Satish Chandra Basumatary (16 November 1901 – 16 November 1974) was an Indian Bodo poet, dramatist, Social worker and the second president of

Bodo Sahitya Sabha The Bodo Sahitya Sabha promotes the Bodo language and Bodo literature. It was founded under the presidency and leadership of Joy Bhadra Hagjer, at Basugaon, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam on 16 November 1952. It consisted of representati ...

. He is a pioneer people of Bibar era, the age of renaissance of Bodo literature. He is credited with helping establish Bodo Brahma Dharma. He was also the editor of first Bodo magazine Bibar in 1924."Satish Chandra Basumatary (1901-1974)"
Retrieved 9 May 2017 He was honoured with Mengnw Rwngwi Jwhwlao title after his death.

Early life

He was born on 16 November 1901 at Balukmari village in Dhubri district (present Kokrajhar) into

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 ...

family Thandaram Basumatary and Khowlou Basumatary. He started schooling from Dhubri High School, later went to

Cotton College Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as ''Saint Wilfrid's College''. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities fro ...

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 16 November 1974.

Works

DramaLahary, Manaranjan (2008), History of Boro Literature. Onsumoi Library, Kokrajhar * Rani Laimuti (1924) * Naifinjaywi * Bikhani Or * Dwrswn Jwhwlao (2005)

References

{{Authority control Bodo people 1901 births 1974 deaths