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{{short description|Indian writer}}
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{{Infobox author
| name = Benichandra Jamatia
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1930}}
| birth_place = [[Tripura (princely state)]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|14|1930|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Udaipur, Tripura]]<ref name="TI">{{cite news |title=Padma Shree Beni Chandra Jamatia breathed his last, Chief Minister condoles says it's a great loss for the state |url=https://tripurainfo.com/TripuraNews/Padma-Shree-Beni-Chandra-Jamatia-breathed-his-last-Chief-Minister-condoles-says-its-a-great-loss-for-the-state9273.html |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
| language = [[Kokborok]]
| education =
| period =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]](2020)
| notableworks = Dormo Lam bay Kok Borok Baul(English:''The path of Dharma and Kok Borok devotional songs'')
| occupation = Writer, Baul Singer
| genre = Folk
| spouse = Durgamati Jamatia
| children = 9
}}
'''Benichandra Jamatia''' (1930 – 14 December 2020)<ref name="FU">{{cite web |title=Benichandra Jamatia Funeral, Obituary, Bio, Death |url=https://funeralnearme.com/benichandra-jamatia-funeral/ |website=Funeral Updates |access-date=14 December 2020 |date=14 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharjee |first1=Biswendu |title=Tripura litterateur Beni Chandra Jamatia dies {{!}} Agartala News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/tripura-litterateur-beni-chandra-jamatia-dies/articleshow/79736745.cms |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=Dec 15, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> was a [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]] Indian folk writer and litterateur, known for his contribution to the fields of literature and education in [[Tripura]]. He is credited with introducing the ''baul'' singing tradition of West Bengal in [[Kokborok|Kokborok language]] for the first time.<ref name="TIE">{{cite news |last1=Deb |first1=Debraj |title=Tripura tribal folk writer Benichandra Jamatia accorded Padma Shri award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripura-tribal-folk-writer-benichandra-jamatia-accorded-padma-shri-award-6236699/ |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] (2020), the fourth-highest [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|civilian award]] in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Panday |first1=Chandan |title=Tripura tribal litterateur Beni Chandra Jamatia awarded Padma Shri |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2020/01/29/tripura-tribal-litterateur-beni-chandra-jamatia-awarded-padma-shri |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=EastMojo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/AwardeeTickets2020.aspx |website=padmaawards.gov.in |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS PRESS NOTE |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article30653369.ece/binary/2020AwardeesList.pdf |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-ministers-arun-jaitley-sushma-swaraj-and-george-fernandes-given-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/73617205.cms?from=mdr |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Shri for Beni Chandra Jamatia of Tripura |url=https://www.enewstime.in/north_east/padma-shri-for-beni-chandra-jamatia-of-tripura/ |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> He died at his home on 14 December 2020.<ref name="TI"/><ref name="FU"/>

==Biography==
Benichandra Jamatia was born to Padasingh Jamatia and Suchitra in Maharani, [[Gomati District]], Tripura. While he was young, his mother narrated the [[Puranas|Puranas stories]] to him in the [[Kokborok]] tongue. His days were taken up by farming and cattle rearing.

He was married to Durgamati Jamatia and has nine children.<ref name="TIE"/>

Jamatia died on 14 December 2020<ref>[https://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2020/12/14/tripura-tribal-litterateur-padma-shri-beni-chandra-jamatia-passes-away Tripura tribal litterateur Padma Shri Beni Chandra Jamatia passes away]</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Momin |first1=Gabriel G |title=Tripura: Padma Shri awardee Beni Chandra Jamatia passes away |url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/entertainment/arts-culture/tripura-padma-shri-awardee-beni-chandra-jamatia-passes-away |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=[[The Northeast Today]]}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Padma Shri]] 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Tripura pride picked for Padma Award again |url=https://indigenousherald.com/TripuraNews/tripura-pride-picked-for-padma-award-again-4948.html |website=indigenousherald.com |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tribal leaders failed to felicitate Benichandra Jamatia: Tripura CM |url=http://www.uniindia.com/tribal-leaders-failed-to-felicitate-benichandra-jamatia-tripura-cm/east/news/1897010.html |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|India|Literature}}
* [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)]]

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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[[Category:1930 births]]
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[[Category:Tripuri people]]
[[Category:People from Tripura]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education]]
[[Category:People from Gomati district]]
[[Category:Kokborok-language writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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