Asom Sahitya Sabha – A contemporary Analysis

By Hiranya Saikia on February 08, 2013 Asom Sahitya Sabha, Asomiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha, Assam Sahitya Sabha, Assamese, Assamese Nation, Assamese students, British, Calcutta, Chandra Kumar Agarwala, Chandra Prasad Saikia, Dr. Birendra Nath Dutta, Hemchandra Goswami, Homen Borgohain, Imran Shah, Jagadish Patgiri, Kanaksen Deka, Lakhminath Bezbarua, Nagen Saikia, Padamanath Gohain Baruah ARTICLES, EXCLUSIVE

In 1888, a group of Assamese students studying in Calcutta, then the capital of Colonial India founded the Asomiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha to develop the Assamese language and literature. Since there were no colleges in Assam at that time, a few Assamese students who could financially afford went to Calcutta for higher studies. Lakhminath Bezbarua, […]