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'''Hemchandra Barua''' ({{lang-as|হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা}}; ''Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa''), also known as '''Hem Barua''' was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from [[Sibsagar District]] of [[Assam]]. His father was Muktaram Barua. | '''Hemchandra Barua''' ({{lang-as|হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা}}; ''Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa''), also known as '''Hem Barua''' was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from [[Sibsagar District]] of [[Assam]]. His father was Muktaram Barua. | ||
==Literacy works== | ==Literacy works== | ||
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* 'Swasthyô rôkhya ba ga bhalê rakhibôr upay' (Way to health) (স্বাস্থ্য ৰক্ষা বা গা ভালে ৰাখিবৰ উপায়) (translated) | * 'Swasthyô rôkhya ba ga bhalê rakhibôr upay' (Way to health) (স্বাস্থ্য ৰক্ষা বা গা ভালে ৰাখিবৰ উপায়) (translated) | ||
* 'Assamese Marriage System'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |title=RCILTS, IIT Guwahati |publisher=Iitg.ernet.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195752/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | * 'Assamese Marriage System'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |title=RCILTS, IIT Guwahati |publisher=Iitg.ernet.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195752/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
He was also an editor of ''Assam News'' published from Gauhati ( | He was also an editor of ''Assam News'' published from Gauhati (1883–85). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Assamese Language Movement]] | * [[Assamese Language Movement]] | ||
* [[Orunodoi]] | * [[Orunodoi]] | ||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=D2BCF6468C191DD515F30155A0E49E71.journals?fromPage=online&aid=5765796 Hemkosh] at journals.cambridge.org. | * [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=D2BCF6468C191DD515F30155A0E49E71.journals?fromPage=online&aid=5765796 Hemkosh] at journals.cambridge.org. | ||
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[[Category:19th-century male writers]] | [[Category:19th-century Indian male writers]] | ||
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[[Category:19th-century Indian journalists]] | [[Category:19th-century Indian journalists]] | ||
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Hemchandra Barua | |
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| Born | 10 December 1835 Sibsagar, Assam |
| Died | 1897 |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Hemkosh |
Hemchandra Barua (Assamese: হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা; Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa), also known as Hem Barua was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from Sibsagar District of Assam. His father was Muktaram Barua.
Literacy works[edit | edit source]
He was the compiler of the first exhaustive Assamese dictionary Hemkosh, where spellings based on Sanskrit were first introduced. It was the second dictionary of the Assamese language.[1] It was published in 1900 after his death under the supervision of Capt. P. R. Gordon, ISC and Hemchandra Goswami.
Some of his other works are listed below:[2]
- 'Ôxômiya Byakôrôn' (Assamese grammar) (অসমীয়া ব্যাকৰণ) (1859)
- 'Adipath' (আদিপাঠ) (1873)
- 'Pathmala' (পাঠ-মালা) (1882)
- 'Ôxômiya lôrar byakôrôn' (Grammar for Assamese children) (অসমীয়া ল’ৰাৰ ব্যাকৰণ) (1886). All the above four books were accepted as text books for schools and also awarded by the British Government.
- 'Pôrhaxôliya Ôbhidhan' (School Dictionary) (পঢ়াশলীয়া অভিধান) (1892)
- 'Bahirê rông sông, bhitôrê kûwabhaturi', (বাহিৰে ৰংচং ভিতৰে কোৱাভাতুৰী)
- 'Kaniyar Kirttôn' (কানীয়াৰ কীৰ্ত্তন) (1861)
- 'Swasthyô rôkhya ba ga bhalê rakhibôr upay' (Way to health) (স্বাস্থ্য ৰক্ষা বা গা ভালে ৰাখিবৰ উপায়) (translated)
- 'Assamese Marriage System'[3]
He was also an editor of Assam News published from Gauhati (1883–85).
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Sarma, Anjali (1990), Among the luminaries in Assam: a study of Assamese biography, Mittal Publications, p. 118, ISBN 978-81-7099-207-3
- ↑ "Hemchandra Barua - First Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh". Onlinesivasagar.com. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ "RCILTS, IIT Guwahati". Iitg.ernet.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Hemkosh at journals.cambridge.org.
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