.png) Official emblem of Asam Sahitya Sabha | |
| Formation | December 1917; 107 years ago (1917-12) |
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| Type | Literary organization |
| Purpose | To promote the culture and literature of Assam |
| Headquarters | Chandrakanta Handique Bhawan,Jorhat,Assam |
Region | Assam, India |
Official language | Assamese |
President | Basanta Kumar Goswami |
Vice President | Padum Rajkhowa |
Formerly called | Asamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha |
TheAsam Sahitya Sabha (Assamese pronunciation:[/ɔxɔmxaɦittjɔxɔbʱa/];lit. 'Literary Society of Assam') is a non-government, non-profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 inAssam,India to promote theculture of Assam andAssamese literature.[1][2] A branch of the organisation namedSingapore Sahitya Sabha was launched inSingapore on 28 July 2019.[3] Other foreign branches are located inLondon,Phoenix andChicago.
Till 1826 AD,Assam Territory was ruled mainly byKachari,Ahoms in the entirety ofBrahmaputra Valley andKoch. In 1826, after theTreaty of Yandabo the administration of Assam was passed down to the British, till independence in 1947. Since thenAssam has been an integral part ofIndia.
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.[4]
Before the formal formation of Asam Sahitya Sabha, Sahitya KandariPadmanath Gohain Baruah had establishedKohima Sahitya Sabha atKohima, 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.
| Assamese literature অসমীয়া সাহিত্য | |
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| Assamese literature (by category) Assamese | |
| Assamese literary history | |
| History of Assamese literature | |
| Assamese language authors | |
| List of Assamese writers | |
| Assamese writers | |
| Dramatists & playwrights •Poets •Writers | |
| Forms | |
| Books –Poetry Ankia Naats -Bhaona –Borgeets –Buranjis | |
| Institutions & awards | |
| Assam Sahitya Sabha Assam Lekhika Samaroh Samiti Assam Ratna Assam Valley Literary Award Kamal Kumari National Award | |
| Related portals Literature Portal India Portal | |
The conference of the Asam Sahitya Sabha is held biennially. First conference of Asam Sahitya Sabha was held atSivasagar, Assam.[5] Except regular biennially seasons in 2000 and 2002 special session was held at Jorhat andKalgachia.[6] On 31 January–4 February 2013 at Biswaratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Khetra,Barpeta Road, an administrative circle ofBarpeta District of Assam. The Sabha's 2015 session held atKaliabor,Nagaon.[7][8]The current conference will be held inPadmanath Gohain Baruah Khetra, Rupahi-Jerenga Pathar,Rudrasagar,Sivasagar from 8 to 12 February 2017.
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.[9]
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The first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha wasPadmanath Gohain Baruah during the inaugural conference atSibsagar in 1917.
