Benudhar Rajkhowa
{{Short description|Indian writer, poet and dramatist (1872-1955)}}
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Benudhar Rajkhowa (1872-1955) was a prominent writer, poet and dramatist from Assam.{{cite news |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=121917&dtP=2012-08-12&ppr=1 |title=The Sentinel |publisher=Sentinelassam.com |access-date=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101201/http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=121917&dtP=2012-08-12&ppr=1 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1926 held at Dhuburi district, Assam.{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=2013-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archive-date=2013-09-26 }} When he was studying at Calcutta, he had done a pivot role for development of Asamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha, a literary organization from Assam. He was honoured with Rai Bahadur title by the ruling British government.
Early life and career
Benudhar Rajkhowa was born on 11 December 1872 to Suchadaram Rajkhowa and Hirawati Rajkhowa in Dibrugarh district of Assam. After having primary education in Dibrugarh he had left for Calcutta for higher education. Returning home, he worked in various posts like Extra Assistant Commissioner, Deputy commissioner under the ruling British Government.
Literacy Works
Rajkhowa was also an editor of the Bijuli magazine from 1890 to 1892. He started writing in Jonaki, a leading Assamese in that period.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reuQbFK9Rz4C&q=Benudhar+Rajkhowa&pg=PA94 |title=Assam General Knowledge - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|isbn=9788171994519 }}
Some of his books are:
- Assamese popular superstitions and Assamese demonology (1973){{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=creator%3A%22Rajkhowa%2C+Benudhar%2C+1872-1955.%22 |title=Books by Benudhar Rajkhowa |access-date=2013-05-15}}
- Asamīẏā khaṇḍabākya-kosha (1961)
- Assamese Popular Superstitions and Assamese Demonology (1973){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmMFAAAAMAAJ |title=Assamese Popular Superstitions and Assamese Demonology - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1973 }}
- Assamese Demonology(1905){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnB5mQEACAAJ |title=Assamese Demonology - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15}}
- Historical Sketches of Old Assam: Based on an Analysis of Popular Proverbs (1917){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urTwMgEACAAJ |title=Historical Sketches of Old Assam: Based on an Analysis of Popular Proverbs - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1917 }}
- A dictionary of phrases from Assamese to Assamese and English (1917) (অসমীয়া খণ্ড বাক্যকোষ){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5kBMwEACAAJ |title=A dictionary of phrases from Assamese to Assamese and English - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1917 }}
- Notes on the Sylhetee Dialect(1913){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBFLMwEACAAJ |title=Notes on the Sylhetee Dialect - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1913 }}
- Garland of Praises, English translation of Gunamala in verse (1923).{{cite book|author1=Sankaradeva|author2=Benudhar Rajkhowa|title=Gunamala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIeztgAACAAJ|access-date=26 May 2013|year=1923|publisher=Assam Commercial}}
; Poetry books;
- Dehar pralay (দেহাৰ প্ৰলয়)
- Jivan sandhiya (জীৱন সন্ধিয়া)
- Chandra Sombhob (চন্দ্ৰ সম্ভৱ) (1895),
- Poncho Kobita (পঞ্চ কবিতা) (1895),
- Doxogeet (দশগীত) (1899),
- Soru Lorar Gaan (সৰু লৰাৰ গান) (1901),
; Plays
- Durjudhonor urubhongo (দুৰ্যোধনৰ উৰুভঙ্গ) (1903),{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&q=Benudhar+Rajkhowa&pg=PA281 |title=A History of Indian Literature: 1800-1910, western impact: indian response ... - Sisir Kumar Das - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|isbn=9788172010065 |last1=Das |first1=Sisir Kumar |year=2005 }}
- Seuti Kiron (সেউতি কিৰণ) (1898),
- Deka Gabhoru (ডেকা-গাভৰু) (1889),
- Dorbaar (দৰবাৰ) (1902),
- Kolijug (কলিযুগ) (1904),
- Dokhyojogyo (দক্ষযজ্ঞ)(1908),
- Sotikaar Soibhota (শতিকাৰ সভ্যতা) (1908),
- Lokhimi Tiruta (লখিমী তিৰোতা) (1909),
- Osikhita Ghoini (অশিক্ষিতা ঘৈণী) (1912),
- Bipro Damodor (বিপ্ৰ দামোদৰ) (1917),
- Tini Ghoini (তিনি-ঘৈণী) (1928),
- Suror Sristi (চোৰৰ সৃষ্টি) (1931),
- Jompuri (যমপুৰী) (1931),
- Tuponir porinaam (টোপনিৰ পৰিণাম) (1932)
; Song collections
- * Asomiya Bhai (অসমীয়া ভাই) (1901),
- Bahi (বাঁহী) (1906){{cite journal|author=TI Trade |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/jul1709/colosseum.html |title=Assam Tribune online |publisher=Assamtribune.com |access-date=2013-05-15}}
; Autobiography
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.xophura.net/poetry/benudharrajkhowa-geet Geet (গীত)] a poem of Rajkhowa at xophura.net.
- [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL8610A/Benudhar_Rajkhowa Benudhar Rajkhowa]'s book at openlibrary.org.
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