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| name = Suchibrata Roychoudhury | | name = Suchibrata Roychoudhury | ||
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| caption = Suchibrata Roychoudhury addressing a gathering at Amar Ghar, an Old Age Home in Guwahati, Assam. | | caption = Suchibrata Roychoudhury addressing a gathering at Amar Ghar, an Old Age Home in Guwahati, Assam. | ||
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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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[[Category:1931 births]] | [[Category:1931 births]] | ||
[[Category:2009 deaths]] | [[Category:2009 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Poets from Assam]] | [[Category:Poets from Assam]] | ||
[[Category:Writers from Guwahati]] | |||
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] | |||
[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]] | |||
[[Category:20th-century Indian translators]] | |||