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'''Lalit Chandra Nath''' ({{lang-as|ললিত চন্দ্ৰ নাথ}}) popularly known as '''Lalit Oja''' or '''Lalit Chandra Nath Oja''' (1923 - 21 October 2013) was a notable person from [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Deodhani dance exponent Lalit Ojah dead|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/mdetails.asp?id=oct2213/state07|accessdate=22 January 2016|agency=Assam Tribune|date=21 October 2013}}</ref> He was born to a poor family in Saatghoriya Gaon, [[Sipajhar]], [[Darrang district]] in 1923.<ref name="easternperiphery1">{{cite web |author=Abdul Gani |url=http://www.easternperiphery.com/2012/09/age-has-not-withered-lalit-chandra-ojha.html |title=Age has not withered Lalit Chandra Ojha, nor life of tribulations ~ Eastern Periphery |publisher=Easternperiphery.com |date=2012-09-10 |accessdate=2013-06-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130615234209/http://www.easternperiphery.com/2012/09/age-has-not-withered-lalit-chandra-ojha.html |archivedate=2013-06-15 }}</ref> His father Bhuban Chandra Nath was also an Sukananni Oja. Faguni Devi was his mother. He has been awarded the prestigious [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1983 and again in 2012 the same organization honoured him with the [[Rabindranath Tagore award]] for his expertise in Sukananni [[Ojapali]] and for contribution in popularizing this traditional folk art form.<ref name="easternperiphery1"/><ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|author=Naresh Mitra, TNN Sep 16, 2012, 11.23PM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/guwahati/33879227_1_folk-art-art-form-darrang-district |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615234227/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/guwahati/33879227_1_folk-art-art-form-darrang-district |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-15 |title=All the world's a stage for Lalit Chandra Nath Ojha |date=2012-09-16 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-06-14}}</ref> He has performed Ojapali and [[Deodhani dance]] in various places in and outside India.<br />
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A biographical documentary film on Lalit Oja and his art, 'Haate Mudra Mukhe Pod Mayursodrix Nach' (Assamese), 'Lyrics with Body and Soul' (English), was made with an objective to make people aware of the contribution made by this man in preserving and popularizing the folk art. The film was directed by Prabin Hazarika.<ref name="indiatimes1"/><br />
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