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'''Atombapu Sharma''' (died 1963) also known as Pandit Raja Atombapu Sharma was a [[Manipuri Brahmin]] [[Sanskrit ]] scholar,<ref name="Sanajaoba 1988 p. 384">{{cite book | last=Sanajaoba | first=N. | title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization | publisher=Mittal Publications | series=Manipur, Past and Present | issue=v. 4 | year=1988 | isbn=978-81-7099-853-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&pg=PA384 | access-date=24 July 2022 | page=384}}</ref> a [[Vaishnava]], also versed in astronomy and astrology, a journalist and social reformer from [[Manipur]], [[India]].<ref name="Parratt 2005 p. 21">{{cite book | last=Parratt | first=J. | title=Wounded Land: Politics and Identity in Modern Manipur | publisher=Mittal Publications | year=2005 | isbn=978-81-8324-053-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fO4N_FI8jt4C&pg=PA21 | access-date=24 July 2022 | page=21}}</ref> He is considered as "The Doyen of Journalism in Manipur".<ref name="ManipurFact 2021">{{cite web | title=Pundit Raja Atombapu; Doyen of Journalism in Manipur | website=ManipurFact | date=2 September 2021 | url=https://manipurfact.com/pundit-raja-atombapu-doyen-of-journalism-in-manipur/ | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Imphal Free Press 2022a">{{cite web | title=58th death anniversary of Panditraj Atombapu observed | website=Imphal Free Press | date=24 July 2022 | url=https://www.ifp.co.in/9530/58th-death-anniversary-of-panditraj-atombapu-observed | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
==Works==

Atombapu launched the first daily newspaper in [[Manipur]] “The Dainik Manipur Patrika” in 1933 and Thongbam Gokulchandra Singh was employed as the editor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://manipurfact.com/pundit-raja-atombapu-doyen-of-journalism-in-manipur/ | title=Pundit Raja Atombapu; Doyen of Journalism in Manipur | date=2 September 2021 }}</ref> He also played an important role in promoting [[Sankirtana]] movement in Manipur and authored many books.<ref name="Internet Archive 2022">{{cite web | title=Internet Archive Search: creator:"Sharma, Atombapu" | website=Internet Archive | date=14 January 2022 | url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Sharma%2C+Atombapu%22 | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> His other contributions include promotion of journalism, politics, arts and culture and other aspects of Manipur.<ref name="Imphal Free Press 2022b">{{cite web | title=Floral tributes mark Panditraj Atombapu death anniversary in Imphal | website=Imphal Free Press | date=24 July 2022 | url=https://www.ifp.co.in/9535/floral-tributes-mark-panditraj-atombapu-death-anniversary-in-imphal | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bandopadhay 2008">{{cite web | last=Bandopadhay | first=Sruti | title=Dance: The tool of Sanskritisation process in Manipur » Ausdance | website=Ausdance | date=18 July 2008 | url=https://ausdance.org.au/articles/details/dance-the-tool-of-sanskritisation-process-in-manipur | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kothari 2019">{{cite web | last=Kothari | first=Sunil | title=A dance historian's notes on how the Natyashastra was mastered | website=The Asian Age | date=9 May 2019 | url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/090519/a-dance-historians-notes-on-how-the-natyashastra-was-mastered.html | access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>

He also received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for Manipuri dance in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Award_Winners.Sangeet_Natak_Awardee_Dance|title=Sangeet Natak Academi Awardees|work=E-Pao|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

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Atombapu Sharma - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 21:27, 23 July 2023