Assam Sahitya Sabha & Presidents

2009-10-29T00:35:00.000-07:00

The Assam Sahitya Sabha was founded in 1917 in Assam, the North Eastern state of India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. Presently it has about one thousand branches all over Assam and also outside the state and the country as well. It's central office is at Jorhat a city of historical importance. The branches and the district units also have their offices in their respective places.
In 1826, Assam came under the rule of the British, and in the process it had become a part of the political map of India. Till 1826 A.D. Assam was ruled mainly by Ahom Kingdom and Koch dynasties. Of course Assam was always an integral part of the cultural map of India.
However , the history of modern Assam, modern Assamese language and literature and culture found their starting points in the early part of the 19th century. Since 1872 some efforts were made to build up some organisations to work for the development of Assamese language, literature and culture of the modern period.
Asam Sahitya Sabha was the final results of all those efforts. In 1917 it came into being. The first conference was held in the month of December 1917 under the Presidentship of Padmanath Gohain Baruah, a big name in the history of modern Assamese literature. Since then the annual conference, nowadays biennial, is held with great pomp and grandeur, and a writer of high reputation is elected to the presidency of the Society.
The conference of the Society become a big literary festival, unique in its character, which is attended by thousands of people. The writers of the state assemble, exchange their views and address the people.

We mention below the Presidents of Assam Sahitya Sabha since its inception with the year and the place where the conference held they presided over-

1917: Padmanath Gohain Baruah at Sibsagar
1918: Chandradhar Barua at Goalpara
1919: Kaliram Medhi at Barpeta
1920: Hemchandra Goswami at Tezpur
1923: Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari at Jorhat
1924: Kanaklal Barua at Dibrugarh
1924: Lakshminath Bezbaruah at Guwahati
1925 : Rajanikanta Bordoloi at Nagaon
1926 : Benudhar Rajkhowa at Dhubri
1927 : Tarunram Phukan at Goalpara
1929 : Kamalakanta Bhattacharya at Jorhat
1930 : Mafijuddin Ahmed Hazarika at Golaghat
1931 : Nagendra Narayan Choudhury at Sibsagar
1933 : Gyanadabhiram Barua at North Lakhimpur
1934 : Ananda Chadra Agarwala at Mangaldoi
1936 : Raghunath Choudhari at Tezpur
1937 : Krishna Kanta Handique at Guwahati
1940 : Moidul Islam Bora at Jorhat
1944 : Nilamani Phukan at Sibsagar
1947 : Nilamani Phukan at Dibrugarh
1950 : Ambikagiri Roychudhury at Margherita
1953 : Surya Kumar Bhuyan at Shillong
1955 : Nalini Bala Devi at Jorhat
1955 : Jatindra Nath Duorah at Guwahati
1956 : Benudhar Sarma at Dhubri
1958 : Padmadhar Chaliha at Tinsukia
1959 : Atul Chandra Hazarika at Nagaon
1960 : Trailokya Nath Goswami at Palashbari
1961 : Trailokya Nath Goswami at Goalpara
1963 : Ratnakanta Borkakati at Nazira
1964 : Mitradev Mahanta at Digboi
1965 : Dimbeshwar Neog at Nalbari
1966 : Binanda Chandra Barua at North Lakhimpur
1967 : Nakul Chandra Bhuyan at Dibrugarh
1968 : Gyananath Bora at Tezpur
1969 : Ananda Chandra Barua at Barpeta
1970 : Upendra Chandra Lekharu at Dhing
1971 : Tirtha Nath Sarma at Makum
1972 : Hem Barua at Dhubri
1973 : Giridhar Sarma at Rangia
1974 : Maheshwar Neog at Mangaldoi
1975 : Satyendra Nath Sarma at Titabor
1976 : Jagyeshwar Sarma at Tihu
1977 : Syed Abdul Malik at Abhayapuri
1978 : Prasannalal Choudhury at Golaghat
1979 : Atul Chandra Barua, at Sualkuchi
1980 : Jatindra Nath Goswami, at Roha
1981 : Sitanath Brahmachoudhury at Tinsukia
1982 : Sitanath Brahmachoudhury at Diphu
1983 : Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya at Bongaigaon
1985 : Jogesh Das at Bihpuria
1986 : Biren Borkotoki at Kampur
1987 : Mahendra Bora at Pathsala
1988 : Kirthi Nath Hazarika at Hailakandi
1989 : Mahim Bora at Doomdooma
1990 : Nabakanta Barua at Biswanath Chariali
1991 : Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi at Dhudhnoi
1992 : Lakshyadhar Choudhury at Goreshwar
1993 : Dr. Bhupen Hazarika at Sibsagar
1994 : Lila Gogoi at Morigaon
1995 : Hitesh Deka at Sarthebari
1996 : Laksminandan Bora at Bokakhat
1997 : Nagen Saikia at Bilasipara
1998 : Nagen Saikia at Howraghat
1999 : Chandra Prasad Saikia at Hajo
2000 : Chandra Prasad Saikia at Jorhat
2001 : Homen Borgohain at Dibrugarh
2002 : Homen Borgohain at Kalgachia
2003 : Birendra Nath Dutta at North Lakhimpur
2004 : Birendra Nath Dutta at Hojai
2005 : Kanak Sen Deka at Siphajhar
2006 : Kanak Sen Deka at Belsar
2007 : Kanak Sen Deka at Chapar
2009 : Rongbong Terang at Dhemaji

Later our idea would be to give you some details about the organisaton and their various activities.

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