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Professor '''Maheswar Neog''' (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the [[North East India]] especially [[Assam]], besides being an [[Assamese-language]] scholar and poet.<ref name="SharmaRatha1974">{{cite book|author1=Mukunda Madhava Sharma|author2=Satyanarayana Ratha|title=Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovUpmzQjmRAC|year=1974|publisher=Lawyer's Book Stall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assaminfo.com/famous-people/56/dr-maheswar-neog.htm |title=Professor Maheswar Neog |publisher=Assaminfo.com |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bipuljyoti Saikia |url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/maheswarneog.html |title=Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Authors & Poets – Maheswar Neog |publisher=Bipuljyoti.in |date=7 September 1915 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep1411/city07 |title=DU VC delivers Maheswar Neog lecture|publisher=The Assam Tribune Online |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> An editorial in the ''Assam Times'' called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range."<ref>{{cite web|author=Dhruvajyoti Barua |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=sep1309/edit2 |publisher=The Assam Tribune Online |title=Dr Maheswar Neog's contribution to GU|date=13 September 2009 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at [[Gauhati University]] and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at [[Punjabi University]].
Professor '''Maheswar Neog''' (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the [[North East India]] especially [[Assam]], besides being an [[Assamese-language]] scholar and poet.<ref name="SharmaRatha1974">{{cite book|author1=Mukunda Madhava Sharma|author2=Satyanarayana Ratha|title=Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovUpmzQjmRAC|year=1974|publisher=Lawyer's Book Stall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assaminfo.com/famous-people/56/dr-maheswar-neog.htm |title=Professor Maheswar Neog |publisher=Assaminfo.com |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bipuljyoti Saikia |url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/maheswarneog.html |title=Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Authors & Poets – Maheswar Neog |publisher=Bipuljyoti.in |date=7 September 1915 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep1411/city07 |title=DU VC delivers Maheswar Neog lecture|publisher=The Assam Tribune Online |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in Assam through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of Assam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IGNCA Library Maheswar Neog’s Collection of Books {{!}} IGNCA|url=https://ignca.gov.in/ignca-news/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=ignca.gov.in}}</ref>
 
An editorial in the ''Assam Times'' called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range."<ref>{{cite web|author=Dhruvajyoti Barua |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=sep1309/edit2 |publisher=The Assam Tribune Online |title=Dr Maheswar Neog's contribution to GU|date=13 September 2009 |access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref> He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at [[Gauhati University]] and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at [[Punjabi University]].


He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974,<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> also in the same year he remained the President of [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] (Assam Literary Society).<ref name="asamsahityasabha">{{cite web | url=http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | title=List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents | access-date=7 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233721/http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | archive-date=29 January 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1994, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref name=sna>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows) |publisher=SNA Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=6 December 2014 }}</ref>
He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974,<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> also in the same year he remained the President of [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] (Assam Literary Society).<ref name="asamsahityasabha">{{cite web | url=http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | title=List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents | access-date=7 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233721/http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | archive-date=29 January 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1994, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref name=sna>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows) |publisher=SNA Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=6 December 2014 }}</ref>

Latest revision as of 15:34, 15 November 2021

Maheswar Neog
Born(1915-09-07)7 September 1915
Sibsagar, Assam, India
Died13 September 1995(1995-09-13) (aged 80)
OccupationProfessor and Writer
Parent(s)Manik Chandra Neog and Chandra Probha Neog

Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially Assam, besides being an Assamese-language scholar and poet.[1][2][3][4] He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in Assam through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of Assam.[5]

An editorial in the Assam Times called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range."[6] He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Gauhati University and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at Punjabi University.

He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974,[7] also in the same year he remained the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society).[8] In 1994, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[9]

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  1. ↑ Mukunda Madhava Sharma; Satyanarayana Ratha (1974). Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography. Lawyer's Book Stall.
  2. ↑ "Professor Maheswar Neog". Assaminfo.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Bipuljyoti Saikia (7 September 1915). "Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Authors & Poets – Maheswar Neog". Bipuljyoti.in. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "DU VC delivers Maheswar Neog lecture". The Assam Tribune Online. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "IGNCA Library Maheswar Neog's Collection of Books | IGNCA". ignca.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Dhruvajyoti Barua (13 September 2009). "Dr Maheswar Neog's contribution to GU". The Assam Tribune Online. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". SNA Official website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014.


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