archive-date=28 May 2025\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528053734/http://naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%20Govinda%20Baruah%20College%2C%20Guwahati%2C%20AS.doc\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			==Honours==
			In 2000, Baruah was honoured with a [[postage stamp]], part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan\|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web \|url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm \|title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 \|work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site \|access-date=7 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm \|archive-date=27 July 2011 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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>Simanta6622: He is known as lion man of Assam

2021-05-03T04:24:01Z

He is known as lion man of Assam

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	'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ({{lang-as\|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}}) (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book\|author=Mitra Phukan\|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp \|title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG \|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]] \|date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader\|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm\|accessdate=8 September 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#\|archive-date=5 July 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web\|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in\|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati\|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site\|accessdate=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan\|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web \|url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm \|title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 \|work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site \|access-date=7 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# \|archive-date=27 July 2011 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ({{lang-as\|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}}) (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book\|author=Mitra Phukan\|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ\|year=2004\|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp \|title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG \|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]] \|date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader\|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm\|accessdate=8 September 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#\|archive-date=5 July 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web\|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in\|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati\|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site\|accessdate=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan\|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web \|url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm \|title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 \|work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site \|access-date=7 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# \|archive-date=27 July 2011 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

>BrownHairedGirl: removed Category:Mayors of places in India; added Category:Mayors of places in Assam using HotCat

2021-04-24T14:36:39Z

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'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ({{lang-as|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}}) (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book|author=Mitra Phukan|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp |title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm|accessdate=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#|archive-date=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site|accessdate=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web |url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm |title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 |work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site |access-date=7 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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