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'''Hemchandra Goswami''' (1872–1928) was an Indian writer, poet, historian, teacher and a linguist from [[Assam]] in the early part of modern [[Assamese literature]]. He was the fourth president of the [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]] in 1920 held at [[Tezpur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=5 May 2013 |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> He retired as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Assam..<br />
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==Literacy works==<br />
Goswami published the first Assamese dictionary, [[Hemkosh]] by [[Hemchandra Barua]] with the help of [[Colonel Gordon]] in 1900. Some of his other works include Asamiya sahityar chaneki,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMsGmbALl5sC&q=Hemchandra+Goswami&pg=PA96 |title=Assamese Literature - S. N. Sharma - Google Books |access-date=5 May 2013|isbn=9783447017367 |last1=Sarma |first1=Satyendranath |year=1976 }}</ref> Phular Saki (The Bunch of Flowers, 1907), which contains the first [[sonnet]] in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Sithi' (A letter from the beloved),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=Hemchandra+Goswami&pg=PA58 |title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose - Google Books |access-date=5 May 2013|isbn=9788172013240 |last1=George |first1=K. M. |year=1992 }}</ref> Kako aru hiya nibilao etc. 'Katha Gita' (Gita in Prose) of [[Bhattadev]] was edited by him in 1918.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odY_PWn7pesC&q=Hemchandra+Goswami&pg=PA132 |title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Assam - Google Books |access-date=5 May 2013|isbn=9788170997894 |last1=Bareh |first1=Hamlet |year=2001 }}</ref> which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Cithi' (A letter from the beloved)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[History of Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=h8qH-Qn8KToC&pg=PT131&dq=Hemchandra+Goswami&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H8WGUcqUMIrtrAfal4CwAw&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ Becoming a Borderland: The Politics of Space and Identity in Colonial] by Sanghamitra Misra.<br />
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