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Surya Kumar Bhuyan | |
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Born | (1892-01-27)27 January 1892 Fauzdaripatty, Nagaon district, Assam |
Died | 5 July 1964 (aged 71–72) Fauzdaripatty, "Nagaon," Assam |
Pen name | Bhanunandan |
Occupation | Writer, Lecturer |
Language | Assamese |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | MA, "DLit," PhD |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta London University |
Notable awards | Padma Shri |
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Rai Bahadur Surya Kumar Bhuyan MBE (1892â1964) was a writer, historian, educator, social activist, storyteller, essayist, professor and a poet from Assam. He has written many books on ancient history, stories, essays, biographies, etc. in the world of Assamese literature. He presided over the Asam Sahitya Sabha (1953) held at Shillong. He was the elected member of Rajya Sabha during 1952â53, and was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1956.
Life history and achievementsâģ
Bhuyan was born on 27 January 1892 to Rabilal Bhuyan and "Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan at Fauzdaripatty," in Nagaon district, Assam. His mother died when he was young. His father's two brothers, Kankalal Bhuyan and Matilal Bhuyan, as well as Bhubaneshwari Bhuyan, died during the "black fever of the late nineteenth century." Surya Kumar Bhuyan was raised by his grandmothers, Pahita and Labita. His father was the Chief District Magistrate of Nagaon district. He began his education at Nagaon. But in 1904, moved to Shillong. He graduated from the Shillong Government School in 1909. In 1913, he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in the Presidency College, Calcutta, and in 1916, completed his master's degree English in the Calcutta University. He started his career as a teacher in Jorhat Mission School. In 1918, he was appointed as a lecturer in Cotton College at Guwahati. In 1936, Bhuyan went to England to work on his PhD at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. Bhuyan became the first Assamese to be the Principal of the Cotton College, Guwahati. After which, Bhuyan began to resuscitate the Buranjis and formulate a distinct past for Assam, against its inclusion within the framework of the Indian state. In this, he continued the work of Sir Edward Gait, collecting historical manuscripts from old families and converting them into a readable format. Bhuyan served as the second President of the Governing Body of Nowgong College. He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University.
Personal lifeâģ
Surya Kumar Bhuyan married Laksheshwari Bhuyan on 14 February 1917. They had six children.
Literary worksâģ
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Surya Kumar Bhuyan compiled, collated, and edited a number of books and articles in the Assamese language. He also wrote a few books in English and Bengali, which include:
Historical booksâģ
- Assam Buranji by Harakanta Barua; 1930
- Kamrupar Buranji (āĻāĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1930)
- Deodhai Assam Buranji (āĻĻā§āĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1932)
- Assamar Padya Buranji (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1933)
- Padshah Buranji (āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻāĻžāĻš āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1935, 2009)
- Kachari Buranji (āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1936)
- Jayantia Buranji (āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§;1937)
- Tripura Buranji (āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1938)
- Assam Buranji,S.M with an Analysis in English.1945
- Konwar Bidroh (āĻā§āĻā§ąā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻš; 1948)
- Mirjumlar Asom Akramon (āĻŽāĻŋā§°āĻā§āĻŽāĻ˛āĻžā§° āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ; 1956)
- Satsari Assam Buranji (āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§°ā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§; 1960,2009)
Biographical works in Assameseâģ
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale (āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§; 1916) (Incorporated in jivani sahitya)
- Ahomar Din (āĻāĻšā§āĻŽā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨; 1918)
- Rabindranath Tagore (ā§°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§ā§°; 1920,2007) (Incorporated in Jivani Sahitya)
- Anundoram Borooah,Sanskritist (āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž; 1920,1924,1956,2007)
- Jonaki, lives of eminent men (āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§; 1928,1938,2007)
- Chaneki,lives of eminent women (āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻā§; 1928,2006)
- Asam Jiyari, Assamese women of history (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§°ā§; 1935,2007)
- Swargadew Rajeswar Singha (ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš; 1751-1769,1975,2005)
- Ramoni Gabharu (ā§°āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§°ā§; 1951)
- Swargadeu Godadhor Singha (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ§ā§° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻš)
- Anandaram Dhekial Phukan (āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĸā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻāĻ¨)
- Jagannath Barua (āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž)
- Sir Edward Gait (āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĄā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻāĻ) etc.
Creative works in Assameseâģ
- Nirmali (āĻ¨āĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ; 1918) (collection of poems) (Incorporated in Kavita Sangraha)
- Panchami (āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽā§; 1927) (short story collection)
- Tripadi (āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§; 1959,2010) (collection of articles written on literature)
- Jaimati Upakhyan (āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨;1920,1954) (Poem)
Books in Englishâģ
- An Assamese Nur Jahan, Queen Phuleswari Devi (1926)
- Tungkhungia Buranji (1932)
- Assamese Historical Literature
- Kartuya
- An Account of Assam
- Preliminary Report on the Agency Records of the Assam Government, 1823-1874
- Lachit Barphukan and his times
- Annals of the Delhi Badshahate, 1947
- Anglo Assamese Relations (Thesis approved for the Ph D Degree of London University) ( 1949,1999,2008)
- Seven Hindrances (1953) (Incorporated in some Literary Reminiscences)
- Atan Buragohain and his times (1937)
- Studies in the Literature of Assam (1937, 1956,1962,1986)
- Catalogue of Historical writings (1955)
- Report and Conspectus of the Assam Research Society
- Early British Relations with Assam.1928
- Printed in Assam Secretariat Office file.1930-31
- Bulletins of the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies in Assam, Nos I,II and III,V,1932-36
- Assamese Literature : Ancient and Modern.Printed in Assam Secretariat Office file.1936 Incorporated in studies in literature of Assam
- Dr. Francis Hamiltons's Account of Assam. 1940
- Military System of the Assamese People. Prativa Devi Memorial Lectures, Fourth Series.1941,2010
- Some Literary Reminiscences. 1954,2010
- Quintessence of Experience. 1986,2010
- Studies in the History of Assam. 1986,2009
- London Memories. 1979
- An Assamese Miscellany.2012
- Recollection and Reflection. 2010
- Men I Have Met.1962, 2010
- Copper Plate and stone Inscriptions of Ancient and Medieval Assam.2010
- Two German Articles on Assam Edited. 2010
- Assam in the Eighteenth Century Edited.2012
- Two Years in Parliament. 2010
Books in Bengaliâģ
- Bangla Vashai Oxomor Itihaas (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸)
- Obosane Ahom Rajotwo (āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ)
- Kabyoroshik Boiganiker Atmochorit (āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ¤)
- Europot Oxomor Jyotish Sutro (āĻ¯āĻŧā§ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§° āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°)
Awardsâģ
- Padma Shri award, the fourth-highest civilian award from the Government of India in the field of Literature and Education in 1956.
- Rai Bahadur, the title honored by the ruling British government in 1933.
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours.
Deathâģ
Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan died on 5 July 1964 at the American Baptist Mission Hospital in Chhatribari of America. At the time of demise, he left his wife Laksheshwari Bhuyan, three sons and three daughters and a few grandchildren.
See alsoâģ
- Assamese literature
- List of people from Assam
- List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents
- List of Assamese writers with their pen names
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Life Sketch of Dr. S. K. Bhuyan". suryyakumarbhuyan.com. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society (1991). Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world. Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Birinchi Kumar Barua (1965). History of Assamese literature. East-West Center Press. ISBN 9780842611459. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Nanda Talukdar, Surya Kumar Bhuyan, page 26
- ^ Bharali, Hemanta Kumar (2012). Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya. Guwahati: Banalata.
- ^ "Surya Kumar Bhuyan". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "HISTORY â NOWGONG COLLEGE". www.nowgongcollege.edu.in. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Padmanath Gohani Baroua,ed. Jiwoni songroh, page 310
- ^ Vijay Kumar Bhuyan, edit. Mur jiwon dorxon, Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan, p.27
- ^ Barman, Sivanath (1992). Asamiya Jivani Abhidhan Ed. 1st. Sofia Press & Publishers Pvt Ltd. pp. 295â296. Retrieved 29 March 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Nalini Natarajan; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1 January 1996). Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 28â. ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar (1926). An Assamese Nur Jahan: or, a sketch of the life of Queen Phuleswari Devi. Gauhati, Assam: Suryya Kumar Bhuyan. OCLC 39121150.
- ^ Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar (1933). Tungkhungia buranji: or, a history of Assam: 1681-1826 A.D.: an old Assamese chronicle of the Tungkhungia dynasty of Ahom sovereigns: marginalie, genealogical tables, bibliog: [front.]. London.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar (1947). Lachit Barphukan and his times; a history of the Assam-Mogul conflicts of the period 1667 to 1671 A. D. Gauhati: Govt. of Assam in the Dept. of Historical and Antiquarian Studies. OCLC 4068654.
- ^ Bhuyan, S. K (1949). Anglo-Assamese Relations, 1771-1826. Gauhati: Dep. of Historical and Antiquarian Studies in Assam. OCLC 253080457.
- ^ Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar (1957). Atan Buragohain and his times; a history of Assam, from the invasion of Nawab Mir Jumla in 1662-63, to the termination of Assam-Mogul conflicts in 1682. Gauhati: Lawyer's Book Stall. OCLC 161437.
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954â2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
- ^ "Legends of Nagaon | Nagaon District | Government Of Assam, India". nagaon.gov.in.
- ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2792.
External linksâģ
- Some poems of the author (in Assamese) at xophura.net.
- 1892 births
- 1964 deaths
- Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents
- Assamese-language poets
- People from Nagaon district
- Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
- Rajya Sabha members from Assam
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Scholars from Assam
- Writers from Northeast India
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 20th-century Indian historians
- Poets from Assam