Rupnath Brahma (
Bodo Bodo may refer to:
Ethnicity
* Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India
* Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people
Culture and language
* Boro cu ...
: रुपनाथ ब्रह्म 1902-1968) was a
Bodo Bodo may refer to:
Ethnicity
* Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India
* Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people
Culture and language
* Boro cu ...
poet, politician and religious scholar.
He was born on 15 June 1902 at Owabari village of
Kokrajhar
Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India.
Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the ci ...
district. He was the son of Dhajendra Brahma and Khwdwmsri Brahma. He breathed his last on 23 January 1968.
He is credited with helping establish Brahma Dharma. His poems were mostly mystic in character. He was also first minister from the Bodos. The Inter-State Bus Terminal of
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 ...
is named after him to commemorate him as Rupnath Brahma Inter-State Bus Terminal.
References
Hindu poets
Bodo people
People from Kokrajhar district
Tribal people from Assam
1902 births
1968 deaths
20th-century Indian poets
Indian male poets
Poets from Assam
20th-century Indian male writers
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