Jnanadabhiram Barua

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Jnanadabhiram Barua (1880-1955){{cite book|author=C. Vijayasree|title=Writing the West, 1750-1947: Representations from Indian Languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cin3i2EVgUkC&pg=PA18|accessdate=29 April 2013|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1944-1|pages=18–}} was a notable Indian Assamese language writer, dramatist, translator, and barrister from Assam. He also participated in India's freedom struggle.

Early life and education

He was born to Gunabhiram Barua and Bishnupriya Devi in 1880. He received his early education in Nagaon. Thereafter he went to Calcutta and London for further education. He became barrister and was appointed as the first principal of BRM Government Law College in Assam.{{Cite web|url=http://www.brmgovtlawcollege.org.in/profile.htm|title=Welcome to B.R.M.Government Law College|website=www.brmgovtlawcollege.org.in|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720092302/http://www.brmgovtlawcollege.org.in/profile.htm|url-status=dead}}

Literacy works

Some of his works include Venishor Saud, Pancharatna, Dodair poja, and Bialator Sithi (Letters from Abroad). Mor Katha is his autobiographical book.{{cite book|author=Rajen Saikia|title=Social and economic history of Assam, 1853-1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOTsAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 April 2013|date=1 July 2000|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-7304-344-4}} He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1933 held at North Lakhimpur, 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 |accessdate=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archivedate=26 September 2013 }} He translated Laxminath Bezbarua's Burhi aair xadhu into English.

Personal life

He was married to Latika Tagore.{{cite book |last1=Deb |first1=Chitra |title=Women of The Tagore Household |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=9789352141876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvU6CwAAQBAJ&q=Jnanadabhiram+Barua+wife+latika&pg=PT391 |accessdate=29 October 2019 |language=en}} Barua's daughter Ira Barua married Gitindranath Tagore and their eldest daughter is noted Indian film actress Sharmila Tagore and married to then Captain of Indian Cricket team and Nawab of Pataudi Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=mansoor+ali+khan+pataudi |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418132517/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1413%2Fat05 |archivedate=18 April 2015 |title=The Assam Tribune Online }}

References

External links

[https://books.google.com/books?id=JkluAAAAMAAJ&q=Jnanadabhiram Socio-cultural aspects of Assam in the nineteenth century], by Prasenajit Caudhuri (1994)

Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Assam

Category:Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents

Category:1880 births

Category:People from Nagaon district

Category:1955 deaths

Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights

Category:20th-century Indian translators

Category:Writers from British India