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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Chandra Prasad Saikia<br />
| birth_date = 8 July 1927<br />
| birth_place = Jalukgaon, [[Amguri]], [[Sivasagar district]] , [[Assam]]<br />
| death_date = 8 August 2006<br />
| occupation = Writer, Editor & Publisher<br />
| language = Assamese<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = Presidency College, Kolkata<br />
| children = Three<br />
| awards = [[Assam Valley Literary Award]] <br/> [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] <br/> [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
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'''Chandra Prasad Saikia''' (1927–2006) was a writer from [[Assam]], India. He was the president of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] held at [[Hajo]] and [[Jorhat district]], Assam in 1999 and 2000, respectively.<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=2013-05-11 |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=26 September 2013 }}</ref> Saikia was born on 8 July 1927 at Jalukgaon, Amguri in Sivasagar district, Assam. After having primary education in Sivasagar he had left for [[Kolkata]] for higher education.<br />
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==Literacy Works==<br />
; Novels<br />
* ''Edin''<br />
* ''Meghamallar''<br />
* ''Uttarkal''<br />
* ''Suryasnan''<br />
* ''Mandakranta''<br />
* ''Janmantar''<br />
* ''Maharathi''<br />
* ''Tore More Alokare Yatra''<br />
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;Short story collections<br />
* ''Mayamriga''<br />
* ''Nachpati Phool''<br />
* ''Chakrabat''<br />
* ''Angikar''<br />
* ''Chandra Prasad Saikiar Nirbachita Galpa''<br />
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; Miscellaneous<br />
* ''Dristikon''<br />
* ''Nirbachita Sampadakiya''<br />
* ''Americar Chithi''<br />
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Saikia was also editor of various journals and newspapers, including ''[[Goriyoshi]]'', ''[[The Assam Tribune]]'', ''Prakash'', ''Natun Dainik'', and ''Asom Batori''.<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* [[Assam Valley Literary Award]]<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (2007)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
* Publication Board Award (2000).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[History of Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]<br />
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Sivasagar district]]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian short story writers]]<br />
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