- Asam Sahitya Sabha
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Official LogoThe Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assamese: অসম সাহিত্য সভা, Ôxôm Xahityô Xôbha or "Assam Literary Society") was founded in 1917 in Assam, 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. The central office is at Jorhat a city of historical importance. The branches and the district units also have their offices in their respective places.
Till 1826 AD. Assam was ruled mainly by Ahom and Koch dynasties. 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. 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.
Ôxôm Xahityô Xôbha 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. Currently, the 69th convention is being held at Chapar[1]
Contents
List of presidents
Year Name Venue 1917 Padmanath Gohain Baruah Sibsagar 1918 Chandradhar Barua Goalpara 1919 Kaliram Medhi Barpeta 1920 Hemchandra Goswami Tezpur 1923 Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari Jorhat 1924 Kanaklal Barua Dibrugarh 1924 Lakshminath Bezbaruah Guwahati 1925 Rajanikanta Bordoloi Nagaon 1926 Benudhar Rajkhowa Dhuburi 1927 Tarunram Phukan Goalpara 1929 Kamalakanta Bhattacharya Jorhat 1930 Mufizuddin Ahmed Hazarika Golaghat 1931 Nagendra Narayan Choudhury Sibsagar 1933 Jnanadabhiram Barua North Lakhimpur 1934 Ananda Chadra Agarwala Mangaldoi 1936 Raghunath Choudhari Tezpur 1937 Krishna Kanta Handique Guwahati 1940 Moidul Islam Bora Jorhat 1944 Nilamani Phukan Sibsagar 1947 Nilamani Phukan Dibrugarh 1950 Ambikagiri Roychudhury Margherita 1953 Surya Kumar Bhuyan Shillong 1955 Nalini Bala Devi Jorhat 1955 Jatindra Nath Duorah Guwahati 1956 Benudhar Sarma Dhuburi 1958 Padmadhar Chaliha Tinisukia 1959 Atul Chandra Hazarika Nagaon 1960 Trailokya nath Goswami Palashbari 1961 Trailokya Nath Goswami Goalpara 1963 Ratnakanta Borkakati Nazira 1964 Mitradev Mahanta Digboi 1965 Dimbeswar Neog Nalbari 1966 Binanda Chandra Barua North Lakhimpur 1967 Nakul Chandra Bhuyan Dibrugarh 1968 Jnanath Bora Tezpur 1969 Ananda Chandra Barua Barpeta 1970 Upendra Chandra Lekharu Dhing 1971 Tirtha Nath Sarma Makum 1972 Hem Barua Dhuburi 1973 Giridhar Sarma Rangia 1974 Maheshwar Neog Mangaldoi 1975 Satyendra Nath Sarma Titabor 1976 Jagheshwar Sarma Tihu 1977 Syed Abdul Malik Abhayapuri 1978 Prasannalal Choudhury Golaghat 1979 Atul Chandra Barua Sualkuchi 1980 Jatindra Nath Goswami Roha 1981 Sitanath brahmachoudhury Tinisukia 1982 Sitanath Brahmachoudhury Diphu 1983 Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Bongaigaon 1985 Jogesh Das Bihpuria 1986 Biren Borkotoki Kampur 1987 Mahendra Bora Pathsala 1988 Kirthi Nath Hazarika Hailakandi 1989 Mahim Bora Doomdooma 1990 Nabakanta Barua Biswanath Chariali 1991 Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi Dhudhnoi 1992 Lakshyadhar Choudhury Goreshwar 1993 Dr Bhupen Hazarika Sibsagar 1994 Lila Gogoi Morigaon 1995 Hitesh Deka Sarthebari 1996 Laksminandan Bora Bokakhat 1997 Nagen Saikia Bilasipara 1998 Nagen Saikia Howraghat 1999 Chandra Prasad Saikia Hajo 2000 Chandra Prasad Saikia Jorhat 2001 Homen Borgohain Dibrugarh 2002 Homen Borgohain Kalgachia 2003 Birendra Nath Dutta North Lakhimpur 2004 Birendra Nath Dutta Hojai 2005 Kanak Sen Deka Siphajhar 2006 Kanak Sen Deka Belsar 2007 Kanak Sen Deka Chapar 2009 Rongbong Terang Dhemaji 2010 Rongbong Terang Dergaon See also
- Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha
- Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents
- List of Asam Sahitya Sabha
Note:
Giridhar Sharma : b 1912 d 1978. He was a litterateur and academic and the founder principal of the Arya Vidyapeeth College at Gauhati. President of the Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1973 he wrote several books like Asomiya Bhasar Vyakaran, Sanskrit Vyakaran Chandrika, Anglo-Assamese Dictionary, etc.
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Categories:- Culture of Assam
- Assamese literature
- Jorhat
- Indic literature societies
- Organizations established in 1917
- Organisations based in Assam
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