• Assam government announces Literary Pension for 23 writers; check their names here

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    Assam government announces Literary Pension for 23 writers; check their names here

    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