Bineshwar Brahma (28 February 1948 – 19 August 2000 ) was the president of the

Bodo Sahitya Sabha The Bodo Sahitya Sabha promotes the Bodo language and Bodo literature. It was founded under the presidency and leadership of Joy Bhadra Hagjer, at Basugaon, in the district of Goalpara, now in Chirang, Assam on 16 November 1952. It consist ...

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Literary Union') in

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. He was born in a small village of Bhatarmari in

Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an Autonomous administrative divisions of India, autonomous territory in Assam, one of the Northeast India, North Eastern states of India. History Under the Kingdom of Bhutan From the ...

. He was the son of Late Taramoni Brahma and Late Sanathi Brahma.

Family

*Father's Name: Late Taramoni Brahma, *Mother's Name: Late Sanathi Brahma, *Brothers and Sisters: Smt. Thuntri Brahma, Late Bineswar Brahma, Smt. Saya Rani Brahma, Late Rameshwar Brahma, Kameshwar Brahma, Late Buddheswar Brahma, Late Anishwar Brahma, Smt. Sumanti Brahma and Smt. Aruna Brahma. *Spouse: Smt. Pushpa Rani Brahma(Daughter of Late Harendra Nath Brahma of village Harigaon, Salakati, Kokrajhar), *Children's: Daniel Brahma and Miss Sharmila Rani Brahma.

Education

Bineshwar Brahma attended his schooling in 1954. He was admitted for his primary education at No. 365 Bhatarmari Primary School from 1954 to 1959. From 1959 to 1962, he attended Kokrajhar Higher Secondary School for his middle school, and from 1962 to 1967 he studied in the same school for his high school. Bineshwar Brahma was a Bisarad in Hindi and he did this in 1965 during his high school. For his higher education Bineshwar Brahma went to

Assam Agricultural University Assam Agricultural University (AAU) is an agricultural education state university (India), state university which was established on 1 April 1969 in Jorhat in the state of Assam, India. The jurisdiction of the university extends to the entire ...

, Jorhat for his B.Sc. Degree in 1972.

Jobs

Bineshwar Brahma started his career as a Hindi teacher from 1968-69 in Debargaon Venture High School and later as a teacher only for three months in Kokrajhar Vidyapith High School in 1972. In the same year, i.e. 1972 up to December, he worked as a Field Demonstrator in Assam Agro-Industry. He also worked as an

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in Fertilizer Corporation of India in 1978. He was also appointed as the Deputy Manager of Quality Control (1979) in FCI. Bineshwar Brahma died when he was doing his job of Joint Manager in the zonal office of FCI,

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

from 1998 to 2000.

Literary works

*Aini Aroj - Poetry (1988) *Bardwi Sikhla - Poetry (1997) *Angni Gami Bhatarmari - Prose (1998) *Xopun Aru Dithok - Assamese Novel (1998) *Sima - Short Story

Social works

Bineshwar Brahma was a real Social Worker of the

Bodos The Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, are a Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnolinguistic group native to the state of Assam in India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across ...

. He was once the General Secretary of the Students Body in Kokrajhar Higher Secondary School. He was again the General Secretary of the Students Union Body of Assam Agricultural University(1969–71). Bineshwar Brahma participated in the Movement of Assamese Language and jailed for 45 days in

Dibrugarh Dibrugarh () is a city in the Indian state of Assam, located 435 kms east of the state capital Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of the Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam. Dibrugarh also serves as the headquarters of the Sonowal Kach ...

jail(1971). He was also the organizing secretary of A.B.E.F in 1989. Bineshwar Brahma worked for the Bodo Sahitya Sabha as a General Secretary from 1990–93, as Vice-President from 1993–96 and lastly as the Chairperson from 1996-2000. In Bodo language issues, Brahma opposed writing

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. Instead he advocated the use of

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for writing Bodo, putting him at odds with Christian Bodo groups, like the

National Democratic Front of Bodoland The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was an armed separatist outfit which sought to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India. NDFB traces its origin ...

. He also worked on peace efforts between the Assam state government, the Indian Government and various Bodo groups.Civil Society Initiatives
- SATP

Death

He was murdered by the NDFB in Guwahati on 19 August 2000. The NDFB later claimed responsibility for the act, charging that Brahma had been 'an agent of the

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' and that BSS was a front for the rival militant group Bodo Liberation Tigers.Bodo group war to turn bloodier
Rediff - 17 January 2001 The 4th government engineering college of Assam,

Bineswar Brahma Engineering College Bineswar Brahma Engineering College is a government college, established in 2008 by the Assam Government at Kokrajhar district, Assam. In 2006 Assam Government announced that an engineering college would be set up at Kokrajhar. The college is s ...

, which was established in 2010 at

is named after him.

References

*Subungthini Thandwi: Bineshwar Brahma, Eleventh Edition, Subungthini Thandwi Mungkhlong Bineshwar BrahmaTrust Committee, 2011**

External links

Of God and Holy Water
Rediff - 25 October 2000
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