Anundoram Borooah

Anundoram Borooah
Anundoram Barooah
Born	21 May 1850 (1850-05-21)[1] Rajaduar, North Guwahati, Assam, India
Died	19 January 1889 (1889-01-20) (aged 38)
Alma mater	Presidency College, Calcutta
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, ICS officer
Years active	1864 to 1869
Known for	First Indian to attain the post of district magistrate in India. First person to qualify for the civil services (I.C.S) from Assam and fifth from India in 1870, First graduate of Assam

Anundoram Borooah (1850–1889) was an Indian lawyer and scholar of Sanskrit.[2] He was both the first graduate and the first Indian Civil Service officer from the state of Assam.[3][4] He was the first Indian to attain the post of district magistrate in India.

Literary works

Sanskrit classics

• Bhavabhuti's Mahavircharitam,
• Saraswatikanthabharana,
• Namalinganusasana,
• Janakiramabhashya.

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Other works

• Bhavabhuti and His Place in Sanskrit Literature (1878)
• A Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary (Part I, II and III) (1877–80)
• Higher Sanskrit Grammar: Gender and Syntax (1879)
• Ancient Geography of India (1880)
• A Companion to the Sanskrit-reading undergraduates of the Calcutta University (1878)
• Comparison of a comprehensive dictionary of all Dialects of Bengal.

References

1. "Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme". Assam Government. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
2. Phani Deka (2007). The Great Indian Corridor in the East. Mittal Publications. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-8324-179-3.
3. "For the first time in Assam". Retrieved 27 November 2012.
4. Dipankar Banerjee. "A tale of the first torchbearer of higher education in Northeast". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
5. "Ananda Ram Barua". Amtron.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

External links

• Ananda Ram Baruah Flyover's picture