Raghunath Choudhary

{{short description|Indian independence activist and writer}}

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| pseudonym = Bihogi kobi

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| birth_date = 1879

| birth_place = Lawpara village, Undivided Kamrup District (present Nalbari district), Assam

| death_date = 18 November 1967

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| occupation = {{hlist|Writer|poet}}

| nationality = Indian

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| language = Assamese

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| notableworks = Xaadori
Jonaki (magazine)

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Raghunath Choudhary (1879–1967){{cite book|author=Kamaleshwar Sarma|title=Raghu Nath Choudhury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bvHTZFfeaAC&pg=PA60|accessdate=25 April 2013|year=2000|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1060-8|pages=60–}} was an Indian writer of the Jonaki era or the romantic era of Assamese literature.{{cite web|url=http://onlinesivasagar.com/literature/raghunath-choudhary.html |title=Raghunath Choudhary – Poets in Assamese literature language Assam |publisher=Onlinesivasagar.com |date= |accessdate=25 April 2013}} Choudhary is known as Bihogi Kobi (poet of birds) because most of his writings are based on birds and nature. Choudhary also took part in the Indian independence movement and was imprisoned by the British for the same. He was the president of Tezpur session of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1936.{{cite web|author=Pranjal Borah |url=http://www.assamportal.com/2012/08/list-of-presidents-of-asom-sahitya-sabha.html |title=List of Presidents of Asom Sahitya Sabha |publisher=assamportal.com |date=25 August 2012 |accessdate=25 April 2013}} Kamrup Sanjeevani Sabha conferred him with the title Kabiratna.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}