Luit Konwar Rudra Baruah was one of the foremost music pioneers of

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 ...

. He was an actor, composer, lyricist, singer and musician. He served with Govt. of

in the Public Relations Department (since renamed as Directorate of Information and Public Relations) and established the Culture & Film Division in the 1970s. He was conferred the title Luit Konwar in honour of the sterling work from his side for the development of music and cinema in

. He was born in Bhimor village near Puranigudam in

Nagaon district Nagaon is an administrative district in the Indian state of Assam. At the time of the 2011 census it was the most populous district in Assam, before Hojai district was split from it in 2016. History Batadrowa gave birth to the Vaishnavite ...

in 1926 and lived in

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 ...

later on. He appeared in and directed music for several Assamese films and composed a lot of folk music in the local language. He died on 14 February 1980 leaving behind his wife and three sons.

Films

*Kallol (Music Director)

Songs

*Poka dhanor maje maje (lyrics, music) *Kauri pore (music) *Kasot kolochi haali jaali koon menoka aahe (lyrics, music)

References and notes

1926 births 1980 deaths Indian male singer-songwriters Indian singer-songwriters Singers from Assam People from Nagaon district Indian Buddhists 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian male singers {{India-singer-stub