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'''Suchibrata Roychoudhury''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese:]] শুচিব্রতা ৰায়চৌধুৰী; 1 September 1929 – 2 December 2009; sometimes spelled '''Suchibrata Raichoudhury''')<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2 December 2009|title=Suchibrata Raichoudhury no more|work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]]|url=http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/assam-assamnet.org/2009-December/024361.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> was an Assamese litterateur and poet, and the first female Judicial Magistrate of Assam as a [[Assam Public Service Commission|Assam Civil Services]] officer.<ref name="PressReader.com 2020">{{cite web | title=Your favorite newspapers and magazines. | website=PressReader.com | date=2020-12-03 | url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-assam-tribune/20201203/281676847479370 | access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref> She received the [[ | '''Suchibrata Roychoudhury''' ([[Assamese language|Assamese:]] শুচিব্রতা ৰায়চৌধুৰী; 1 September 1929 – 2 December 2009; sometimes spelled '''Suchibrata Raichoudhury''')<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=2 December 2009|title=Suchibrata Raichoudhury no more|work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]]|url=http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/assam-assamnet.org/2009-December/024361.html|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> was an Assamese litterateur and poet, and the first female Judicial Magistrate of Assam as a [[Assam Public Service Commission|Assam Civil Services]] officer.<ref name="PressReader.com 2020">{{cite web | title=Your favorite newspapers and magazines. | website=PressReader.com | date=2020-12-03 | url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-assam-tribune/20201203/281676847479370 | access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref> She received the [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] in 2001 for translating [[Suvira Jaiswal]]'s ''The Origin and Development of Vaishnavism in India.''<ref name="..">{{cite web | title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. | website=.. | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/anuvad_samman_suchi.jsp | language=hr | access-date=2021-07-25}}</ref><ref name="Profiles 2003">{{cite web | last=Profiles | first=Teresa Rehman | title=Breaking free from fetters- PERSONALITY | website=Telegraph India | date=2003-03-27 | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/breaking-free-from-fetters-personality/cid/1545832 | access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref> | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Suchibrata was born on 1 September 1929 in Panbazar, [[Guwahati]] to freedom activist and poet [[Ambikagiri Raichoudhury|Ambikagiri Roychoudhury]] and Kaushalya Devi Ambikagiri.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Baruah|first1=Jyotshna|last2=Adhikary|first2=Gajendra|date=|title=Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhury and the revolutionary movement in the Brahmaputra valley|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28088/10/10_chapter%204.pdf|journal=Gauhati University Department of History|chapter=4|type=Thesis|volume=|pages=|via=INFLIBNET Centre}}</ref> Suchibrata was the eldest of four siblings.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Borah|first=Dr. Jayashree|url=https://www.scientiabooks.in/product/agni-ishnata/|title=Agnisnata|publisher=Aalibaat Publication|year=|isbn=|location=[[Guwahati]]|pages=|language=Assamese}}</ref> | Suchibrata was born on 1 September 1929 in [[Pan Bazaar|Panbazar]], [[Guwahati]] to freedom activist and poet [[Ambikagiri Raichoudhury|Ambikagiri Roychoudhury]] and Kaushalya Devi Ambikagiri.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Baruah|first1=Jyotshna|last2=Adhikary|first2=Gajendra|date=|title=Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhury and the revolutionary movement in the Brahmaputra valley|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28088/10/10_chapter%204.pdf|journal=Gauhati University Department of History|chapter=4|type=Thesis|volume=|pages=|via=INFLIBNET Centre}}</ref> Suchibrata was the eldest of four siblings.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Borah|first=Dr. Jayashree|url=https://www.scientiabooks.in/product/agni-ishnata/|title=Agnisnata|publisher=Aalibaat Publication|year=|isbn=|location=[[Guwahati]]|pages=|language=Assamese}}</ref> | ||
From an early age, she was engaged in writing songs, stories, poems and articles. In class fifth, she published her first hand-written magazine ''Bonti'' along with her friend Kamala Das.<ref name=":4" /> She wrote a poem "Sannyasi" in the magazine on [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. She started singing [[borgeet]] when she was in class fourth. | From an early age, she was engaged in writing songs, stories, poems and articles. In class fifth, she published her first hand-written magazine ''Bonti'' along with her friend Kamala Das.<ref name=":4" /> She wrote a poem "Sannyasi" in the magazine on [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. She started singing [[borgeet]] when she was in class fourth. | ||
She began school at the Balika Primary School in Panbazaar, Guwahati. From class fourth onwards, she continued her high school studies at Panbazar Girl's High School and completed her [[Matriculation in India|matriculation]] in 1945. She also received the Pratibha Devi Award and Narayani Handique Award for Science in the same year.<ref name="Profiles 2003"/> | She began school at the Balika Primary School in Panbazaar, Guwahati. From class fourth onwards, she continued her high school studies at Panbazar Girl's High School and completed her [[Matriculation in India|matriculation]] in 1945. She also received the Pratibha Devi Award and Narayani Handique Award for Science in the same year.<ref name="Profiles 2003"/> | ||
In the year 1947, she completed her intermediate examination from [[Handique Girls College|Handique Girl's College]]. She graduated from the same college in 1949 and enrolled in [[Gauhati University]].<ref name=":4" /> She also wrote plays for [[All India Radio]]. She started her career as a teacher in the [[Tarini Choudhury Govt. Girls H.S. & M.P. School|Tarini Charan Girl's School]] in 1951.<ref name="Profiles 2003"/> | In the year 1947, she completed her intermediate examination from [[Handique Girls College|Handique Girl's College]]. She graduated from the same college in 1949 and enrolled in [[Gauhati University]].<ref name=":4" /> She also wrote plays for [[All India Radio]]. She started her career as a teacher in the [[Tarini Choudhury Govt. Girls H.S. & M.P. School|Tarini Charan Girl's School]] in 1951.<ref name="Profiles 2003"/> | ||
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Suchibrata set up institutions throughout her life, leading her to earn ''Dinabandhavi'' title ("friend of the poor").<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Glowing tributes paid to Suchibrata Roychoudhury|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0516/city062|access-date=2020-12-02|website=The Assam Tribune Online}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Need for more old-age homes underlined|work=[[The Assam Tribune]]|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0511/city07|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> | Suchibrata set up institutions throughout her life, leading her to earn ''Dinabandhavi'' title ("friend of the poor").<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Glowing tributes paid to Suchibrata Roychoudhury|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0516/city062|access-date=2020-12-02|website=The Assam Tribune Online}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Need for more old-age homes underlined|work=[[The Assam Tribune]]|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0511/city07|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> | ||
== | === Civil service === | ||
By 1954, Suchibrata had joined the Assam Civil Service as a civil servant. | By 1954, Suchibrata had joined the Assam Civil Service as a civil servant. | ||
*1953: Appeared the Assam Civil Service Examination (ACSE).<ref name=":0" /> | *1953: Appeared the Assam Civil Service Examination (ACSE).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:43, 3 March 2022
Suchibrata Roychoudhury | |
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শুচিব্রতা ৰায়চৌধুৰী | |
| Born | 1 September 1929 Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Died | 2 December 2009 (aged 78) Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Occupation | Government servant, writer, poet |
| Years active | 1942–2003 |
| Parents |
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| Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Suchibrata Roychoudhury (Assamese: শুচিব্রতা ৰায়চৌধুৰী; 1 September 1929 – 2 December 2009; sometimes spelled Suchibrata Raichoudhury)[1] was an Assamese litterateur and poet, and the first female Judicial Magistrate of Assam as a Assam Civil Services officer.[2] She received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2001 for translating Suvira Jaiswal's The Origin and Development of Vaishnavism in India.[3][4]
Biography[edit]
Suchibrata was born on 1 September 1929 in Panbazar, Guwahati to freedom activist and poet Ambikagiri Roychoudhury and Kaushalya Devi Ambikagiri.[5] Suchibrata was the eldest of four siblings.[6]
From an early age, she was engaged in writing songs, stories, poems and articles. In class fifth, she published her first hand-written magazine Bonti along with her friend Kamala Das.[6] She wrote a poem "Sannyasi" in the magazine on Mahatma Gandhi. She started singing borgeet when she was in class fourth.
She began school at the Balika Primary School in Panbazaar, Guwahati. From class fourth onwards, she continued her high school studies at Panbazar Girl's High School and completed her matriculation in 1945. She also received the Pratibha Devi Award and Narayani Handique Award for Science in the same year.[4]
In the year 1947, she completed her intermediate examination from Handique Girl's College. She graduated from the same college in 1949 and enrolled in Gauhati University.[6] She also wrote plays for All India Radio. She started her career as a teacher in the Tarini Charan Girl's School in 1951.[4]
Social work[edit]
Suchibrata set up institutions throughout her life, leading her to earn Dinabandhavi title ("friend of the poor").[7][8]
Civil service[edit]
By 1954, Suchibrata had joined the Assam Civil Service as a civil servant.
- 1953: Appeared the Assam Civil Service Examination (ACSE).[1]
- 1954: Deputy Magistrate of the Gauhati Court on 15 February 1954,[9] and then posted in different parts of Assam.
- 1970: Deputy Director of Panchayat Department, Shillong.
- 1973: Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Gramodyog Board.
- 1976: Sub-Divisional Commissioner of Gauhati Division.[1]
- 1977-83: Secretary of District Gazetteer.[10] She was once again posted as the Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Gramodyog Board in Guwahati.[1]
- 1983: Deputy Director of Education Department, Assam Secretariat.
- 1986: Director of Social Welfare Department.
- 1989: Retired as an officer of Revenue Department on 31 August 1989.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
Suchibrata's literary works generally deal with themes of patriotism and social evils.[11] Some of her literary works are:
Plays[edit]
- Kun Bate - Her first play was translated when she was in school. The play was later published by her father, narrated on radio and performed by Arya Natya Samaj and the Handique Girls College.
- Yugar Dabi
- Garima
- Troyee
Translations[edit]
Suchibrata translated many books and plays into Assamese.
- Mahmud of Ghazni, a historical biography, from English to Assamese under the Indian Council of Historical Research
- The Moon is Down by John Steinback into Assamese with the title Beli Lohiale'
- The Moon and Sixpence, a collection of short stories by Somerset Maugham
- The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao (2005), as Jivanatit, published by Sahitya Akademi
- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov (2005), published by Lawyer's Book Stall
- Dangerous Corner by J.B Priestly into Assamese as Bipad Seema' (1994)
- A collection of Short Stories by O. Henry (1999)
- The Origin and Development of Vaishnavism in India by Suvira Jaiswal (1999)
Short stories[edit]
- Saptaparna (1960)
- Sonali Pera (1956)
- Budhiyok Kun (1991-98)
Novels[edit]
- Sundar Desh (1960)
- Bah Maroli (1953-54)
- Kamonar Jui Jolil Jetiya (1954)
Collections of poems and songs[edit]
- Mathu Katha (1988)
- Tumi Aru Moi (1950)
- Hahakarar Gaan (1995)
- Suhuri (1996)
- Gunjan (1996)
- Spandan
Other works[edit]
- Jeeban Premor Atandra Anal (2000)
- Agneepath (2010) a biography of her father, Ambikagiri Roychoudhury
- Aain Aru Adalat (2006)
- Sahitya Manjari
- Chetanar Chinta (1999), a compilation of editorials of the magazine Chetana published by the Asam Sahitya Sabha.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Suchibrata Raichoudhury no more". The Sentinel. 2 December 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Your favorite newspapers and magazines". PressReader.com. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ↑ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." .. (in hrvatski). Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Profiles, Teresa Rehman (2003-03-27). "Breaking free from fetters- PERSONALITY". Telegraph India. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ Baruah, Jyotshna; Adhikary, Gajendra. "4". Ambikagiri Roy Chowdhury and the revolutionary movement in the Brahmaputra valley (PDF) – via INFLIBNET Centre.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Borah, Dr. Jayashree. Agnisnata (in Assamese). Guwahati: Aalibaat Publication.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Glowing tributes paid to Suchibrata Roychoudhury". The Assam Tribune Online. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ↑ "Need for more old-age homes underlined". The Assam Tribune.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ All India Civil List. Published under the authority of the Government of India by the Associated Advertisers & Printers. 1 July 1968.
- ↑ Assam (India) (1991). Assam District Gazetteers: Cachar district. Government of Assam.
- ↑ Contemporary Indian Literature: A Symposium. Sahitya Akademi. 1968.