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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2000)<br/>[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1987)
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'''Elangbam Nilakanta Singh''' (1927-2000) was an Indian poet and critic,<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&q=Elangbam+Nilakanta+Singh&pg=PA1145 | title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti) | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Amaresh Datta | year=2006 | pages=914 | isbn=9788126011940}}</ref> considered by many as one of the pioneers of modern [[Meitei literature]].<ref name="E Pao">{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.EI.Oinam_Anand.Nilakanta_The_Poet_and_critic | title=E Pao | publisher=E Pao | date=30 April 2008 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="India Online">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaonline.in/About/Personalities/WritersandPoets/Elangbam-Nilakanta-Singh.aspx | title=India Online | publisher=India Online | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> A recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1987, Nilakanta Singh was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2000, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Elangbam Nilakanta Singh was born at Keisamthong Elangbam Leikai in the capital of the Indian state of Manipur on 4 October 1927<ref name="Imphal Online">{{cite web|url=http://tribute.imphalonline.in/Elangbam-Nilakanta-Singh-130 |title=Imphal Online |publisher=Imphal Online |date=2014 |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230125148/http://tribute.imphalonline.in/Elangbam-Nilakanta-Singh-130 |archive-date=30 December 2014 }}</ref> to Lakhi Devi and Elangbam Bokul Singh, a primary school teacher, as the eldest of their eight children.<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="India Online" /><ref name="Sangai Express">{{cite web|url=http://tse.manipur.us/2008/02/10/Others/Articles.htm |title=Sangai Express |publisher=Sangai Express |date=2014 |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230124522/http://tse.manipur.us/2008/02/10/Others/Articles.htm |archive-date=30 December 2014 }}</ref> He did early schooling at [[Churachandpur]] and continued at [[Johnstone Higher Secondary School, Imphal]] from where he passed the matriculation in 1945. His pre university studies were at Murarichand College, [[Sylhet]], in the present day [[Bangladesh]] and later, graduated in Arts (BA) from [[Gauhati University]]. He secured a post graduate degree of [[Masters of Arts|MA]] in [[Philosophy]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] also from the same university.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)" /><ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Sangai Express" />

Singh started his career as a lecturer at D. M. College, Manipur in 1953 where he rose in ranks as a senior lecturer and the Head of the Department.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)" /> He worked as the Director of the Department of Social Welfare, the [[Government of India]] from which position he retired in 1986.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)" /><ref name="India Online" /> He was also a consultant at Manipur University in 1989, Senior Fellow of the Government of India in 1989 and a member of faculty of Philosophy at Manipur University from 1996 to 1997.<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="Sangai Express" /> He was the general secretary of Manipur Sahitya Parishad for two terms, in 1958 and from 1964 till 1968, the president during 1993-94 and the executive member till his death in 2000.<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="India Online" /><ref name="Sangai Express" /> He was also involved with several other cultural societies such as Naharol Sahitya Premi Samiti, Geeta Mandal, Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy, Manipur Cultural Forum, Arabindo Society, Mutua Museum and Divine Life Society.<ref name="E Pao" /> Nilakanta Singh represented the Indian cultural delegation in many overseas visits to countries such as Hungary, Germany and France under the Indo European Cultural Exchange Programme in 1971.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)" />

Singh has authored several publications which included poems, critical studies, travelogues and historical and cultural essays.<ref name="India Online" /><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84206491/ | title=Worldcat | publisher=Worldcat | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Irabat and Social and Cultural Awakening in Manipur">{{cite journal | url=http://themanipurpage.tripod.com/history/irabat.html | title=Irabat and Social and Cultural Awakening in Manipur | author=Elangbam Nilakata Singh | journal=MitkapThokpa |date=October 1999 }}</ref><ref name="Library of Congress">{{cite web | url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84206491.html | title=Library of Congress | publisher=Library of Congress | date=2014 | access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> Some of his notable works are:
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* {{transl|mni|Tīrtha yātrā}} (poems)<ref name="Tīrtha yātrā">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BY17pwAACAAJ | title=Tīrtha yātrā | publisher=Bhī. Āi. Pablikesansa | author=Elangbam Nilakanta Singh | year=1985 | pages=111}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Matamagī wākhala}} (poems)<ref name="Matamagī wākhala">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ir_GngEACAAJ | title=Matamagī wākhala | author=Elangbam Nilakanta Singh | year=1973 | pages=161}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Catlasine kadāidano ibāni}} (poems)<ref name="Catlasine kadāidano ibāni">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS7THAAACAAJ | title=Catlasine kadāidano ibāni | publisher=Śrīelāṃbama Bijaẏakumāra Siṃha | author=Elangbam Nilakanta Singh | year=1971 | pages=46}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Manipuri Seirang'}} (poems)<ref name="Manipuri Seirang">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&q=Elangbam+Nilakanta+Singh&pg=PA108 | title=Manipuri Seirang | author=Elangbam Nilakanta Singh | year=1995 | pages=296 | isbn=8172018886}}</ref>
* ''Aspects of Indian culture'' (critical study)<ref name="Aspects of Indian culture">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1puAAAAMAAJ | title=Aspects of Indian culture | publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy | author=Elangbam Nilakanta Singh | year=1982 | pages=192}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Saṃskr̥tigī śaklona}} (articles on culture and religion)<ref name="Saṃskr̥tigī śaklona">{{cite book | title=Saṃskr̥tigī śaklona | publisher=Rāiṭarasa Phorama | author=E. Nilakanta Singh | year=1991 | location=Imphal | pages=2176 | oclc=30154756}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Aikhoẏada haujika Rabīndranātha}} (essays on [[Rabindranath Tagore]])<ref name="Aikhoẏada haujika Rabīndranātha">{{cite book | title=Aikhoẏada haujika Rabīndranātha | publisher=Maṇipurī Sāhitya Parishada | author=E. Nilakanta Singh | year=1991 | location=Imphal | pages=98 | oclc=499984983}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Parishadakī Maṇipurī śaireṃ lāirika}} (poems)<ref name="Parishadakī Maṇipurī śaireṃ lāirika">{{cite book | title=Parishadakī Maṇipurī śaireṃ lāirika | publisher=Maṇipurī Sāhitya Parishada | author=E. Nilakanta Singh, Nongthombam Biren | year=1972 | pages=242 | oclc=39993271}}</ref>
* ''Manipuri dances'' (essays)<ref name="Manipuri dances">{{cite book | title=Manipuri dances | publisher=Omsons Publications | author=E. Nilakanta Singh | year=1997 | pages=143 | isbn=9788171171477|oclc = 040877008}}</ref>
* ''Fragments of Manipuri Culture'' (essays)<ref name="Fragments of Manipuri Culture">{{cite book | title=Fragments of Manipuri Culture | publisher=Omsons Publications | author=E Nilakanta Singh | year=1993 | pages=152 | isbn=9788171171095|oclc = 029595153}}</ref>
* {{transl|mni|Achaiba lei}} (poems)<ref name="The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (Devraj To Jyoti)" />
* {{transl|mni|Manipuri Kabitagi Chhanda Neinaba}}<ref name="Sangai Express" />
* {{transl|mni|Houjiki Sahitya Amasung Sanskriti}} (essays)<ref name="Sangai Express" />
* ''Monograph on Bhadra''<ref name="Sangai Express" />
* ''Monograph on Pandit Atombapu Sharma''<ref name="Sangai Express" />
* {{transl|mni|America ka unaba}} (travelogue)<ref name="Sangai Express" />
* {{transl|mni|America Gi Esai}} (poems)<ref name="Sangai Express" />
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He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ''Tīrtha yātrā'' in 1987.<ref name="India Online" /><ref name="Imphal Online" /><ref name="Sangai Express" /> In 2000, the [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="E Pao" /> Nilakanta Singh died on 11 February 2000,<ref name="Sangai Express" /> before the Padma Award investiture ceremony could take place.<ref name="E Pao" /><ref name="India Online" /><ref name="Imphal Online" />

==See also==
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* [[Meitei literature]]
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==References==
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