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

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• Dec 5, 2021 | Deleted

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