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{{Infobox organization
|name = Golaghat Amateur Theatre Society
|image = GATS – Golaghat Amateur Theatre Society.png
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|logo_caption = Golaghat Amateur Theatre Society
|abbreviation = GATS
|formation = {{Start date and age|1895|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZmusO1pWjUC&q=ameteur+theatre+society&pg=PA6|title='''Quit India Movement In Assam''', ''Quit India and Student and Woman Movements in Golaghat District'', page 6|date=2007|work=Anil Kumar Sharma|isbn=9788183242424|last1=Sharma|first1=Anil Kumar}}</ref>
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|headquarters = [[Dhodar Ali]] (Road) <br> [[Golaghat]]
|region_served = [[Assam]], primarily [[Golaghat]]
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'''Exec. Members''' - 24
'''Exec. Co-opted Members''' - 8 + Lifetime Members
|language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[English language in India|English]]
|leader_title = President
|leader_name = A. Baruah<ref>{{cite news|url=http://amateurtheatresociety.org/list-of-executive-body-for-the-year-2012-13-2013-14/|title=Members of Executive Body members, GATS|date=2014|archive-date=3 September 2018|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903000824/http://amateurtheatresociety.org/list-of-executive-body-for-the-year-2012-13-2013-14/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|leader_title2 = Vice President
|leader_name2 = M. Roy<ref>{{cite news|url=http://amateurtheatresociety.org/list-of-executive-body-for-the-year-2012-13-2013-14/|title=Members of Executive Body members, GATS|date=2014|archive-date=3 September 2018|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903000824/http://amateurtheatresociety.org/list-of-executive-body-for-the-year-2012-13-2013-14/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Golaghat Amateur Theatre Society''' is a society for promoting [[performing arts]], such as [[music]], [[dance]], and [[theatre]]; [[literature]], such as [[Assamese poetry|poetry]], [[novel]]s and [[short stories]]; and [[visual arts]], such as [[drawing]], [[painting]], [[photography]], with more than 100 years of history representing the arts industry of [[Golaghat]] and [[Assam]]. The society was formed at Golaghat in Assam to bring [[Assamese people]] closer to the world of performing and visual arts.

==History==
Established in the year 1895, the '''Golaghat Amateur Theatre Society''' (informally '''GATS'''), was formed by a group of philanthropists led by Late Joy Chandra Maitra and others who envisioned to develop a centre for uplifting the dramatic and cultural talents in the state of Assam, particularly in [[Golaghat]] area. The permanent theatre hall of the society, commonly known as “Amateur Theatre Hall”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eastern-today.com/entries/assam/golaghat-district-journalist-association-s-golden-jubilee-celebrations-underway|title=Golaghat District Journalist Association's golden jubilee celebrations underway, ''The Eastern Today''|date=27 November 2015|work=ET Correspondent}}</ref> is one of the oldest dramatic arts' buildings in the state of Assam and has been in existence for over 117 years. The society's heritage and significant contribution to the [[Culture of Assam|Assamese culture]] in the field of arts, was recognised by the [[Government of India]], and it was awarded funds for its development under India's former Prime Minister – [[Manmohan Singh]]'s vision book.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2004/may/20spec2.htm|title=Ideas is what he likes to talk about, Rediff.com (News)|date=20 May 2004|work=The Rediff Special}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEaDKgzcs3gC&q=golaghat+amateur+society&pg=PA77|title=Manmohan Singh: Visionary to Certainty – ''Ideas is what he likes to talk about'', page 77|date=2004|work=K. Bhushan, G. Katyal|isbn=9788176486941|last1=Bhushan|first1=K.|last2=Katyal|first2=G.|publisher=APH }}</ref>

== Structure==
The Society conducts a series of cultural events throughout the year, including experimental theatres<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140620/jsp/northeast/story_18529364.jsp#.WHQXgbaLQcg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812140031/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140620/jsp/northeast/story_18529364.jsp#.WHQXgbaLQcg|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 August 2014|title=Golaghat to witness new theatre, ''The Telegraph - Calcutta - Gauhati''|date=19 June 2014|work=Ritupallab Saikia|accessdate=20 June 2014}}</ref> executed as per the mechanism adopted by its Managing Committee. The society has an executive body consisting of 32 members, besides lifetime members.

== Present ==
The society has been organising ''“All Assam One-Act Drama Competition”'' in the memory of distinguished dramatist Surendra Nath Saikia since 1981, encouraging participation from the citizens of different parts of the state in dramatic and cultural activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amateurtheatresociety.org/golaghat-amateur-theatre-society-a-brief-introduction/|title=A brief introduction, GATS|access-date=9 January 2017|archive-date=3 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903002646/http://amateurtheatresociety.org/golaghat-amateur-theatre-society-a-brief-introduction/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the experimental theatres, the society also actively participates in recognising talents from various walks of life, such as [[Assamese poetry|poets]] and littérateurs of [[Assamese literature]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bhabanibooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Book_Quest_April_May_issue.pdf|title=Book Quest, Volume I, Issue II - ''Awards and Honours''|date=9 March 2014|work=Book Quest}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep2116/state050|title=Golaghat Ratna Award conferred, The Assam Tribune|date=20 September 2016|work=Correspondent|accessdate=21 September 2016|archive-date=25 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925045107/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep2116/state050|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Golaghat district]]
[[Category:Cultural organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Golaghat]]

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