Banikanta Kakati was certainly 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. in the 50’s but his contributions to the Assamese community as a whole made him much more significant in so many aspects. He initiated the style of prose writing in a positive scientific approach. His very easy, strong language and word power made his creations very praiseworthy and very much authentic. His greatest creation, ‘the big book’- ‘Assamese : It’s Formation and Development’ gave Assamese people and the society a new identity and established that Assamese is a language of it’s own character, it is not a derivative of any other language.
Banikanta Kakati was destined to be a forerunner of Assamese literature and research on Assamese language. His most brilliant phase of academic life famed with his pioneering thesis titled “Assamese- Its Information and Developmen’t for which he received PhD from the University of Calcutta and which was later published by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies (DHAS). Thereafter, work on his other books like Visnuvite Myths and Legends, Kalita Jatir Itibritta, Sahitya Aru Prem, Pokhila, Purani Kamrupar Dharmar Dhara etc.were his credit to be praiseworthy along with many articles published in many journals, magazines in different languages.
In 1947, Dr. Banikanta Kakati was appointed as the principal of Cotton College for a few months. He was a totally dedicated teacher and litterateur. He resigned from the post of the principal of the Cotton College in 1948 and joined Gauhati University as the Head of the Department of Assamese when the university was established. He was also selected as Dean of Faculty of Arts in 1949. Predeceased by his wife on Sept 17 1952, Dr. Bani Kanta Kakoti breathed his last on Nov 25, 1952, leaving a void in the Assamese literary world.
Banikanta Kakati was among those prominent Assamese writers who contributed to a good extent for children with his creations along with his other valuable contributions as well, in the 50’s of Assamese literature.
Assamese It’s Formation and Development : prose (1935),
Purani Asomiya Sahitya : prose (1940),
Kalita Jatir Itibritta : prose (1943),
The Mother Goddess Kamakhya : prose (1948),
Life and Teaching of Sankardeva : prose (1948),
Sahitya aru Prem : prose (1948),
Pokhila -children book : (1952),
Vaisnuite Myths and Legends : prose (1952),
Purani Kamrupar Dharmar Dhara : prose (1952),
Stories of Assamese Literature : prose
Aspects of Early Assamese Literature-edited : prose
Songs of cell-translated lyrics of Ambikagiri Roychaudhury : prose
Bani Pratibha (posthumous publication) : prose
(Many articles published in many journals and news papers in Assamese and English. There were a good number of articles in the Assamese journal BAHI nicknaming himself as Bhabananda Pathak.)
Birth: 15th October 1894
Death:25th November 1952
Banikanta Kakati was destined to be a forerunner of Assamese literature and research on Assamese language. His most brilliant phase of academic life famed with his pioneering thesis titled “Assamese- Its Information and Developmen’t for which he received PhD from the University of Calcutta and which was later published by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies (DHAS). Thereafter, work on his other books like Visnuvite Myths and Legends, Kalita Jatir Itibritta, Sahitya Aru Prem, Pokhila, Purani Kamrupar Dharmar Dhara etc.were his credit to be praiseworthy along with many articles published in many journals, magazines in different languages.
In 1947, Dr. Banikanta Kakati was appointed as the principal of Cotton College for a few months. He was a totally dedicated teacher and litterateur. He resigned from the post of the principal of the Cotton College in 1948 and joined Gauhati University as the Head of the Department of Assamese when the university was established. He was also selected as Dean of Faculty of Arts in 1949. Predeceased by his wife on Sept 17 1952, Dr. Bani Kanta Kakoti breathed his last on Nov 25, 1952, leaving a void in the Assamese literary world.
Banikanta Kakati was among those prominent Assamese writers who contributed to a good extent for children with his creations along with his other valuable contributions as well, in the 50’s of Assamese literature.
Assamese It’s Formation and Development : prose (1935),
Purani Asomiya Sahitya : prose (1940),
Kalita Jatir Itibritta : prose (1943),
The Mother Goddess Kamakhya : prose (1948),
Life and Teaching of Sankardeva : prose (1948),
Sahitya aru Prem : prose (1948),
Pokhila -children book : (1952),
Vaisnuite Myths and Legends : prose (1952),
Purani Kamrupar Dharmar Dhara : prose (1952),
Stories of Assamese Literature : prose
Aspects of Early Assamese Literature-edited : prose
Songs of cell-translated lyrics of Ambikagiri Roychaudhury : prose
Bani Pratibha (posthumous publication) : prose
(Many articles published in many journals and news papers in Assamese and English. There were a good number of articles in the Assamese journal BAHI nicknaming himself as Bhabananda Pathak.)
Birth: 15th October 1894
Death:25th November 1952
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