Mahim Bora
1924
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2016
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Country of citizenship: India, British Raj, Dominion of India
Languages spoken, written or signed: Assamese
Educated at: Cotton University, Gauhati University
Award received: Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shri in literature and education
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Mahim Bora (6 July 1924 – 5 August 2016) was a prominent Indian writer and educationist from Assam.His notable works include "Kathonibari Ghat," a collection of short stories, and "Edhani Mahir Hanhi," a novel. He was elected as a president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha held in 1989 at Doomdooma. He was awarded most notably the Padma Shri in 2011, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001 and the Assam Valley Literary Award in 1998. Assam Sahitya Sabha conferred its highest honorary title Sahityacharyya on him in 2007. He also participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 held in Kaliabor town in the Nagaon district of Assam. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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