Ambikagiri Roy Chaudhury

Ambikagiri Roy Chaudhury was among those prose writers, critics who were very much prominent and well known for their articles published in various Assamese journals- Awahon, Baahi, Chetona, Jayanti, Deka Asom etc. Ambikagiri contributed with hundreds of articles in those journals. His articles were of very aggressive nature, he was very much against the British rulers. He had a very strong, courageous and tough word power and these powers made his articles very appreciable and accordable to the general people, but those strong, courageous and tough articles made the British rulers to arrest him and confine him into jail. Ambikagiri is always remembered for his aggressive nationalist, patriotic, revolutionary thoughts and his creations were full of antagonism against the British rulers. He depicted his affection for the nation and its people, patriotism in his poems also, and tried hard successfully to communicate the speech of freedom from the clutch of the foreign rulers in a very uprising language, with the society in general. He was a very strong speech of freedom. Two of his creations ‘Bandini Bharat’ and Shatadhar’ were banned by the British rulers. After independence he penned against discrimination, hatred, inequality etc. ‘Songs of the Cell’ is a collection of his poems published in English. ‘Bedonar Ulka’ was his most famous creation, endorsed by many scholars as one of his best among the bests. It was very sad for the literature arena of Assam that his house was fired into ashes by some anti social miscreant elements, when he was in jail, jailed by the British rulers, that the Assamese literature had lost so many of his creations in the devastating fire. He was a real patriot and a deadly voice against the British rulers.


Bandini Bharat Mata : drama (1907),
Satadhar : poem (1924),
Deka Dekerir Ved : prose (1942),
Swadhin Panchayat Rashtra Gathanar
Prathamik Achoni : prose (1942),
Joyodrath Badh : drama (1947)
Aahuti : prose (1954),
Anubhuti : poem (1954),
Bando Ki Chandaere : poem (1958),
Sthapan Kar Sthapan Kar : poem (1958),
Bedonar Ulka : poem (1964),
Deshaei Bhagawan : (1965),
Mor Jiwanar Dhumuha Echati : (1973),
Bhakta Gaurav : drama
Kalyanmoyee,
Tumi : poem
Bina : poem
Bedona : poem
Aaru Ki Dekhabi Bhoy Karagar? : poem
Jogotor Sesh Aadarsha aru Biswa Shanti
Sthapanar Upaai : prose

Birth: 1st December 1885
Death: 2nd January 1967


Awards/Honour: Sahitya Academy Literary Award 1967 for ‘Bedonar Ulka’.