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Ambikagiri Raichoudhury | |
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Born | Barpeta, Assam | 18 December 1885
Died | 2 January 1967 | (aged 81)
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Language | Assamese |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Assamese literature |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award(1965) |
Ambikagiri Raichoudhury (1885–1967) was an Assamese poet, lyricist, singer, powerful prose writer, news worker, magazine editor, patriotic, social-worker and the leading freedom fighter of India's freedom struggle.[1][2] He is known as Assam Kesari. He was elected president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1950.[3]