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'''Benudhar Rajkhowa''' ({{lang-as|বেণুধৰ ৰাজখোৱা}}; 1872-1955) was a prominent writer, poet and dramatist from [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=121917&dtP=2012-08-12&ppr=1 |title=The Sentinel |publisher=Sentinelassam.com |access-date=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101201/http://www.sentinelassam.com/state1/story.php?sec=2&subsec=2&id=121917&dtP=2012-08-12&ppr=1 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the president of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] in 1926 held at [[Dhuburi district]], Assam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=2013-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archive-date=2013-09-26 }}</ref> When he was studying at Calcutta, he had done a pivot role for development of [[Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha]], a literary organization from Assam. He was honoured with '''Rai Bahadur''' title by the ruling British government.

==Early life and career==
Benudhar Rajkhowa was born on 11 December 1872 to Suchadaram Rajkhowa and Hirawati Rajkhowa in [[Dibrugarh district]] of [[Assam]]. After having primary education in Dibrugarh he had left for [[Calcutta|Kolkata]] for higher education. Returning home, he worked in various posts like Extra Assistant Commissioner, Deputy commissioner under the ruling British Government.

==Literacy Works==
Rajkhowa was also an editor of the Bijuli magazine from 1890 to 1892. He started writing in [[Junaki (magazine)|Junaki]], a leading Assamese in that period.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reuQbFK9Rz4C&q=Benudhar+Rajkhowa&pg=PA94 |title=Assam General Knowledge - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|isbn=9788171994519 }}</ref>

Some of his books are:
* Assamese popular superstitions and Assamese demonology (1973)<ref name="autogenerated1955">{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=creator%3A%22Rajkhowa%2C+Benudhar%2C+1872-1955.%22 |title=Books by Benudhar Rajkhowa |access-date=2013-05-15}}</ref>
* Asamīẏā khaṇḍabākya-kosha (1961)<ref name="autogenerated1955"/>
* Assamese Popular Superstitions and Assamese Demonology (1973)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmMFAAAAMAAJ |title=Assamese Popular Superstitions and Assamese Demonology - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1973 }}</ref>
* Assamese Demonology(1905)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnB5mQEACAAJ |title=Assamese Demonology - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15}}</ref>
* Historical Sketches of Old Assam: Based on an Analysis of Popular Proverbs (1917)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urTwMgEACAAJ |title=Historical Sketches of Old Assam: Based on an Analysis of Popular Proverbs - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1917 }}</ref>
* A dictionary of phrases from Assamese to Assamese and English (1917) (অসমীয়া খণ্ড বাক্যকোষ)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5kBMwEACAAJ |title=A dictionary of phrases from Assamese to Assamese and English - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1917 }}</ref>
* Notes on the Sylhetee Dialect(1913)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBFLMwEACAAJ |title=Notes on the Sylhetee Dialect - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1913 }}</ref>
* '''Garland of Praises''', English translation of [[Gunamala]] in verse (1923).<ref name="SankaradevaRajkhowa1923">{{cite book|author1=Sankaradeva|author2=Benudhar Rajkhowa|title=Gunamala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIeztgAACAAJ|access-date=26 May 2013|year=1923|publisher=Assam Commercial}}</ref>

; Poetry books;
* Dehar pralay (দেহাৰ প্ৰলয়)
* Jivan sandhiya (জীৱন সন্ধিয়া)
* Chandra Sombhob (চন্দ্ৰ সম্ভৱ) (1895),
* Poncho Kobita (পঞ্চ কবিতা) (1895),
* Doxogeet (দশগীত) (1899),
* Soru Lorar Gaan (সৰু লৰাৰ গান) (1901),

; Plays
* Durjudhonor urubhongo (দুৰ্যোধনৰ উৰুভঙ্গ) (1903),<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&q=Benudhar+Rajkhowa&pg=PA281 |title=A History of Indian Literature: 1800-1910, western impact: indian response ... - Sisir Kumar Das - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|isbn=9788172010065 |last1=Das |first1=Sisir Kumar |year=2005 }}</ref>
* Seuti Kiron (সেউতি কিৰণ) (1898),<ref name="google1"/>
* Deka Gabhoru (ডেকা-গাভৰু) (1889),
* Dorbaar (দৰবাৰ) (1902),
* Kolijug (কলিযুগ) (1904),
* Dokhyojogyo (দক্ষযজ্ঞ)(1908),
* Sotikaar Soibhota (শতিকাৰ সভ্যতা) (1908),
* Lokhimi Tiruta (লখিমী তিৰোতা) (1909),
* Osikhita Ghoini (অশিক্ষিতা ঘৈণী) (1912),
* Bipro Damodor (বিপ্ৰ দামোদৰ) (1917),
* Tini Ghoini (তিনি-ঘৈণী) (1928),
* Suror Sristi (চোৰৰ সৃষ্টি) (1931),
* Jompuri (যমপুৰী) (1931),
* Tuponir porinaam (টোপনিৰ পৰিণাম) (1932)

; Song collections
* * Asomiya Bhai (অসমীয়া ভাই) (1901),<ref name="google1"/>
* Bahi (বাঁহী) (1906)<ref>{{cite journal|author=TI Trade |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/jul1709/colosseum.html |title=Assam Tribune online |publisher=Assamtribune.com |access-date=2013-05-15}}</ref>

; Autobiography
* Mora jiwana-dapoṇa (মোৰ জীৱন দাপোন)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0FP7GwAACAAJ |title=Mora jīwana-dāpoṇa - Benudhar Rajkhowa - Google Books |access-date=2013-05-15|last1=Rajkhowa |first1=Benudhar |year=1969 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[History of Assamese literature]]
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.xophura.net/poetry/benudharrajkhowa-geet Geet (গীত)] a poem of Rajkhowa at xophura.net.
* [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL8610A/Benudhar_Rajkhowa Benudhar Rajkhowa]'s book at openlibrary.org.

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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Assam]]

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