First
in Assam or first Assamese in the field of Assamese Language and Literature :
1. First Assamese romantic
poem: “Bon Kunwori” by Chandra Kumar
Agarwala
2. First Assamese prose
composition: “Katha-Gita” by Bhattadeva
3. First Assamese language
magazine: “Orunodoi or Aroonudai (1846)”
4. First editor of Arunudoi:
Dr. Nathan Brown
5. First Assamese language
social play: “Ram Navami” by Gunabhiram Barua (1857)
6. First Assamese to win
Sahitya Akademi award: Jatindranath Dowara for his book “Bon Phul (poetry)”,
1955
7. First Assamese Newspaper:
Dainik Batori (1935)
8. First Assamese novel/
historical: “Bhanumoti” by Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1890)
9. First president of Assam
Sahitya Sabha: Padmanath Gohain Baruah
10. First literary pensioner
of Assam: Padmanath Gohain Baruah
11. First Assamese Short
story collection: “Surabhi” by Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
12. First Assamese to
received Jnanpith Award: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
13. First Assamese
translator of the Ramayana: Madhab Kandali
14. First printed book in
Assamese language: “Dharma Pustak” by Aatmaram Sarma (1813)
15. First Assamese sonnet : “Priyotomar Sithi” by Hemchandra Goswami
16. First modern biography
in Assamese: “Anandaram Dhekial Phukanor Jiwon Sorit” by Gunabhiram Baruah
(1880)
17. First Assamese play to
be broadcast over All India Radio: “Been
Bairagi” by Prafulla Chandra Baruah (1935)
18. First Assamese
travelogue: “Switzerland Bhraman” by
Birinchi Kumar Baruah (1948)
19. First thesis written on
the Assamese language: Assamese: “It’s
formation and development” by Dr. Banikanta Kakoti (1940)
20. First Assamese Novel/ modern: “Mirijiyori” by Rajanikanta Bordoloi (1894)
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