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{{short description|Indian writer and dramatist}}
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'''Jnanadabhiram Barua''' (1880-1955)<ref name="Vijayasree2004">{{cite book|author=C. Vijayasree|title=Writing the West, 1750-1947: Representations from Indian Languages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cin3i2EVgUkC&pg=PA18|accessdate=29 April 2013|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1944-1|pages=18–}}</ref> was a notable Indian Assamese language writer, dramatist, translator, and [[barrister]] from [[Assam]]. He also participated in [[Indian Independence Movement|India's freedom struggle]].

==Early life and education==
He was born to [[Gunabhiram Barua]] and Bishnupriya Devi in 1880. He received his early education in Nagaon. Thereafter he went to [[Calcutta]] and [[London]] for further education. He became barrister and was appointed as the first principal of [[BRM Government Law College]] in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brmgovtlawcollege.org.in/profile.htm|title=Welcome to B.R.M.Government Law College|website=www.brmgovtlawcollege.org.in|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>

==Literacy works==
Some of his works include ''Venishor Saud'', ''Pancharatna'', ''Dodair poja'', and ''Bialator Sithi'' (''Letters from Abroad'').<ref name="Vijayasree2004"/> ''Mor Katha'' is his autobiographical book.<ref name="Saikia2000">{{cite book|author=Rajen Saikia|title=Social and economic history of Assam, 1853-1921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOTsAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 April 2013|date=1 July 2000|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-7304-344-4}}</ref> He was the president of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] in 1933 held at [[North Lakhimpur]], Assam.<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 |accessdate=29 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archivedate=26 September 2013 }}</ref> He translated [[Laxminath Bezbarua]]'s ''[[Burhi aair xadhu]]'' into [[English language|English]].

==Personal life==
He was married to Latika Tagore.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Deb |first1=Chitra |title=Women of The Tagore Household |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=9789352141876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvU6CwAAQBAJ&q=Jnanadabhiram+Barua+wife+latika&pg=PT391 |accessdate=29 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Barua's daughter Ira Barua married Gitindranath Tagore and their eldest daughter is noted [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] [[actress]] [[Sharmila Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1413/at05 |title=President pays glowing tribute to Sankaradeva |publisher=The Assam Tribune |date=14 May 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418132517/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=may1413%2Fat05 |archivedate=18 April 2015 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[History of Assamese literature]]
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=JkluAAAAMAAJ&q=Jnanadabhiram&dq=Jnanadabhiram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XYJ9UfP1Dca4rgeMoYC4Dw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBQ Socio-cultural aspects of Assam in the nineteenth century], by Prasenajit Caudhuri (1994)

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