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	[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Surya Kumar Bhuyan''' [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (~~1894–1964~~) was a writer, historian, and a poet from [[Assam]].<ref name="Society1991">{{cite book\|author=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society\|title=Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=20 June 2013\|year=1991\|publisher=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082747/http://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ\|archive-date=22 January 2014\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barua1965">{{cite book\|author=Birinchi Kumar Barua\|author-link=Birinchi Kumar Barua\|title=History of Assamese literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=20 June 2013\|year=1965\|publisher=East-West Center Press\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082547/http://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ\|archive-date=22 January 2014\|url-status=live}}</ref> He presided over the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] ([[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents\|1953]]) held at [[Shillong]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm \|title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam \|publisher=Vedanti.com \|access-date=2013-06-20 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm \|archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref> He was the elected member of [[Rajya Sabha]] during 1952–53, and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1956.		[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Surya Kumar Bhuyan''' [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (1892–1964) was a writer, historian, and a poet from [[Assam]].<ref name="Society1991">{{cite book\|author=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society\|title=Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=20 June 2013\|year=1991\|publisher=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082747/http://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ\|archive-date=22 January 2014\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barua1965">{{cite book\|author=Birinchi Kumar Barua\|author-link=Birinchi Kumar Barua\|title=History of Assamese literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=20 June 2013\|year=1965\|publisher=East-West Center Press\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082547/http://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ\|archive-date=22 January 2014\|url-status=live}}</ref> He presided over the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] ([[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents\|1953]]) held at [[Shillong]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm \|title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam \|publisher=Vedanti.com \|access-date=2013-06-20 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm \|archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref> He was the elected member of [[Rajya Sabha]] during 1952–53, and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1956.

	==Life history and achievements==		==Life history and achievements==
	Bhuyan was born on 27 January ~~1894~~ to Rabilal Bhuyan and Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan at Fauzdaripatty, in [[Nagaon district]], Assam. He began his education at Nagaon but in 1904, moved to [[Shillong]]. He graduated from the Shillong Government School in 1909. In 1913,<ref name="Bharali2012">{{Cite book\|title=Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya\|last=Bharali\|first=Hemanta Kumar\|publisher=Banalata\|year=2012\|location=Guwahati}}</ref> he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in the [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], and in 1916, completed his master's degree English in the [[Calcutta University]]. He started his career as a teacher in Jorhat Mission School. In 1918, he was appointed as a lecturer in Cotton College at Guwahati. In 1936, Bhuyan went to England to work on his PhD at the London School of Oriental and African Studies.<ref name="Vedanti"/> Bhuyan became the first [[Assamese people\|Assamese]] to be the Principal of the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]]. After which, Bhuyan began to resuscitate the [[Buranjis]] and formulate a distinct past for Assam, against its inclusion within the framework of the Indian state. In this, he continued the work of Sir [[Edward Gait]], collecting historical manuscripts from old families and converting them into a readable format. He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of [[Gauhati University]].<ref name="Vedanti">{{cite web\|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084534/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2016-03-04 \|title=Surya Kumar Bhuyan \|publisher=Vedanti.com \|access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>		Bhuyan was born on 27 January 1892 to Rabilal Bhuyan and Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan at Fauzdaripatty, in [[Nagaon district]], Assam. He began his education at Nagaon but in 1904, moved to [[Shillong]]. He graduated from the Shillong Government School in 1909. In 1913,<ref name="Bharali2012">{{Cite book\|title=Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya\|last=Bharali\|first=Hemanta Kumar\|publisher=Banalata\|year=2012\|location=Guwahati}}</ref> he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in the [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], and in 1916, completed his master's degree English in the [[Calcutta University]]. He started his career as a teacher in Jorhat Mission School. In 1918, he was appointed as a lecturer in Cotton College at Guwahati. In 1936, Bhuyan went to England to work on his PhD at the London School of Oriental and African Studies.<ref name="Vedanti"/> Bhuyan became the first [[Assamese people\|Assamese]] to be the Principal of the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]]. After which, Bhuyan began to resuscitate the [[Buranjis]] and formulate a distinct past for Assam, against its inclusion within the framework of the Indian state. In this, he continued the work of Sir [[Edward Gait]], collecting historical manuscripts from old families and converting them into a readable format. Bhuyan served as the second President of the Governing Body of [[Nowgong College]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=HISTORY – NOWGONG COLLEGE\|url=https://www.nowgongcollege.edu.in/down-memory-lane.html\|access-date=2021-07-07\|website=www.nowgongcollege.edu.in}}</ref> He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of [[Gauhati University]].<ref name="Vedanti">{{cite web\|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084534/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2016-03-04 \|title=Surya Kumar Bhuyan \|publisher=Vedanti.com \|access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==

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[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Surya Kumar Bhuyan''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (1894–1964) was a writer, historian, and a poet from [[Assam]].<ref name="Society1991">{{cite book|author=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society|title=Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ|access-date=20 June 2013|year=1991|publisher=Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082747/http://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=22 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Barua1965">{{cite book|author=Birinchi Kumar Barua|author-link=Birinchi Kumar Barua|title=History of Assamese literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ|access-date=20 June 2013|year=1965|publisher=East-West Center Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082547/http://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=22 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> He presided over the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] ([[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents|1953]]) held at [[Shillong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref> He was the elected member of [[Rajya Sabha]] during 1952–53, and was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1956.

==Life history and achievements==
Bhuyan was born on 27 January 1894 to Rabilal Bhuyan and Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan at Fauzdaripatty, in [[Nagaon district]], Assam. He began his education at Nagaon but in 1904, moved to [[Shillong]]. He graduated from the Shillong Government School in 1909. In 1913,<ref name="Bharali2012">{{Cite book|title=Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya|last=Bharali|first=Hemanta Kumar|publisher=Banalata|year=2012|location=Guwahati}}</ref> he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in the [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], and in 1916, completed his master's degree English in the [[Calcutta University]]. He started his career as a teacher in Jorhat Mission School. In 1918, he was appointed as a lecturer in Cotton College at Guwahati. In 1936, Bhuyan went to England to work on his PhD at the London School of Oriental and African Studies.<ref name="Vedanti"/> Bhuyan became the first [[Assamese people|Assamese]] to be the Principal of the [[Cotton College, Guwahati]]. After which, Bhuyan began to resuscitate the [[Buranjis]] and formulate a distinct past for Assam, against its inclusion within the framework of the Indian state. In this, he continued the work of Sir [[Edward Gait]], collecting historical manuscripts from old families and converting them into a readable format. He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of [[Gauhati University]].<ref name="Vedanti">{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084534/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Surya Kumar Bhuyan |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>

==Literary works==
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Surya Kumar Bhuyan compiled, collated, and edited a number of books and articles in the [[Assamese language]]. He also wrote a few books in English and [[Bengali language|Bengali]], which include:<ref name="Vedanti"/>

===Historical books===
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* Kamrupar Buranji (কামৰূপৰ বুৰঞ্জী; 1930)
* Deodhai Assam Buranji (দেওধাই অসম বুৰঞ্জী; 1932)
* Assamar Padya Buranji (অসমৰ পদ্য বুৰঞ্জী; 1932)
* Padshah Buranji (পদসাহ বুৰঞ্জী; 1935)
* Kachari Buranji (কছাৰী বুৰঞ্জী; 1936)
* Jayantia Buranji (জয়ন্তীয়া বুৰঞ্জী)
* Tripura Buranji (ত্ৰিপুৰা বুৰঞ্জী)
* Satsari Assam Buranji (সাতসৰী অসম বুৰঞ্জী)
* Konwar Bidroh (কোৱৰ বিদ্ৰোহ; 1948)
* Mirjumlar Asom Akramon (মিৰজুমলাৰ অসম আক্ৰমণ; 1956)
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===Biographical works in Assamese===
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* Gopal Krishna Gokhle (গোপাল কৃষ্ণ গোখলে; 1961)
* Ahomar Din (আহোমৰ দিন; 1918)
* Robindra Nath Thakur (ৰবীন্দ্ৰ নাথ ঠাকুৰ; 1920)
* Anandaram Baruah (আনন্দৰাম বৰুৱা; 1920)<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA28|access-date=20 June 2013|date=1 January 1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=28–|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629001759/http://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA28|archive-date=29 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jonaki (জোনাকী; 1928)
* Chaneki (চানেকী; 1928)
* Asom Jiyori (অসম জীয়ৰী; 1935)
* Rajeswar Singha (ৰাজেশ্বৰ সিংহ; 1974)
* Ramoni Gabharu (ৰমনী গাভৰু; 1951)
* Swargadeu Godadhor Singha (স্বৰ্গদেউ গদাধৰ সিংহ)
* Anandaram Dhekial Phukan (আনন্দৰাম ঢেকীয়াল ফুকন)
* Jagannath Barua (জগন্নাথ বৰুৱা)
* Sir Edward Gait (চাৰ এডৱাৰ্ড গেইট) etc.
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===Creative works in Assamese===
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* Nirmali (নিৰ্মালি; 1918) (collection of poems)
* Panchami (পঞ্চমী; 1927) (short story collection)
* Tripodi (ত্ৰিপদী; 1960) (collection of articles written on literature)
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===Books in English===
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* An Assamese Nurjahan (1962)
* Tungkhungia Buranji (1932)
* Assamese Historical Literature
* Kartuya
* An Account of Assam
* Preliminary Report on the old Record at Assam Secretariat
* Lachit Barphukan and his Times
* Annal of Delhi Badsahai
* Anglo Assamese Relations (1937)
* The Seven Hindrances (1937)
* Atan Buragohain and his Times (1937)
* Studies in the Literature of Assam (1937)
* Catalogue of Historical writings (1955)
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===Books in Bengali===
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* Bangla Vashai Oxomor Itihaas (বাংলা ভাষায় আসামেৰ ইতিহাস)
* Obosane Ahom Rajotwo (অবসানে আহোম ৰাজত্ব)
* Kabyoroshik Boiganiker Atmochorit (কাব্যৰসিক বৈজ্ঞানিকেৰে আত্মচৰিত)
* Europot Oxomor Jyotish Sutro (য়ুৰোপত অসমৰ জ্যোতিষ সূত্ৰ)
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==Awards==
* [[Padma Shri]] award, the fourth-highest civilian award from the [[Government of India]] in the field of Literature and Education in [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (1954–59)|1956]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2013 }}</ref>
* '''Rai Bahadur''', the title honored by the ruling British government in 1933.
*Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1946 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37598|supp=y|page=2792|date=4 June 1946}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[List of people from Assam]]
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.xophura.net/tag/surya-kumar-bhuyan Some poems of the author] (in Assamese) at xophura.net.
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