Lakshminath Bezbarua

LAKSHMINATH BEZBARUA

Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbarua was born on 16th November 1864.His father was Dinanath Bezbarua and mother Thaneshwari Bezbarua.Bezbarua and his literary friends Hemchandra Goswami and Chandra kumar Agarwal together published a magazine 'Jonaki'.He also published and edited the magazine 'Banhi' in the year 1909.He presided over the 13th sitting of the Assam Sahitya Sabha in the year 1931.Some of his famous works are Kadam Kali,Jaymati Kunwari and Burhi Aair Sadhu etc.He was also known as 'Rasharaj' and' Sahityarathi' as well. Bezbarua also composed 'O Mor Aaponar Desh', which is the ' State Anthem of Assam.This 'Uncrowned King' of Assamese literature died on 26th March 1938.