Hem Barua (Assamese: হেম বৰুৱা) was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Early life

Born on 22 April 1915, at

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

, Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from

Calcutta University The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

in 1938 and joined the J.B. College,

Jorhat Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and "Sowkihat" which existed on the opposite ...

, in 1941 as lecturer in Assamese and English. He left it next year during the

Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in ...

and was imprisoned in 1943. On his release, he joined the B. Barua College,

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

, and later became its Principal.

Literary career

Hem Barua was the author of several books. He became the President of the

Asam Sahitya Sabha The Asam Sahitya Sabha (; Literary Society of Assam) is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. A branch of the organi ...

in its annual session held at

Dhubri Dhubri (Pron: ˈdhubri) is an old town and headquarter of Dhubri district in Indian state of Assam. It is an old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra river, with historical significance. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Boa ...

in 1972 and was regarded as one of the pioneers of modern literary movement in Assam.

Political career

Hem Barua left the Congress in 1948 and became a member of the Socialist party. Later he was elected as the National Executive of the

Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...

. He was elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

from

Gauhati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

in 1957, 1962 and 1967 and from

Mangaldoi Mangaldai (); also spelt Mangaldoi is a small town in the Indian state of Assam. It was named after Mangaldahi, who was the daughter of the Rajah of Darrang and was married to Susenghphaa (), (also Pratap Singha), a ruler of the Ahom kingdom ...

in 1967. He was the member of the

till December 1970.

Works

* ''Adhunik Sahitya'' (1948) * ''Sagar Dekhicha?'' (1954) * ''Balichanda'' (1959) * ''San Mihali'' (1958) * ''Cupid Aru Psyche'' (1959) * ''Ranga Karabir Phul'' (1959) * ''Kannaki'' (1960) * ''Ei Git'' (1961) * ''Idle Hours'' (1962) * ''Assamese Literature'' (1962) * ''Sahitya Aru Sahitya'' (1962) * ''Achuphul'' (1964) * ''Man Mayuri'' (1965) * ''Bahagate Pati Jaon Biya'' (1969) * ''Smritir Papari'' (1970) Some more books written by Hem Barua are, * ''Talxora''(Assamese) * ''Dak Pokhili''(Assamese)ghuj * ''Mekong Noi Dekhilu''(Assamese) And the most important of them all, a book on all the ethnic communities and the tribes of North-East India is,_ * ''The Red River & the Blue Hill'' in English(1954)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barua, Hem Scholars from Assam Assamese-language poets People from Tezpur Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents 1915 births 1977 deaths India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 Poets from Assam University of Calcutta alumni People from Sonitpur district Praja Socialist Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Assam 20th-century Indian poets Indian National Congress politicians from Assam India MPs 1967–1970

Early life

Literary career

Political career

Works

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