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Mahim Bora | |
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 Mahim Bora with legendary actorShashi Kapoor at padma awards 2011. | |
| Born | (1924-07-06)6 July 1924 |
| Died | 5 August 2016(2016-08-05) (aged 92) Guwahati, India |
| Occupation | Writer,critic,poet |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.A. in Assamese fromGauhati University |
| Genre | Assamese |
| Subject | Literature |
| Notable works | Edhani mahir hanhi,Kathanibari ghat |
| Notable awards | Padma Shri andSahitya Akademi Award |
| Spouse | Lt.Mrs.Dipti Rekha Bora |
Mahim Bora (6 July 1924 – 5 August 2016) was a prominent Indianwriter andeducationist fromAssam. His notable works include "Kathonibari Ghat," a collection of short stories, and "Edhani Mahir Hanhi," a novel.[1] He was elected as a president of theAssam Sahitya Sabha held in 1989 atDoomdooma.[2] He was awarded most notably thePadma Shri in 2011, theSahitya Akademi Award in 2001 and theAssam Valley Literary Award in 1998.Assam Sahitya Sabha conferred its highest honorary titleSahityacharyya on him in 2007.He also participated in theQuit India Movement of 1942 held inKaliabor town in theNagaon district ofAssam.[3]
Mahim Bora was born on 6 July 1924 in Ghopesadharu, a tea estate inSonitpur district. He spent his childhood in his home village Ramtamuli Chuk, Hatbar.
He did his primary schooling at Primary Hatbar L.P. School, Hatbar M.E. Kuwarital Combined M.V. School. He passed Matriculation at Kaliabar Government aided High School and did Intermediate at Nowgong College, Nagaon (Assam) in 1946. He received B.A. from Cotton College,Guwahati (Assam) and M.A. in Assamese literature fromGuwahati University, Guwahati.
After taking his M.A. degree he first joined service as a teacher at Kaliabar H.E.School, Nagaon & Kamrup Academy, Guwahati. He was assistant editor ofRangghar Children Magazine (now defunct) and also worked as conductor ofGaonlia Raijole inAll India Radio, Guwahati. He later joined as an Assamese lecturer in J.B.College, Jorhat (Assam), and lastly he shifted to Nowgong College,Nagaon permanently and retired as Head of the Assamese Department. He was also the founder lecturer of A.D.P. college and Girl's college Nagaon.
He was President of Nowgong District Sahitya Sabha, Assam Sahitya Sabha:Kavi Sanmilan (1978) andAssam Sahitya Sabha (1989–90).[citation needed]
He married Dipti Rekha Hazarika of Jamuguri on 1 May 1957. He was father of two sons. His wife died on 20 Jan of 1999. His younger son Lt. Dr. Abhijit Bora died in 2005. He died on 5 August 2016 in a private hospital ofGuwahati at the age of 93. He was cremated with fullState honours inNagaon.[citation needed]
Bora's chief anthology of poems wasRangajiya (The Red Dragon-fly, 1978). In his short stories, he was an observer of folk and rural situations. He was a regular contributor of short stories to various periodicals.
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