Dharma Narayan Barma
{{Short description|Indian Sanskrit teacher}}
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Dharma Narayan Barma (born 10 November 1935) is an Indian Sanskrit teacher from Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He is known for his work in promoting Kamtapur language.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-26 |title=Rajbanshis’ salience in Bengal politics surfaces as TMC, BJP lock horns over Kaliaganj flare-up |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajbanshi-bengal-politics-tmc-bjp-lock-horns-kaliaganj-flare-up-8577872/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} For his contribution to the Arts and Literature, he was given India's fourth-highest civilian Padma Shri award in 2021.{{Cite news |date=2021-01-26 |title=West Bengal: ‘Bantul the Great’ creator wins Padma Shri |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bantul-the-great-creator-wins-padma-shri/articleshow/80456930.cms |access-date=2023-12-11 |issn=0971-8257}}
Early life
Barma was born in 1935 in, He did his master's degree from Calcutta University in Sanskrit in 1959. Then started working as teacher at Metropolitan Higher Secondary School, Calcutta. after that he returned to Cooch Behar, where he worked at Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School until he retired.https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Content/CitationsForTickets/2021/202125.pdf
Awards
Padma Shri from Government of India in 2021.
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