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| birth_place = [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]]<br> [[Dhubri]], [[Assam]]<br />
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'''Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury''' (1924–2008) was a noted [[Assam]]ese [[litterateur]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] winner and an [[academician]] from [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]] in [[Assam]], India.<ref>[http://www.guwahatiportal.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=130 Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury, Guwahati Portal, Assam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232339/http://www.guwahatiportal.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=130 |date=25 April 2012 }}</ref> Popularly he is known as ''Sheelabhadra'', his [[pen name]].<ref name="ma">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030630/asp/northeast/story_2114229.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024064904/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030630/asp/northeast/story_2114229.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2012|title=Master narrator - Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury|date=30 June 2003|work=The Telegraph}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Born in 1924 at [[Gauripur, India|Gauripur]] in [[Dhubri District]], Dutta Choudhury pursued his graduation from [[Carmichael College]], [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). He obtained his post-graduation in [[Pure Mathematics]] from [[Calcutta University]] in 1946, with a first class and silver medal.<br />
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==Career==<br />
After his post-graduated studies, he joined [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]], [[Guwahati]] as a [[lecturer]] in [[Mathematics]]. Subsequently, he became a contractor, a [[sub-editor]] with the [[Assam Tribune]] and assistant [[Management|manager]] in a [[tea]] estate for some time and finally he restarted his teaching career in the [[Assam Engineering College]], [[Guwahati]] in 1957 as a [[lecturer]]. And he retired in 1982 as a [[professor]] in [[mathematics]].<br />
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He died on 29 February 2008 at a hospital in [[Guwahati]].<ref>[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar0108/at03 Noted litterateur Sheelabhadra dead, ''The Assam Tribune'', 1 March 2008, Guwahati]</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Dutta Choudhury's major literary works are ''Madhupur aru Tarangini'', ''Agomonir Ghat'', ''Anahatguri'', ''Abichinna'', ''Prachir'', ''Godhuli and Anusandhan'' (all [[novels]]) and ''Baastab'', ''Beer Sainik'', ''Samudrateer'', ''Tarua Kadam'', ''Pratiksha'', ''Uttaran'', ''Mezaz'', ''Sheelabhadrar Kuria Galpa'', ''Nirbachita Galpa'', ''Madhupurar Madhukar'', ''Anya ek Madhupur'', ''Uttar Nai'', ''Dayitya aru Anyanya Galpa'', ''Biswas aru Anyanya Galpa'', ''Lagaria'' and several other collections of [[short stories]]. Many of his literary works have been translated into [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Oriya language|Oriya]] by the [[National Book Trust]], the [[Sahitya Akademi]] and the [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]]. ''Smriticharan'' is his [[autobiography]].<br />
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=== Novels ===<br />
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# Madhupur aru Trangini (1971)<br />
# Agamonir Ghat (1973)<br />
# Aahotguri (1973)<br />
# Abichinna (1980)<br />
# Prachir (1980)<br />
# Godhuli (1981)<br />
# Anuhondhan (1987)<br />
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=== Short story collections ===<br />
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# Bastob<br />
# Kunu Khyov Nai<br />
# Homudra Teer<br />
# Bir Hoinik<br />
# Shilovhodror Kurita Golpo<br />
# Mejaz<br />
# Rotubabur Garage<br />
# Protikhya<br />
# Uttoron<br />
# Bishwakh aru Anyanyo Golpo<br />
# Dwayitto aru Anyanyo Golpo<br />
# Jibon aru Anyano Golpo<br />
# Durgoto aru Anyanyo Golpo<br />
# Cithi aru Anyanyo Golpo<br />
# Akou Modhupur<br />
# Madhupur Bohudur<br />
# Torpon<br />
# Nirbachito Golpo<br />
# Logoriya<br />
# Anyo Ek Modhupur<br />
# Modhupuror Modhukor<br />
# Apun Manuh<br />
# Jibonor Rong<br />
# Hayahno<br />
# Uttor Nai<br />
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=== Autobiography ===<br />
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# Smriticharon<br />
# Madhupuror Smriti<br />
# Atitor Khondito Chitro<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
Dutta Choudhury was honoured with the 1994 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Assamese Writers|Assamese]] for his [[short stories]] collection, ''Madhupur Bahudur'',<ref>[http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi Sahitya Akademy Award Winners] List of Akademi [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese|Award winners for Assamese]]</ref><ref>[http://www.enotes.com/topic/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Assamese_language ''enotes.com'' List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners]</ref> the [[Assam Valley Literary Award]] in 2001, the Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad award in 1990 and the Assam Publication Board [[award]] in the same year.<ref name="ma"/><br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://www.assamjournal.com/2011/08/rebati-mohan-dutta-choudhury-life-and.html Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury Profile]<br />
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