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'''Anandaram Dhekial Phukan''' ({{lang-as|আনন্দৰাম ঢেকিয়াল ফুকন }}; 1829–1859) was one of the pioneers of [[Assamese literature]] in the ''[[Orunodoi]]'' era who joined in the literary revolution initiated by missionaries. He was remembered for his efforts in promoting Assamese language. He played a major role in reinstating the Assamese language as the official language of Assam.<ref name="vedanti1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/anandaram_dhekial_phukan.htm |title=Anandaram Dhekial Phukan |publisher=Vedanti.com |date=8 August 2011 |accessdate=23 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211045732/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/anandaram_dhekial_phukan.htm |archivedate=11 December 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Bhattacharjee1993">{{cite book|author=Arun Bhattacharjee|title=Assam in Indian Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTgxJ9Izl4UC&pg=PA17|year=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-476-3|page=17}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Phukan was born in 1829 at [[Guwahati]] in the Dhekial Phukan family. His father Haliram Dhekial Phukan wrote and published ''Asom Buronji'' and ''Kamakhya Yatrapaddhati'' in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and distributed them freely. He also contributed to the Bengali magazine ''Samachar Chandrika''.<ref name="Bhattacharjee1993"/><ref name="onlinesivasagar1">{{cite web|url=http://onlinesivasagar.com/literature/anandaram-dhekial-phukan.html |title=Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan – Pioneer of assamese language revolution |publisher=Onlinesivasagar.com |accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref>

Anandaram started his school life in [[Guwahati]]. In 1841, the then commissioner Jenkins sponsored him to go to [[Calcutta]] and study in [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Hindu College]]. After studying for three years there, he came back to Guwahati and took further lessons in English from Mr. Blend. He also took up some lessons in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name="onlinesivasagar1"/>

He got married in 1846 and took a government job the following year. He served as Dewan of the king of Bijani, Munsif, and Junior Assistance Commissioner, among other positions.<ref name="vedanti1"/>

==Literary life==
Anandaram Dhekial Phukan started his literary life at the age of 17.<ref name="vedanti1"/> From then until his death his sole aim was the development of his land and its people, to the detriment of his own health, which led Col. Hopkins to compare him to the great [[Raja Rammohan Roy]] of [[West Bengal]].

In 1847, Anandaram published ''Englandor Biwaran'' (''Description of England'') in ''[[Orunodoi]]''. In 1849, he published ''Asomiya Lorar Mitra'' (''Assamese Children's Friend'') in two volumes containing almost 400 pages, which is considered a milestone in the history of [[Assamese language|Assamese]] literature.<ref name="Bhattacharjee1993"/> In 1853, when Moffat Mills came to Assam to review the economic condition, Anandaram Dhekial Phukan presented him with a report written in lucid English describing the political and administrative situation of Assam, in-depth analysis of problems faced by the [[Assamese language]] and education system, and reasons and solutions to the poor economic condition of the Assamese people. He published another book, ''A few remarks on Assamese language'', in English in 1855,<ref name="Mukherjee1998">{{cite book|author=Sujit Mukherjee|title=A Dictionary of Indian Literatures: Beginnings-1850|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC&pg=PA18|year=1998|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-1453-9|page=18}}</ref> in which he discussed the independent criteria of the language and the grievous outcome of imposing [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as the official language in Assam. This book mentions about 62 religious books and 40 plays. In addition, he started working on two dictionaries (Assamese to English, English to Assamese) and sent some parts of these to ''Orunodoi'' but their fate remains unknown.<ref name="vedanti1"/>

His love for his motherland can be gathered from the following passage taken from his essay ''Englandor Biworon'' (''Account of England''): <blockquote>"O Almighty Lord; enlighten them, so that they can learn their misery and wretchedness; with your magical powers, civilize them! Make them capable so that they can recognize your power and come under your sway. O dear lord! hasten and bring in a new era - when jungles of Assam will turn into flower gardens, when river boats will give way to steam ships, when mud houses will turn into concrete homes, when thousands of schools be established in villages, when gjan sabhas and hospitals will aid the poor, when violence will wither away and people will live in peace, love and harmony forever. |"</blockquote>

==Death==
Anandaram Dhekial Phukan died at the age of 29 on 16 June 1859.<ref>sharma,satyendranath. "Axomiya sahityar samikshatmak itibritta". Orunodoi press, 1996. p.258</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[List of people from Assam]]
* [[List of Assamese-language poets]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-111314 Anandaram Dhekial Phukan] at WorldCat.
* [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82111314.html Anandaram Dhekial Phukan] from Library of Congress Name Authority File.
* {{cite book|author=Jayeeta Sharma|title=Empire's Garden: Assam and the Making of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W2dtxgZba6MC&pg=PA263|year=2011|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-5049-1|page=263}}

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