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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ranjan Bezbaruah<br />
| image = Ranjan Bezbaruah (Singer).jpg<br />
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|1}}<br />
| birth_place = Hatichong, [[Nagaon]], [[Assam]]<br />
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --><br />
| death_cause =<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|Lyricist|Writer|Teacher|Translator}}<br />
| children = Mayukhi (Daughter) <br/>Jishnu (Son)<br />
| spouse = Bornali Parashar<br />
| parents = Rohit Chandra Bezbaruah (Father) <br/> Sri Subhadra Bezbaruah (Mother)<br />
| years_active =<br />
| alma_mater = ADP College<br/> [[Cotton College]] <br/> [[Gauhati University]]<br />
| death_place =<br />
| awards = 'Xudhakantha Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Memorial Integration Award' (2014) <br/> 'Sanskrita Gayaka' (2019) <br/>'Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi' (2020)<br />
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'''Ranjan Kumar Bezbaruah''' is an Indian singer, lyricist, translator and academic engaged in promoting Modern Sanskrit Lyrical Literature.<ref name="Ranjan"/> He is a vocal artiste of ‘Sanskrit songs’ contributing to All India Radio, Delhi Doordarshan & other regional & national platforms.<ref name="Ranjan Bezbaruah">{{cite web |url=https://xahitya.org/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0/ |title=সাক্ষাৎকাৰ- সংগীত সমুদ্ৰত অৱগাহন: এক ব্যতিক্ৰমী পথেৰে শিল্পী ৰঞ্জন বেজবৰুৱা |language=Assamese |trans-title=An interview with artist Ranjan Bezbaruah |work=xahitya.org |date=2020-11-21 |access-date=2021-10-19 }}</ref> He was honoured with 'Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi' in 2020 by an international organisation.<ref name="Bezbaruah">{{cite web|title=Assams Ranjan Bezbaruah Conferred Rashtriya Sanskrit-Geetikavi-Title |date=28 August 2020 |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assams-ranjan-bezbaruah-conferred-rashtriya-sanskrit-geetikavi-title-497981}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Ranjan Bezbaruah was born on 1 August 1971 in Chakalaghat, Hatichong, [[Nagaon]] district of [[Assam]]. His father Rohit Chandra Bezbaruah was an educationist, writer and his mother Sri Subhadra Bezbaruah is a teacher and artist. Bezbaruah married Bornali Parashar of Tezpur-Jamugurihat in 2002. They have two children, a son Jishnu and a daughter Mayukhi.<ref name="Ranjan Bezbaruah"/><br />
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== Cultural and academic activity ==<br />
Sanskrit version of a number of patriotic Indian songs of the maestros like [[Rabindranath Tagore]] & [[Muhammad Iqbal|Md. Iqbal]],<ref name="Ranjan1">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/saare-jahan-se-accha-in-sanskrit-on-i-day/cid/1416904 |title=Saare jahan se accha in Sanskrit on I-Day |work=Telegraphindia.com |date=2016-08-09 |access-date=2021-10-19 }}</ref> [[Kazi Nazrul]], [[Kavi Pradeep]] and so on.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bangladesh-national-anthem-goes-sanskrit-on-bhupen-hazarika-death-anniversary/article29886406.ece |title=Bangladesh national anthem goes Sanskrit on Bhupen Hazarika death anniversary |last=Karmakar |first=Rahul |work=Thehindu.com |date=2019-11-05 |access-date=2021-10-19 }}</ref> Moreover, has been rendering his vocal to a few rare Hindi film songs with dignified lyrics & music encompassing [[K. L. Saigal]] to [[A. R. Rahman]] along with a few popular Ghazals and Bhajans.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gandhijis-favourite-bhajan-vaishnava-jana-to-now-in-sanskrit/article29565239.ece |title=Gandhiji's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnava Jana To', now in Sanskrit |last=Karmakar |first=Rahul |work=Thehindu.com |date=2019-10-01 |access-date=2021-10-19 }}</ref><br />
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He has been translating popular and patriotic songs from [[Assamese Language|Assamese]], [[Bengali Language|Bengali]] and [[Hindi Language|Hindi]] into [[Sanskrit Language|Sanskrit]] and singing them since 1999.<ref name="thehindu"/><br />
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Presented the Sanskrit rendition of the patriotic song- [[Muhammad Iqbal|Md. Iqbal's]] '[[Sare Jahan se Accha]]'<ref name="Ranjan1"/> which was produced and published by the national media, DDNews, Delhi for the first time, on the grand occasion of India's 70th independence day, on 14 August 2016. It was translated and sung by Ranjan Bezbaruah along with other vocalists.<ref name="Ranjan Bezbaruah"/><br />
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He started 'Prachyaa', the first Sanskrit band from North East India and second in India in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/fresh-words-familiar-music/cid/1420701 |title=Fresh words, familiar music |last=Bhattacharyya |first=Smita |work=Telegraphindia.com |date=2017-01-07 |accessdate=2021-10-19 }}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Award !! Place !! Year !! Notes<br />
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| Xudhakantha Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Memorial Integration Award || [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]] || 2014 ||<br />
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| Sanskrita Gayaka || [[Tripura University]] || 2019 ||<br />
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| Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi || Lokbhasha Prachar Samitih, [[Bhubaneswar]] || 2020 || <ref name="Ranjan">{{cite web |url=https://nenow.in/top-news/rashtriya-sanskrit-geetikavi-title-bestowed-on-assams-ranjan-bezbaruah.html |title=Rashtriya Sanskrit Geetikavi title bestowed on Assam's Ranjan Bezbaruah |last=BHATTACHARYYA |first=SMITA |work=NORTHEAST NOW |date=2020-08-28 |accessdate=2021-10-19 }}</ref><ref name="Bezbaruah"/><br />
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| Sadhana Award<br />
| Asam Sahitya Sabha, Nagaon Chapter<br />
| 2023<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.thehillstimes.in/regional/ramdhun-in-sanskrit-tribute-on-gandhi-jayanti/ |title=Ramdhun in Sanskrit: Tribute on Gandhi Jayanti |work=Thehillstimes.in |date=2020-10-02 |access-date=2021-10-19 |archive-date=2021-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021181607/https://www.thehillstimes.in/regional/ramdhun-in-sanskrit-tribute-on-gandhi-jayanti/ |url-status=dead }}<br />
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