Raghunath Choudhary (1879–1967) was an Indian writer of the Jonaki era or the romantic era of

Assamese literature Assamese literature ( as, অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, translit=ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ}) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes the liter ...

. Choudhary is known as Bihogi Kobi (poet of birds) because most of his writings are based on birds and nature. Choudhary also took part in the

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and was imprisoned by the British for the same. He was the president of Tezpur session of

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 1936. Kamrup Sanjeevani Sabha conferred him with the title ''Kabiratna''.

Short biography

He was born in Lawpara village in Undivided

Kamrup district Kamrup Rural district, or simply Kamrup district (Pron: ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p), is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India formed by dividing the old Kamrup district into two in the year 2003; other being Kamrup Metrop ...

(present

Nalbari district Nalbari (Pron: nɔ:lˈbɑ:ri) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Nalbari. History Nalbari was declared a sub division of undivided Kamrup District in 1967. The district was cr ...

) in the year 1879. He had his early schooling at

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 ...

. He died on 18 November 1967.

Literary career

Choudhary's first poem was published in 'Jonaki' magazine. He used Sanskrit and Arabic in his literary works. His other works includes: Amongst all his first literary work was Xaadori in 1910. ; Poetry books # ''Xaadori'' (1910) # ''Keteki'' (1918) # ''Kaarbala'' (1923) # ''Dohikatara'' (1931) # ''Navamallika'' (1958) #''Gulap'' ;As a magazines editor # ''Jayanti'' (1936–38), # ''Surabhi'' (1940, 1942–44), # ''Moina'', a children's magazine (1923), # '' Jonaki'' (Sub-editor)

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Poet Raghunath Choudhary remembered
Published at

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, 25 January 2013. 1879 births 1967 deaths Poets from Assam Assamese-language poets People from Kamrup district Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents Indian independence activists from Assam 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub

Short biography

Literary career

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