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'''Mahendranath Dekaphukan''' (1903–1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan Boys' Hostel|url=http://www.cottoncollege.org.in/mmm.html|work=Cotton College|accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> or '''Monai Boiragi''' in full '''Mahendra Nath Moi Heng Dang Deka Phukan''' was an artist, poet, journalist and [[Artisan|craftsman]] of [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Das|first=Sisir Kumar|title=A history of Indian literature: 1800–1910 Western impact: Indian response|year=1991|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-006-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&pg=PA721&dq=mahendranath+dekaphukan&hl=en&ei=xpElTvjcLsyzhAfTvYGICg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=19 July 2011|page=721}} ''Available at Google Books''</ref> He was the elder son of Lakshminath Phukan of [[Guwahati]]. After schooling from Cotton Collegiate High School, he took adminission at [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]]. He left from home in mid of study and wandered many places. He was assistant editor of ''Rangoon Mail'', published from [[Rangoon]]. He came to attach ''The London Art Co.'', when he was in [[Myanmar]], and made some experimental films, but he couldn't store for future. After that he joined ''Assam Bengal Press'' of [[Kolkata]] as manager. He was never staying many days one place. After few years working he came to Assam and married a Christian woman Miss Claris, he named her Jyotirmoi Devi. His attire was like a general village folk of Assam.<br />
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He was some strange kind of personality, had a few intimate friends. On the other hand, like Madhav Chandra Bezbaruah, [[Bishnu Rabha]], Industrialist Aalamohan Das, Dr. Sujya Kumar Bhuyan, former chief minister [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]] etc., some were very intimate to him. One of his existing creations is the symbol of Cotton College, Guwahati, but most of his works couldn't be stored. A hostel in [[Cotton University|Cotton College]] established in his memory named Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan or (MNDP)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mndp hostel|url=http://www.cottoncollege.org.in/mmm.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Cotton University]]}}</ref><br />
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