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'''Hemchandra Barua''' ({{lang-as|হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা}}; ''Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa''), also known as '''Hem Barua''' was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from [[Sibsagar District]] of [[Assam]]. His father was Muktaram Barua.<br />
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==Literacy works==<br />
He was the compiler of the first exhaustive Assamese dictionary ''[[Hemkosh]]'', where spellings based on Sanskrit were first introduced. It was the second dictionary of the Assamese language.<ref>{{citation<br />
| last = Sarma | first = Anjali<br />
| isbn = 978-81-7099-207-3<br />
| page = 118<br />
| publisher = Mittal Publications<br />
| title = Among the luminaries in Assam: a study of Assamese biography<br />
| year = 1990}}</ref> It was published in 1900 after his death under the supervision of Capt. P. R. Gordon, ISC and [[Hemchandra Goswami]].<br />
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Some of his other works are listed below:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinesivasagar.com/literature/hemchandra-barua.html |title=Hemchandra Barua - First Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh |publisher=Onlinesivasagar.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-05}}</ref><br />
* 'Ôxômiya Byakôrôn' (Assamese grammar) (অসমীয়া ব্যাকৰণ) (1859)<br />
* 'Adipath' (আদিপাঠ) (1873)<br />
* 'Pathmala' (পাঠ-মালা) (1882)<br />
* 'Ôxômiya lôrar byakôrôn' (Grammar for Assamese children) (অসমীয়া ল’ৰাৰ ব্যাকৰণ) (1886). All the above four books were accepted as text books for schools and also awarded by the British Government.<br />
* 'Pôrhaxôliya Ôbhidhan' (School Dictionary) (পঢ়াশলীয়া অভিধান) (1892)<br />
* 'Bahirê rông sông, bhitôrê kûwabhaturi', (বাহিৰে ৰংচং ভিতৰে কোৱাভাতুৰী)<br />
* 'Kaniyar Kirttôn' (কানীয়াৰ কীৰ্ত্তন) (1861)<br />
* 'Swasthyô rôkhya ba ga bhalê rakhibôr upay' (Way to health) (স্বাস্থ্য ৰক্ষা বা গা ভালে ৰাখিবৰ উপায়) (translated)<br />
* 'Assamese Marriage System'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |title=RCILTS, IIT Guwahati |publisher=Iitg.ernet.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195752/http://www.iitg.ernet.in/rcilts/phaseI/hem_b.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
He was also an editor of ''Assam News'' published from Gauhati (1883–85).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Assamese Language Movement]]<br />
* [[Orunodoi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=D2BCF6468C191DD515F30155A0E49E71.journals?fromPage=online&aid=5765796 Hemkosh] at journals.cambridge.org.<br />
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