Assam Culture

is traditionally associated with the Brahmaputra and the sacred waters at places such as Hajo

Jyotiprasad Agarwala established the Chitraban studio at Bholaguri Tea Estate while making Joymoti

Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s real name was Indira Goswami; she was a major Assamese novelist and Jnanpith awardee

Pratima is a poetry collection by Chandrakumar Agarwala, one of the leading figures of the Jonaki era

Parbati Baruah is a noted elephant expert and conservationist from Assam, popularly called the Queen of Elephants

Rongker is a major religious festival of the Karbi community of Assam, traditionally performed for peace and community welfare.

Prasannalal Choudhury is known as Bidrohi Kobi (Revolutionary Poet) in Assamese literary history.

The Saubhagya Kund is the traditional pond associated with the Kamakhya Temple complex on Nilachal Hill.

Bhanumati was written by Padmanath Gohain Barua in 1890.

Rudra Singha gave royal patronage to Bihu and promoted several aspects of Assamese cultural life during his reign.

The Assamese language regained official status in Assam in 1873, ending the period when Bengali had been used as the official language under colonial administration.

Brajavali is a literary language used by Assamese Vaishnavite writers and is conventionally described as an Assamese–Maithili mixture.

Lahori, written by Padmanath Gohain Barua and dated to 1892 in the source, is identified as the first Assamese printed novel.

Sattriya was recognised as one of India's classical dance traditions in 2000, reflecting its roots in Assam's Vaishnavite monasteries (sattras).

The Dimasa community of Assam celebrates the Bushu festival, an important traditional festival of the community.

Lambudar Bora wrote the Assamese translation of Shakuntala from Sanskrit identified in the source.

Debendranath Bezbarua is credited with authoring Asomiya Sahityar Buranji, an important work in Assamese literary history.

The 37 years long period from 1836 to 1873 is called “Dark Age of Assamese language”. In 1836, British made Bengali the official language of Assam.

(The 92nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution in 2003, included 4 more languages in the Eight Schedule of the Constitution. They are Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali. With this according to Article 344 (I) and 351 the total number of constitutionally recognized languages increased to 22. Moreover, English is not a Scheduled language.

Hemkosh was compiled by Hemchandra Barua. It is traditionally regarded as the second major Assamese dictionary and was published posthumously in the early 20th century.