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'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ({{lang-as|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}}) (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book|author=Mitra Phukan|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp |title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm|accessdate=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#|archive-date=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site|accessdate=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web |url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm |title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 |work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site |access-date=7 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
'''Radha Govinda [[Baruah]]''' ({{lang-as|ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা}}) (17 October 1900<ref name="phukan">{{cite book|author=Mitra Phukan|title=R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKNqPwAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Sahitya Prakash}}</ref> – 15 July<ref name="aca">{{Cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040716/asp/northeast/story_3501062.asp |title=ACA appeals for top honour to RG |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=15 July 2004}}</ref> 1977<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" />) was the founder of [[The Assam Tribune]], a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader|url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm|accessdate=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705053050/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/oct09/article11.htm#|archive-date=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.<ref name="dkpna" /> He was a sports enthusiast,<ref name="phukan" /> who was president of the [[Assam Cricket Association]] for over a decade.<ref name="aca" /> He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="aca" /><ref name="dkpna" /> He is called "the architect of modern Assam"<ref name="phukan" /><ref name="rgbc" /> for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.<ref name="rgbc" /> [[Radha Govinda Baruah College]] (or R G Baruah College) in [[Guwahati]] is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".<ref name="rgbc">{{cite web|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aB4bRAsM6DEJ:naacindia.org/Reports/Radha%2520Govinda%2520Baruah%2520College,%2520Guwahati,%2520AS.doc+Radha+govinda+baruah&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in|title=Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati|work=[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] web site|accessdate=24 September 2009}}</ref> In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with [[Jaglal Choudhary]], [[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]], and [[Rettamalai Srinivasan|Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan]].<ref name="dkpna">{{Cite web |url=http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm |title=Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000 |work=Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site |access-date=7 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060302/http://webspace.webring.com/people/md/dakshina_kan_pa/art8/aug.htm# |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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Radha Govinda Baruah
Baruah on a 2000 stamp of India
Born(1900-10-17)17 October 1900
Died15 July 1977(1977-07-15) (aged 76)
NationalityIndian
Other namesLion man
CitizenshipIndian
Known forStarted Assam Flying club. First Mayor of Guwahati. Started the Guwahati Tea Auction Center. The Nehru Stadium at Guwahati was built under his leadership.
RelativesNarendra Nath Phukan

Radha Govinda Baruah (Assamese: ৰাধাগোবিন্দ বৰুৱা) (17 October 1900[1] – 15 July[2] 1977[1][2]) was the founder of The Assam Tribune, a group of news papers. Radha Govinda Baruah, an enterprising person in Dibrugarh, first conceived the idea of launching an English daily. With some help from his friends and well wishers, he brought out an English weekly newspaper instead of a daily on 4 August 1939 under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, former editorial staff of Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Anand Bazar Group, Kolkata.[3] He founded the Assam Tribune in 1939.[4] He was a sports enthusiast,[1] who was president of the Assam Cricket Association for over a decade.[2] He is also noted for his contributions to the society and culture of Assam.[1][2][4] He is called "the architect of modern Assam"[1][5] for his being "instrumental in realising the educational needs" of the Assamese people.[5] Radha Govinda Baruah College (or R G Baruah College) in Guwahati is named after him. He is called the "Lion Man".[5] In 2000, he was honoured with a postage stamp, part of a series of "Great Leaders : Social and Political" along with Jaglal Choudhary, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and Diwan Bahadur R. Srinivasan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mitra Phukan (2004). R G Baruah: The Architect of Modern Assam. Sahitya Prakash.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "ACA appeals for top honour to RG". The Telegraph. 15 July 2004.
  3. ↑ "The Assam Tribune : A timeless leader". Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Stamp Calendar – Stamps Issued by India in August 2000". Dakshina Kannada Philatelic and Numismatic Association web site. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Radha Govinda Baruah College, , Guwahati". National Assessment and Accreditation Council web site. Retrieved 24 September 2009.


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