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Modern Western Assam is culturally distinct region. This list specifically focuses on people from Western Assam.


Legendary

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Naraka Naraka () is the realm of hell in Indian religions. According to schools of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, ''Naraka'' is a place of torment. The word ''Neraka'' (modification of ''Naraka'') in Indonesian language, Indonesian and Malaysian langu ...
, founder, Naraka dynasty *
Bhagadatta Bhagadatta () is a character in the ancient Indian epic, the ''Mahabharata''. was the son of Naraka, the king of Pragjyotisha in Hindu mythology. Bhagadatta was born from a limb of the asura called Bashkala. He was a renowned warrior, and was kn ...
, ruler, Naraka dynasty *
Vajradatta Vajradatta () is an asura king in Hindu mythology. He is the son and successor of King Bhagadatta, and the third ruler of the Naraka dynasty of the Pragjyotisha Kingdom. Vajradatta is regarded to have studied the four Vedas along with the disc ...
, ruler, Naraka dynasty


Ancient

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Pushyavarman Pushyavarman (Reign 350–374) was the first historical ruler of Kamarupa (Assam) in eastern India, who established the Varman dynasty in 350 AD. Tenure Pushyavarman encouraged Vedic culture to flourish in his country. Hindu influence was wides ...
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Varman dynasty The Varman dynasty (350–650) was the first historical dynasty of the Kamarupa kingdom. It was established by Pushyavarman, a contemporary of Samudragupta. The earlier Varmans were subordinates of the Gupta Empire, but as the power of the Gup ...
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Samudravarman Samudravarman was ruler of Kamarupa, for the period 374-398 AD. He was son of Pushyavarman, the founder of Varman Dynasty of Kamarupa. Reign Samudravarman who was likened to the 5th ocean, in whose kingdom the weak were not oppressed by t ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty * Balavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty * Kalyanavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty * Ganapativarman, ruler, Varman dynasty * Mahendravarman, ruler, Varman dynasty * Narayanavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty * Bhutivarman, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Chandramukhavarman Chandramukhavarman ruled Kamarupa from the Varman dynasty for the period 542–566, was son of Kamarupi King Bhutivarman and Queen Vijnanavati. Reign Chandramukha, who was charming as name suggests, by (possessing) all the arts as the moon (b ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Sthitavarman Sthitavarman ruled Kamarupa from the Varman dynasty for the period 566-590, was son of Kamarupi King Chandramukhavarman and Queen Bhogavati.Nagendranath Vasu (1922), ''The Social History of Kamarupa'', P.143 Reign Sthitavarman, the supporte ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Susthitavarman Susthitavarman (also known as Sri-Mriganka) (590-595) was a ruler of Kamarupa. He was a son of Sthitavarman and Queen Nayanadevi. Reign Susthitavarman was renowned as Sri-Mriganka. He was succeeded by his two sons, Supratisthitavarman and Bhas ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Supratisthitavarman Supratisthitavarman ruled Kamarupa from the Varman dynasty for the period 595–600. He was son of King Susthitavarman and Queen Shyamadevi. Reign It is stated in Bhaskaravarman's inscription that "surrounded by learned men and accompanied by ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Bhaskaravarman Bhaskarvarman (600–650 CE) was the king of Kamarupa and the last king of the Varman dynasty. After being captured by the king of Gauda during his father's reign, he re-established the rule of the Varmans. Bhaskarvarman formed political a ...
, ruler, Varman dynasty * Avantivarman, ruler, Varman dynasty *
Brahma Pala Brahma Pala (reigned 900-920) was the founder of the Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of the Kamarupa kingdom. He married Kula Devi, by whom he had a successor to his throne named Ratna Pala. See also * Kamarupa - Late to end period * Pushyavarman * ...
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Pala dynasty The Pāla Empire was the empire ruled by the Pala dynasty, ("protector" in Sanskrit) a medieval Indian dynasty which ruled the kingdom of Gauda. The empire was founded with the election of Gopāla by the chiefs of Gauda in late eighth centu ...
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Ratna Pala Ratna Pala (reigned 920-960) was the son of Brahma Pala in Pala dynasty (Kamarupa), Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of Kamarupa Kingdom. He was succeeded by his grandson Indra Pala. The Gachtal plates of Go Pala have thrown fresh light on the achieve ...
, ruler, Pala dynasty *
Indra Pala Indra Pala (ruled 960–990) was ruler of Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of Kamarupa Kingdom. Ratna Pala's son, Purandera Pala, predeceased him, and thus the later's son, Indra Pala, his grandson became successor. He issued two copper plate grants ...
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Go Pala Go Pala was successor and son of Indra Pala and his queen Rajya Devi, of Pala Dynasty of Kamarupa Kingdom, who ruled for the period 990-1015 A.D. The following description is taken from the copper plate grant of Dharma Pala: "In his (Brahma P ...
, ruler, Pala dynasty *
Harsha Pala Harsha Pala was son of Go Pala, the ruler of Pala Dynasty of Kamarupa Kamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the ...
,ruler, Pala dynasty *
Dharma Pala Dharma Pala (1035–1060) was ruler of Pala dynasty of Kamarupa Kingdom. He was the son and the successor of Harsha Pala. Inscriptions Three copper plates are found from Dharma's reign: # Khonamukh plates # Subhankarapataka grant # Pushp ...
, ruler, Pala dynasty *
Jaya Pala Jaya Pala (1075-1100) was a ruler during the Pala Dynasty (900–1100) of Kamarupa Kingdom. About A member of the Brahma Pala dynasty, Jaya Pala ruled over Kamarupa at the close of the 11th century. He is mentioned in a Silimpur stone inscrip ...
, ruler, Pala dynasty * Lauhityapada, writer * Minanatha, writer * Kumarila Bhatta, Preacher *
Chand Sadagar Chand Sadagar ( Assamese: চান্দ সদাগৰ, Bengali: চাঁদ সদাগর) was an Indian sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India. This merchant has been claimed by both the Assamese and Bengali people of India to b ...
, Merchant


Medieval

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Ananta Kandali Ananta Kandali (1540–1580) was Brahmin poet from Hajo, Kamrup district. Ananta Kandali's real name was Haricharan, but he is popularly known by his scholastic title "Ananta Kandali". His father, Ratna Pathak, was a renowned scholar and expound ...
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Bakul Kayastha Bakul Kayastha (born c. 1400) was a mathematician from Kamrup. He was especially known for his masterpiece in the field of mathematics named ''Kitabat Manjari,'' written in 1434, and ''Lilavati''. ''Kitabat Manjari'' is a poetical treatise on ...
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Bhattadeva Bhattadeva (1558–1638), (full name, Baikunthanatha Bhagavata Bhattacharya) is acknowledged as the father of Assamese prose. Though ''Bhaktiratnakar-katha'', the Assamese translation of Sankardev's Sanskrit composition ''Bhaktiratnakar'' by Gop ...
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Bhusana Dvija Bhusana Dvija (Born 1508 CE) was litterateur born in Dihga Nagara, Barnagar, Barpeta Barpeta is a town in Barpeta district of the state of Assam in India and is district headquarters. The city is located north west of Guwahati and is one o ...
, writer * Birdatta Choudhury, revolutionary *
Chandra Bharati Chandra Bharati (c. 1525-1578) was a 16th-century poet, litterateur and proficient of Sanskrit grammar from Barpeta, Kamrup region, Kamrup. The inscription on a stone slab on the hill in Rajaduar, abutting on the Brahmaputra, claims that the hi ...
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Damodara Deva Damodardev (1488–1598) was sixteenth century Ekasarana preceptor from Nalaca, Nagaon. Damodardev was a follower of Sankardeva's Ekasarana dharma order. He started his own order after the death of Sankardeva that came to be called the Brah ...
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Durgabar Kayastha Durgabar Kayastha (1515–1560) was litterateur from Kamakhya, Kamrup. He was well known Manasa poet as well as an expert oja of 16th century. His major works include Behula Upakhyana narrating story of Behula and Chand Sadagar. The ballad ...
, writer * Kalapachandra Dvija, writer *
Gopalacharana Dwija Gopalacharana Dwija (B. 1500s) was sixteenth century Vaishnava poet and scholar from Kamrup. Gopalacharana Dwija was follower of Damodara Deva. Works Gopalacharana Dwija rendered Harivamsa, Bhagavata Purana book III which is done on request fr ...
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Gopala Mishra Gopala Mishra (born 15th century) was a 16th-century Vaishnava poet and scholar from Kamrup region of Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahm ...
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Haribara Vipra Harivara Vipra is amongst the earliest known Assamese writers. He was patronaged by Kamatapur's king Durlava Narayan (14th Century). His compositions, ''Babrubahanar Yudha'', ''Lava-Kushar Yudha'', ''Tamradwajar Yudha'' of ''(Asvamedha Parva)'' ...
, writer * Haradatta Choudhury, revolutionary *
Hema Saraswati Hema Saraswati (fl. late 14th century) was amongst the earliest known Assamese writers, most known for his poem, ''Prahlada Charita'', the earliest known poetic work in Assamese language. He was court poet under the patronage of Kamtapur's King ...
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Pitambar Dvija Pitambar Dvija (1455–1533) was 15 and 16th century litterateur from Lower Assam and contemporary of likes of Haribara Vipra and Hema Saraswati. Works Usha-Parinaya was written in 1533 AD by Pitambar Dvija which was an Kamrupi rendering of ...
, writer * Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa, writer *
Rama Saraswati Rama Saraswati was 16th century poet from Kamrup, India. He was well known for translation of entire Mahabharata to Early Assamese from Sanskrit for which he is also known as Axom Byas. See also * Bhattadeva * Hema Saraswati Hema Saraswati ...
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Rudra Kandali Rudra Kandali (B. 1200s) was a litterateur from Kamrup. He was a well known poet of the 12th century and contemporary of the likes of Haribara Vipra and Hema Saraswati. He wrote short narrative poems based on the episodes of Mahabharata. He t ...
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Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was medieval Pandit and Bhakti reformer from Kamrup. As a vedantist of the Advaita school, he refuted the monistic doctrines of Sankaradeva. See also * Adwita Makaranda * Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Chaitanya M ...
, writer * Sridhara Kandali, writer *
Vishnu Bharati Vishnu Bharati was a medieval vaishnavite writer from Kamrup region, Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. A ...
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Modern

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Abani Chakravarty Abani Chakravarty was an Indian humanitarian poet of the late twentieth century Assamese literature. Apart from original poetry his works included two novelettes and translations of the third-world poetry. Early life Chakravarty was born in Na ...
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Adil Hussain Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain (; born 5 October 1963) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several Indian independent and mainstream film productions, as well as international cinema, in films such as '' The Reluctant Fundamentali ...
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Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...
actor * Ambika Charan Choudhury, writer *
Ambikagiri Raichoudhury Ambikagiri Raichoudhury (1885–1967) was an Assamese poet, lyricist, singer, powerful prose writer, news worker, magazine editor, patriotic, social-worker and the leading freedom fighter of India's freedom struggle. He is known as Assam Kesari ...
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Axl Hazarika Axl Hazarika is an Indian avant-garde musician and filmmaker from Guwahati, Assam. He is known for his work in electronica, industrial, and avant-garde music in Northeast India. Axl Hazarika made his official VEVO debut on June 27th, 2013 wit ...
, Composer, musician, lyricist, producer, film-maker *
Banikanta Kakati Banikanta Kakati (15 November 1894 — 15 November 1952) was a prominent linguist, literary figure, critic and scholar in Assamese language with his immense contribution to the language in terms of literature, linguistics, cultural anthropology ...
, linguist * Bhabananda Deka, writer and recipient of the literary pension and literature grant *
Bhumidhar Barman Bhumidhar Barman (12 October 1931 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the shortest-serving Chief Minister of Assam, with a short period of twenty two days from 22 April 1996 to 14 May 1 ...
, thirteenth chief minister of
Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
* Birendra Nath Datta, national award-winning singer *
Bishnu Ram Medhi Bishnuram Medhi (24 April 1888 – 21 January 1981) was an Indian politician and freedom-fighter who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 1950 to 1957 and Governor of Madras State from January 1958 till May 1964. Early life Bishnuram ...
, second chief minister of Assam *
Bishnu Prasad Rabha Bishnu Prasad Rabha (1909–1969) was an Indian cultural figure from Assam, known for his contributions in the fields of music, dance, painting, literature as well as political activism. As an advocate of people's cultural movement, he drew he ...
, freedom fighter *
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 February 1977) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977. Born in Delhi, Ahmed studied in Delhi and Cambridge and was called to the bar from the Inner ...
, fifth President of India * Hagrama Mohilary, Chief Executive Member of
Bodoland Territorial Council The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is an autonomous council for the Bodoland Territorial Region established under 6th Schedule of The Constitution of India according to the Memorandum of Settlement between Bodoland Liberation Tiger Force ...
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Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 Au ...
, politician *
Indira Goswami Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (198 ...
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Jim Ankan Deka Jim Ankan Deka (born 1 June 1980) is an Indian musician, documentary film maker, photographer and director of Bangalore based organisation and music school Eastern Fare Music Foundation. He is the first person from Assam to open a music instit ...
, musician and documentary film maker *
Kaliram Medhi Kaliram Medhi (18 October 1880 – 24 January 1954) was a prominent linguist, writer and essayist from Assam who wrote in both the Assamese and English languages in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was the third president of t ...
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Kalpana Patowary Kalpana Patowary is an Indian playback and folk singer from Assam. She has recorded songs and folk music in several Indian languages, with Bhojpuri music being the major genre. Patowary embarked on her career at the age of 4 and received furt ...
, singer * Mahadev Deka, bodybuilder *
Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (12 April 1908 – 27 December 1982) was a freedom fighter and politician from Nagaon, Undivided Kamrup district (now Barpeta district) of Western Assam. He was Chief Minister of Assam from 1970 to 1972. He also se ...
, fourth chief minister of Assam *
Parbati Charan Das Parbati Charan Das (1923–1949) was first Kargil martyr of India, made supreme sacrifice when trying to cross river Indus in October 1949. Early life He passed his matriculation from Cotton Collegiate School, Gauhati; went for military traini ...
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Kargil Kargil or Kargyil is a City in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tert ...
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Pratima Barua Pandey Pratima Barua Pandey (3 October 1934 – 27 December 2002) was an Indian Folk music, folk singer from the royal family of Gauripur, India, Gauripur in Western Assam's Dhubri district. Barua Pandey, a national awardee, best known for her ...
, national award-winning Goalparia lokageet singer *
Rameshwar Pathak Rameshwar Pathak (1 March 1938 – 3 December 2010) was an acclaimed Kamrupi Lokgeet singer from Kamrup, Assam, India. He also worked as a teacher in Arya Vidyapeeth Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School, Guwahati from 1963 to 1996. Early ...
, Kamrupi Lokgeet singer *
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (born 1947) is an Indian politician who was the Governor of Meghalaya, a state in northeast India, from 2008 to 2013 (1 July 2008 to 6 July 2013). Previously he was an IPS officer, director-general of National Security ...
, present Governor of
Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...
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Sarat Chandra Sinha Sarat Chandra Sinha (1 January 1914 – 25 December 2005) was an Indian politician and Chief Minister of Assam. He was a leader of Indian National Congress, Indian National Congress (Socialist) and Nationalist Congress Party. He was known f ...
, fifth Chief Minister of Assam *
Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal (; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician who has served as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways since 2021. He also has been the Government of India, Member of the Rajy ...
, fourteenth Chief Minister of Assam *
Seema Biswas Seema Biswas (born 14 January 1965) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films and the theatre. She gained prominence after playing the role of Phoolan Devi in Shekhar Kapur, Shekhar Kapur's film ''Bandit Queen'' (1994), for which she won the ...
, Bollywood actress


References

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Western Assam Lower Assam division is one of the 5 administrative divisions of Assam in India. It was formed in 1874, consisting of the undivided Kamrup district of Western Assam, undivided Darrang and Nagaon districts of Central Assam and Khasi & Jaint ...