Surya Kumar Bhuyan Explained

Surya Kumar Bhuyan
Pseudonym:Bhanunandan
Birth Date:1892 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Fauzdaripatty, Nagaon district, Assam
Death Date:5 July
Death Place:Fauzdaripatty, Nagaon, Assam
Occupation:Writer, Lecturer
Language:Assamese
Nationality:Indian
Education:MA, DLit, PhD
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta
London University
Awards:Padma Shri
Portaldisp:Literature
Honorific Suffix:MBE
Honorific Prefix:Rai Bahadur

Rai Bahadur Surya Kumar Bhuyan MBE (1892–1964) was a writer, historian, educator, social activist, storyteller, essayist, professor and a poet from Assam.[1] [2] 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.[3] He was the elected member of Rajya Sabha during 1952–53, and was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1956.

Life history and achievements

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.[4] Surya Kumar Bhuyan was raised by his grandmothers, Pahita and Labita.[5] 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,[6] 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.[7] He retired as the DPI Assam and took charge as the Vice Chancellor of Gauhati University.[8]

Personal life

Surya Kumar Bhuyan married Laksheshwari Bhuyan on 14 February 1917. They had six children.[9] [10]

Literary works

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:[11]

Historical books

Biographical works in Assamese

Creative works in Assamese

Books in English

Books in Bengali

Awards

Death

Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan died on 5 July 1964 at the American Baptist Mission Hospital in Chhatribari of America.[4] At the time of demise, he left his wife Laksheshwari Bhuyan, three sons and three daughters and a few grandchildren.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society. Silent revolution, biggest human achievement in the world. 20 June 2013. 1991. Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082747/http://books.google.com/books?id=VZDtAAAAMAAJ. 22 January 2014. live.
  2. Book: Birinchi Kumar Barua. Birinchi Kumar Barua. History of Assamese literature. 20 June 2013. 1965. East-West Center Press. 9780842611459 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122082547/http://books.google.com/books?id=-ZIhAAAAMAAJ. 22 January 2014. live.
  3. Web site: Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam . Vedanti.com . 2013-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm . 26 September 2013 .
  4. Web site: Life Sketch of Dr. S. K. Bhuyan . suryyakumarbhuyan.com . 21 June 2022.
  5. Nanda Talukdar, Surya Kumar Bhuyan, page 26
  6. Book: Bharali, Hemanta Kumar. Ehejar Bosoror Exogoraki Oxomiya. Banalata. 2012. Guwahati.
  7. Web site: HISTORY – NOWGONG COLLEGE. 2021-07-07. www.nowgongcollege.edu.in.
  8. Web site: Surya Kumar Bhuyan . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084534/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/surjya_kumar_bhuyan.htm . dead . 2016-03-04 . Vedanti.com . 2013-06-20.
  9. Padmanath Gohani Baroua,ed. Jiwoni songroh, page 310
  10. Vijay Kumar Bhuyan, edit. Mur jiwon dorxon, Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan, p.27
  11. Book: Barman, Sivanath. Asamiya Jivani Abhidhan Ed. 1st. 2023-03-29. Archive.org. 1992 . Sofia Press & Publishers Pvt Ltd. 295–296.
  12. Book: Nalini Natarajan. Emmanuel Sampath Nelson. Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India. 20 June 2013. 1 January 1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-28778-7. 28–. https://web.archive.org/web/20140629001759/http://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA28. 29 June 2014. live.
  13. Book: Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar . An Assamese Nur Jahan: or, a sketch of the life of Queen Phuleswari Devi. . 1926 . Suryya Kumar Bhuyan . Gauhati, Assam . en. 39121150.
  14. Book: Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar . 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.] ]. 1933 . London.
  15. Book: Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar . Lachit Barphukan and his times; a history of the Assam-Mogul conflicts of the period 1667 to 1671 A. D. . 1947 . Govt. of Assam in the Dept. of Historical and Antiquarian Studies . Gauhati . en. 4068654.
  16. Book: Bhuyan, S. K . Anglo-Assamese Relations, 1771-1826 . 1949 . Dep. of Historical and Antiquarian Studies in Assam . Gauhati . 253080457.
  17. Book: Bhuyan, Suryya Kumar . 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. . 1957 . Lawyer's Book Stall . Gauhati . en. 161437.
  18. Web site: Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009) . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf . 10 May 2013 .
  19. News: Legends of Nagaon Nagaon District Government Of Assam, India . nagaon.gov.in.

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