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First in Assam - Literature, Newspaper and Magazine

Swarnabh 3/31/2021 02:43:00 AM

First in Assam - Literature, Newspaper and Magazines and More


Assam has been rich in literature, art and there have been some of the most iconic people in various fields from Assam. So, we bring you the list of First in Assam or First Assamese to achieve a milestone.

First in Assam/ First Assamese

First Assamese Movie

Joymoti

First Assamese Color Film

Bahiti, 1972

First Assamese Film to win the Nargis Dutta Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration

Aai Kot Nai (2008)

First Assamese Dictionary (Published)

Asomiya aru Engraji Abhidan (1867), Dr Miles Bronson

First Assamese Lexicographer

Jaduram Dekabaruah (1839)

First Assamese Modern Drama

Ram-Navami (1857), Gunabhiram Barua

First Assamese Printed Book

Dharma Pustak (1813), Atmaram Sarma

First Bridge over the Brahmaputra

Saraighat Bridge (1962)

First Cabinet Minister of Union Cabinet

Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-77)

First Chief Justice of High Court

Haliram Deka

First Chief Justice of Supreme Court

Parvati Kumar Goswami

First Chief Minister of Assam

Gopinath Bordoloi

First Assamese Child Magazine

Lora Bondhu (1888), Editor: Karunabhiram Baruah

First Assamese D Lit of London University

Surjya Kumar Bhuyan

First Daily English News Paper

The Assam Tribune (1946 – Till Date)

First Daily Newspaper

Dainik Batori (1935-36), Editor: Nilamoni Phukan

First Assamese Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)

Maidul Islam Bora

First Assamese Election Commissioner of India

Harishankar Brahma

First Director

Pramothesh Baruah directed a Bengali film Devdas in 1934

First Cinema Hall of Assam

Jonaki (Tezpur)

First Assamese Film – Maker

Jyotiprasad Agarwalla

First Assamese Film studio

Jyoti Chitraban (estd. 17 January 1968)

First Assamese Grammar

Grammar of Assamese Language (1839), W Robinson

First Assamese Film Director

Jyotiparasd Agarwalla

First Assamese to win Best Film Critic Award at National Film Awards

Utpal Barpujari (2003)

First Assamese Governor

Bishnuram Medhi (Governor of Madras,1957)

First Assamese Graduate

Anundoram Barooah

High Court

Gauhati High Court (1948)

First Institute of Higher Education in Assam

Cotton College, Guwahati (1901)

First Private University of Assam

Don Bosco University, Guwahati (2009)

First Assamese Journal

Orunudoi (1882 – 1946), Editor: Dr Nathan Brown

First Lok Adalat in Assam

Hajo

First Medical College of Assam

Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh (1847)

First Medical School of Assam

Berry White Medical School (1902), Dibrugarh

First Mental Hospital of Assam

Tezpur Mental Hospital

First President from Assam

Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

First Printing Press in Assam

Mission Press, Sivasagar

First Radio Station in Assam

Guwahati  and Shilong (estd 1 July 1948)

First Recipient of Gold Medal in Asian Games

Bhogeswar Baruah (1996)

First Assamese to receive Jnanpith Award

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Mrityunjoy), 1979

First Assamese to receive Sahitya Academi Award

Jatindranath Dowarah for Banphool (1952)

First University of Assam

Guwahati University (1947)

First Vice-Chancellor of Guwahati University

Dr. Krishnakant Handique

First Assamese to receive Padma Vibhushan Award

Dr Bhupen Hazarika (posthumously in 2012)

First Assamese to receive Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Dr Bhupen Hazarika (1992)

First Recipient of Assam Ratna Award

Dr Bhupen Hazarika (2009)

First Assamese Woman ACS

Suchibrata Raichaudhury

First Woman Chief Minister of Assam

Syeda Anowara Taimur (1980-81)

First Woman Doctor of Assam

Rajaniprabha Saikia

First Woman Graduate of Assam

Sukhanlata Dowarah, Sudhalata Dowarah

First Woman IAS from Assam

Parul Das

First Woman Justice of High Court

Meera Sarma

First Assamese Woman to receive Jnanpith Award

Dr Mamoni Raisom Goswami (2000)

First Assamese Woman Minister in the Union Cabinet

Renukadevi Barkatoky

First Woman’s Magazine of Assam

Ghor Jeuti (1927), Editor: Kamalaloya Kakoti



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First in Assamese Language and Literature

First Assamese prose-verse

Jatindranath Duara

First Assamese short story Author

Lakshminath Bezbarua

First Printed Book in Assam

Dharma Pustak (1813), Atmaram Sarma

First Assamese Travelogue

Switzerland Bhraman (1948), Birinchi Kumar Barua

First Assamese Sonnet

Priyatamar Chithi, Hemchandra Goswami

First Assamese Sonnet Book

Malach (1918), Hiteswar Barbarua

First Assamese Prose Writer

Bhattadeva

First Assamese Prose Composition

Bhattadeva’s Katha-Gita

First Assamese Dictionary Published

Asomiya Aru Engrazi Abhidan (1867), Compiled by Dr Miles Bronson

First Assamese Grammar

Grammar of Assamese Language (1839), W. Robinson

First Assamese Printed History

Assam Buranjee Puthi (1844), Kashinath Dwij Tamuli Phukan and Rabindranath Barbaruah

First Assamese Novel Published

Lahori (1892), Padmanath Gohain Barua

First Assamese Book to be Awarded Sahitya Academi

Banphool (1952), Jatindranath Duara

First Assamese Book which received Jnanpith Award

Mrityunjoy (1979), Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

First Modern Play in Assamese

Ram Navami (1857), Gunabhiram Barua

First Modern Biography in Assamese

Anandaram Dhekial Phukanar Jiban Charitra (1880), Gunabhiram Barua

First Assamese Play to be Broadcast over AIR

Been Bairagi (Broadcasted from Calcutta Station of AIR in 1935), Prafulla Chandra Barua

First Assamese Romantic Poetry

Bon Kuwari, Chandra Kumar Agarwalla

First Assamese translator of Ramayana

Madhab Kandali in the 14th century

First Theis written on the Assamese Language

Assamese: Its Formation and Development (1940), Dr Banikanta Kakoti

First Assamese Bibliography

Asomia Puthir Talika (1930), Compiled by Hemchandra Goswami

First Assamese Short Story Collection

Lakshminath Bezbaruah’s Surabhi (1909)

First Assamese Historical Novel

Bhanumoti (1890), Padmanath Gohain Barua

First Assamese Novel based on Trival Life of Assam

Miri Jiori (1894), Rajnikanta Bordoloi

First Assamese Drama based on Ramayana

Ram Vijay, Dramatist: Sankardeva

First Full Length Assamese Translation of a Foreign work in Poetry

Jatindranath Duarah’s Omar Tirtha (1925)

First Assamese Poetry to be composed in Blank Verse

Abhimanyu Badh (1875), Ramakanta Choudhary

First research work on language in Assamese

Asomiya Bhasar Moulik Bichar Aru Sahitya Chinaki (1812), Devenda Bharali

First History of Assamese Literature

Asomiya Sahityar Buranjee (1912), Devendra Nath Bezbaruah

First Book to be Written about  the Assamese Language by an Assamese Author

A few Remarks of Assamese Language by Anandaram Dhekial Phukan

First Assamese Children’s Novel

Patalpuri by Harogovinda Sharma

First Assamese Play translated from Sanskrit

Sankuntala by Lambodar Bora

First Assamese Translation of a Shakespearen Play

Bhramaranga (Comedy of Error), translated by Ghanshyam Barua, Gajanan Barua, Ratnalal Barua



First in Magazines and Newspapers

First English Daily

The Assam Tribune, its first editor was Lakshminath Phookan

First Newspaper

Orunodoi (1846-1882), Editor: Dr Nathan Brown

First Newspaper published with a Political Outlook

Advocate of Assam (1903-1910), Editor: Mathuramohan Barua

First newspaper published by a Native

Assam Bilashini (1871-1830)

First Daily Newspaper

Dainik Batori (1835-36), Editor: Nilamoni Phukan

First Weekly Newspaper

Assam Mihir (1872-73), Editor: Chidananda Choudhary (Das)

First Assamese Satire Magazine

Cartoon, Editor: Pulak Gogoi

First Assamese Children Magazine

Lora Bondhu (1888), Editor: Karunabhiram Barua

First Assamese Woman Magazine

Ghar Jeuty (1927), Editor: Kamalaya Kakoti

First School Magazine

Prabhat (Jorhat Normal School, 1915)

First Bi-Lingual Weekly

Assam News (1882-1885), Editor: Hemchandra Barua

First Assamese Mini Magazine

Bindu (1970), Editor: Bhupen Hazarika

First Assamese Magazine Published outside Assam

Jonaki

First Special Newspaper Published Exclusively for Women

Uruli, Editor: Nalinibala Devi

First Bi-weekly Newspaper

Asom Batori

First Magazine based on Agricultural Matter

Assam Krishak

First Assam Weekly Magazine

Navajug (1963), Editor: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya



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