Entrance of the Assam sahitya sabha Raha convention

The Asam Sahitya Sabha (; ) is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in

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to promote the

culture of Assam The culture of Assam is traditionally a hybrid one, developed due to cultural assimilation of different ethno-cultural groups under various political-economic systems in different periods of its History of Assam, history. Historical perspec ...

and

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. A branch of the organisation named ''Singapore Sahitya Sabha'' was launched in

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on 28 July 2019. Other foreign branches are located at

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, Phoenix and

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History

Till 1826 AD,

Territory was ruled mainly by Kachari, Ahoms in the entirety of Brahmaputra Valley and

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. In 1826, after the

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the administration of Assam was passed down to the British, till independence in 1947. Since then

has been an integral part of

. However, the history of modern Assam, modern Assamese language and literature and culture found their starting points in the early part of the 19th century. Since 1872 some efforts were made to build up some organisations to work for the development of Assamese language, literature and culture of the modern period. Before the formal formation of Asam Sahitya Sabha, Sahitya Kandari

Padmanath Gohain Baruah Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1871–1946) was the first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha and a prominent name in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was a novelist, poet, dramatist of excellence, analyst and a thought provoking writer. C ...

had established ''Kohima Sahitya Sabha'' at

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, Nagaland, in the month of December 1895. Padma Nath Gohain Baruah was Founder Secretary and a Bengali Gentlemen Mr. Nabin Chandra Bhattacherjee was the Founder President. There was an Office Building at the Heart of the Kohima Town, which was known as "LAL GHAR" due to painting with Red color. ( See Mor Xuworon, biography of Padma Nath Gohain Baruah). Late Govinda Chandra Paira, Dhan Bahadur Sonar and Hari Prasad Gorkha Rai were the main product of Kohima Sahitya Sabha, who were Honored by awarding Literary Pension by the Assam Government. The Kohima Sahitya Sabha is still alive (till November 2013). It has an own Bhawan at P.R.Hill, Kohima, Opposite Nagaland Police Headquarters. The Bhawan was exchanged by the Nagaland Government with the earlier one, which was known as LAL GHAR and taken by the Nagaland Government in the year 1978.

Sahitya Sabha festivals

The conference of the Asam Sahitya Sabha is held biennially. First conference of Asam Sahitya Sabha was held at

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, Assam. Except regular biennially seasons in 2000 and 2002 special session was held at Jorhat and

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. On 31 January–4 February 2013 at Biswaratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Khetra,

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, an administrative circle of

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of Assam. The Sabha's 2015 session held at

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. The current conference will be held in

Khetra, Rupahi-Jerenga Pathar, Rudrasagar,

from 8 to 12 February 2017.

Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika

Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika (Ôxôm Xahityô Xôbha Pôtrika) is an official journal of the Asam Sahitya Sabha. The first issue appeared in October 1927. Chandradhar Barua was the founder editor of the journal.

Objectives

# To make all round development of the Assamese language,

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

and the culture of the State. # Publications of

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, Research works, monographs on languages, literature, culture, tribes and races etc., books on literary criticism, complete works of the great writers of Assam etc. # To enquire, collect and research on ancient literature of the State of Assam. # To provide financial help to the deserving writers who cannot afford to publish their books and literature for financial stringency. # To promote

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

and sculpture of the State. # To bring out leaflets, pamphlets etc. in order to publicize the Assamese language and literature. # To promote exchange plans and schemes between Literature and Culture. # To do such work which helps in expanding development of Assamese Language, Literature and Culture.

Presidents

The first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha was

during the inaugural conference at

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in 1917.

References

External links

{{commons category, Asam Sahitya Sabha
Asom Sahitya Sabha, A contemporary analysis
at timesofassam.com website.

at ignca.nic.in. Culture of Assam Assamese literature Jorhat Indic literature societies Organizations established in 1917 Organisations based in Assam Book publishing companies of India Assamese language 1917 establishments in India Language regulators