Guwahati: Assam government has announced a list of 23 prominent litterateurs of the state who will be given a literary pension for the year 2021.
It will be given on December 7, during the birth anniversary of Sahitya Akademi winner Homen Borgohain at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra.
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The list announced by Education Minister Ranoj Pegu at Dhemaji during a press meet as follows:
- Jyotilal Chaudhary
- Dr Anil Saikia
- Kalinath Panging
- Dilip Kumar Sharma
- Makhanlal Baroi
- Maniklal Mahatu
- Binod Bhagawati
- Utpal Dutta
- Nabin Baruah
- Rajendra Sarma
- Dipankar Ranjan Kaur
- Tushar Kranti Saha
- Tapan Das
- Nilmohan Rai
- Lakhihira Das
- Visveswar Basumtary
- Aurobindo Uzir
- Mangalsingh Bay
- Baneshwar Basumatary
- Dr Mangal Singh Hazwari
- Ranju Hazarika alias Kumud Chandra Hazarika
- Lakshikant Das
- Nabin Malla Boro
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