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| name = Krishna Kanta Handique<br />
| image=Krishna Kanta Handique 1983 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1898|7|20}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|6|7|1898|7|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dibrugarh]], [[Assam]]<br />
| occupation = Professor, Vice-Chancellor<br />
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| citizenship = <br />
| children = [[Bijoy Krishna Handique]]<br />
[[Promila Gogoi]] <br />
[[Ohoilia Gogoi]]<br />
| awards = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Padma Shri]] (1955)<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (1967)<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1985)<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Krishna Kanta Handique''' (20 July 1898&nbsp;– 7 June 1982) was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar, an [[Indologist]] and philanthropist from [[Assam]]. He was a recipient of the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |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><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Krishna Kanta Handique was born on 20 July 1898 in a [[Tai-Ahom]] family in [[Jorhat]] town of [[Assam]], to Rai-Bahadur Radha Kanta Handique. He was educated at [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] (1913–15), [[Sanskrit College]], [[Calcutta]] (1915–17), [[Calcutta University]] (1917–19), [[Oxford University]], [[Paris University]] and [[Berlin University]] (1920–27).<ref name="Sattar 1990">{{cite book|last=Sattar|first=Abdus|title=Krishnakanta Handiqui|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8P1jAAAAMAAJ|series=[[Makers of Indian Literature]]|year=1990|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-048-5|pages=1–2}}</ref> He also studied and learned many languages like Latin, Greek, French, German, Russian, Italian and Spanish. He is known to have known 13 languages: 8 European languages and 5 Indian languages including Pali and Prakrit.<br />
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Handique was the founder [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Gauhati University]] for nine years (1948–57). Prior to this he was the founder Principal of J.B. College, Jorhat (1930–48) and established the Hemalata Handique Memorial Institute in Jorhat. He is well known for his munificence to literary and educational foundations. He bequeathed his massive personal library to Guwahati University making available to the public rare and valuable books in 11 languages of the world. He also gave the [[copyright]] of all his books to [[Deccan College (Pune)|Deccan College PG & Research Institute]], Pune; The Jaina Samskriti Samrakshaka Sangh, Maharashtra and Prakrit Test Society, Ahmedabad.<br />
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Krishna Kanta Handique was the President of [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] during the Guwahati conference in 1937 at the young age of 39, President of Classical Sanskrit Section, XVI All India Oriental Conference, Lucknow in 1951 and was elected the general President of the Srinagar Session of the same in 1961.<br />
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The Indian Posts and Telegraphs Dept. issued a commemorative stamp in honor of Handique on 7 October 1983.<ref name="Choudhuri 2011">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Bora|first=Mahendra|title=Handiqui, Krishnakanta|editor-last=Choudhuri|editor-first=Indra Nath|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: D–H|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hURlAQAACAAJ|volume=VOL. II|year=2011|edition=Revised|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delh|isbn=978-81-260-3080-4|page=2094}}</ref> The Govt of Assam has instituted the prestigious Krishna Kanta Handique Memorial Award in his honour in the field of promotion of Sanskrit language and literature.<br />
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Handique was posthumously awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1985 for his book ''Krishnakanta Handiqui Rachana Sambhar'', a collection of 20 critical essays. For its critical insight and analytical approach, the work has been regarded as a significant contribution to contemporary Assamese literature.<ref name="Choudhuri 2011"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
Handique, the [[Sanskrit]] scholar is known for his three major works:<br />
* ''Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa'', 1934<br />
* ''Yasastilika and Indian Culture'' 1949<br />
* ''Pravarasena's Setubandha'' 1976<br />
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