Satish Chandra Kakati

Satish Chandra Kakati
BornOctober 1912
Ulabori, Nalbari district, Assam, India
Died20 June 2006
Guwahati, Assam, India
Occupation(s)Journalist
Writer
Freedom activist
Known forThe Assam Tribune
AwardsPadma Shri
Kanaklata Barua and Mukunda Kakati Memorial Award
Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi Memorial Award

Satish Chandra Kakati was an Indian journalist, writer, the editor of The Assam Tribune, an Assam based English-language daily,[1] and one of the founders of Assam Bani, a vernacular weekly started in 1955 by The Assam Tribune group.[2] He was the vice president of the Editors' Guild of India and authored seven books in Assamese and English.[1] A 2005 recipient of the Kanaklata Barua and Mukunda Kakati Memorial Award,[3] Kakati was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1991.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Kakati, doyen of Assam journalism, dead". Indian Express. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ "57 years of Asom Bani". The Assam Tribune. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Guwahati Diary". The Telegraph. 16 September 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (24 October 2015). "Remembering jourlist Satish Chandra Kakati - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)