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{{Infobox writer
| name = Lil Bahadur Chettri
| image = Lil_Bahadur_Chettri.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
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| language = Nepali, English
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Novelist
* short story writer
* essayist
* literary critic
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| awards = [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Award]], 1987<br>[[Jagadamba Shree Purasakar]], 2016<br> [[Padmashri]], 2020
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'''Lil Bahadur Chettri''' is an [[India]]n writer in the [[Nepali language]] from [[Assam]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=33784&cat_id=10 |title=Gorkhapatra |publisher=Gorkhapatra |access-date=2012-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214074655/http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=33784&cat_id=10 |archive-date=2013-12-14 }}</ref> He is a recipient of [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Academy Award]] for his book ''Brahmaputrako Chheu Chhau''. His other book ''Basain'' is a story of poor villagers who undergo suffering due to the exploitation of the feudal and so-called upper class of the society. It is included in the curriculum of [[Tribhuwan University]], [[Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Kunda Dixit |url=http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/383/Review/14397 |title=Not lost in translation |publisher=Nepali Times |access-date=2012-08-20}}</ref> Here is one more article about his novel "Basain" described as it observed by a general reader.<ref>{{cite web|author=Namrata Guragain |url=http://nepalipost.com/index/?a=read&catid=3&id=14294 |title=बसाइं–एक अनुभुती |publisher=Nepali Post |access-date=2013-04-05}}</ref> In 2016 he was honoured with [[Jagadamba Shree Purasakar]] for his contribution to the Nepali literature and language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/joshi-wins-madan-puraskar-chhetri-jagadamba-shree/|title=Ram Lal Joshi wins Madan Puraskar, Assam-based Lil Bahadur Chettri gets Jagadamba Shree|website=The Himalayan Times|date=20 September 2016|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> In 2020 [[Government of India]] awarded him [[Padmashri]], the fourth highest civilian award of India for his contributions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/padma-vibhushan-for-mary-kom-pama-bhushan-for-sc-jamir-padma-shri-for-13-others-from-northeast.html
|title=Padma Vibhushan for Mary Kom, Padma Bhushan for SC Jamir, Padma Shri for 13 others from Northeast
|website=NENOW|date=25 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Basain '' (1957)
* ''Brahmaputra Ko Chheu Chhao (Banks of Brahmaputra)''
* ''Atripta (Unfulfilled)''
* ''Assam Ma Nepali Bhasako Sharogharo (Difficulties of Nepali Language in Assam)''
* ''Dobato (Crossroads)''
* ''Tindasak Bis Abhibyakti (Twenty Expressions In Three Decades)''

==See also==
* [[Nepali literature]]
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali]]

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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