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Surya Kumar Bhuyan | |
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| Born | 27 January 1892 Fauzdaripatty, Nagaon district, Assam |
| Died | 1964 (aged 69â70) --> Fauzdaripatty, Nagaon, Assam |
| Pen name | Bhanunandan |
| Occupation | Writer, Lecturer |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MA, DLit, PhD |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta London University |
| Notable awards | Padma Shri |
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Rai Bahadur Surya Kumar Bhuyan MBE (1894â1964) was a writer, historian, and a poet from Assam.[1][2] He presided over the Asam Sahitya Sabha (1953) held at Shillong.[3] He was the elected member of Rajya Sabha during 1952â53, and was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1956.
Life history and achievements
Bhuyan was born on 27 January 1894 to Rabilal Bhuyan and Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan at Fauzdaripatty, in Nagaon district, Assam. He began his education at Nagaon but in 1904, moved to Shillong. He graduated from the Shillong Government School in 1909. In 1913,[4] he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in the Presidency College, Calcutta, and in 1916, completed his master's degree English in the Calcutta University. He started his career as a teacher in Jorhat Mission School. In 1918, he was appointed as a lecturer in Cotton College at Guwahati. In 1936, Bhuyan went to England to work on his PhD at the London School of Oriental and African Studies.[5] Bhuyan became the first Assamese to be the Principal of the Cotton College, Guwahati. After which, Bhuyan began to resuscitate the Buranjis and formulate a distinct past for Assam, against its inclusion within the framework of the Indian state. In this, he continued the work of Sir Edward Gait, collecting historical manuscripts from old families and converting them into a readable format. He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University.[5]
Literary works
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Surya Kumar Bhuyan compiled, collated, and edited a number of books and articles in the Assamese language. He also wrote a few books in English and Bengali, which include:[5]
Historical books
- Kamrupar Buranji (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1930)
- Deodhai Assam Buranji (āĻĻā§āĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1932)
- Assamar Padya Buranji (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1932)
- Padshah Buranji (āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻš āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1935)
- Kachari Buranji (āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1936)
- Jayantia Buranji (āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§)
- Tripura Buranji (āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§)
- Satsari Assam Buranji (āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§°ā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§)
- Konwar Bidroh (āĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻš; 1948)
- Mirjumlar Asom Akramon (āĻŽāĻŋā§°āĻā§āĻŽāĻ˛āĻžā§° āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ; 1956)
Biographical works in Assamese
- Gopal Krishna Gokhle (āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§; 1961)
- Ahomar Din (āĻāĻšā§āĻŽā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨; 1918)
- Robindra Nath Thakur (ā§°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°; 1920)
- Anandaram Baruah (āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž; 1920)[6]
- Jonaki (āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§; 1928)
- Chaneki (āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻā§; 1928)
- Asom Jiyori (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§°ā§; 1935)
- Rajeswar Singha (ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš; 1974)
- Ramoni Gabharu (ā§°āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§°ā§; 1951)
- Swargadeu Godadhor Singha (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš)
- Anandaram Dhekial Phukan (āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĸā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻāĻ¨)
- Jagannath Barua (āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž)
- Sir Edward Gait (āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĄā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻāĻ) etc.
Creative works in Assamese
- Nirmali (āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ; 1918) (collection of poems)
- Panchami (āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽā§; 1927) (short story collection)
- Tripodi (āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§; 1960) (collection of articles written on literature)
Books in English
- An Assamese Nurjahan (1962)
- Tungkhungia Buranji (1932)
- Assamese Historical Literature
- Kartuya
- An Account of Assam
- Preliminary Report on the old Record at Assam Secretariat
- Lachit Barphukan and his Times
- Annal of Delhi Badsahai
- Anglo Assamese Relations (1937)
- The Seven Hindrances (1937)
- Atan Buragohain and his Times (1937)
- Studies in the Literature of Assam (1937)
- Catalogue of Historical writings (1955)
Books in Bengali
- Bangla Vashai Oxomor Itihaas (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸)
- Obosane Ahom Rajotwo (āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ)
- Kabyoroshik Boiganiker Atmochorit (āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ¤)
- Europot Oxomor Jyotish Sutro (āĻ¯āĻŧā§ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°)
Awards
- Padma Shri award, the fourth-highest civilian award from the Government of India in the field of Literature and Education in 1956.[7]
- Rai Bahadur, the title honored by the ruling British government in 1933.
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours.[8]
See also
- Assamese literature
- List of people from Assam
- List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents
- List of Assamese writers with their pen names
References
- â Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society (1991). Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world. Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- â Birinchi Kumar Barua (1965). History of Assamese literature. East-West Center Press. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- â "Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- â Bharali, Hemanta Kumar (2012). Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya. Guwahati: Banalata.
- â 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Surya Kumar Bhuyan". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- â Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1 January 1996). Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 28â. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- â "Padma Awards Directory (1954â2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
- â "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2792.
External links
- Some poems of the author (in Assamese) at xophura.net.