Amulya Barua ( as, অমূল্য বৰুৱা) was a pioneer of modern

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. He was born at

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on 30 June 1922. In 1941, he passed

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examination from

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with letter marks in Assamese and got himself admitted into the prestigious

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. But unavoidable domestic problem compelled him to return home and he took admission into JB College at Jorhat. In 1945 he passed his B.A. examination from

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, Jorhat. Then he went to Calcutta for higher studies and admitted into the MA class of

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. Barua was killed in the infamous communal violence of Bengal in 1946 along with many of his hostel mates at Raja Ram Narayan Street, Calcutta. An idealist of the highest order, he expressed his deepest sympathy in his poetry for the oppressed and downtrodden masses of the society. Koyla, Kukur, Biplabi, Aji Amar Bihu, Bharatir Muktir Swapna etc bore testimony to his revolutionary sentiment in clear terms. Beishya is a psychological analysis of the eternal tragedy of human life. The poem created ripples in Assamese literary world just after its publication in Jayanti. But many critics appreciated it and called him as Garcia Lorca of Assam. His only collection of poems, ''Achina'' (The Stranger), was published in 1964 after his death. Some of his famous poems include ''Andhaaraor Hahakar'' (The Tumult of Darkness), ''Beishya'' (The Prostitute), ''Biplobi'' (The Revolutionary) and ''Kukur'' (The Dog).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barua, Amulya Assamese-language poets Poets from Assam 1946 deaths University of Calcutta alumni 1922 births People from Jorhat district 20th-century Indian poets Cotton College, Guwahati alumni Writers from Kolkata