Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially Assam, besides being an Assamese-language scholar and poet.[1][2][3][4] He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in Assam through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of Assam.[5]
An editorial in the Assam Times called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range."[6] He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Gauhati University and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at Punjabi University.
He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974,[7] also in the same year he remained the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society).[8] In 1994, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[9]
Bibliography
- Śaṅkaradeva and His Predecessors{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lawyer's Book Stall(1953)
- The Art of Painting in Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Gauhati(1959)
- Rhythm in the Vaishnava music of Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bargīt Research Committee, Asam Sangeet Natak Akademi(1962)
- Lakshminath Bezbaroa: the Sāhityarathī of Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Dept. of Publication; Gauhati University(1972)
- Assamese Drama and Theatre: A Series of Two Lectures(Delivered at the Indian School of Drama and Asian Theatre Centre, New Delhi, April 1962){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Neog(1975)
- Sattrīyā dances{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1975)
- Annals of Asam Sahitya-Sabha, 1917–1975{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Asam Sahitya-Sabha(1976)
- Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Assam: Śaṅkaradeva and His Times{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Motilal Banarsidass Pub.(1980). ISBN 978-81-208-0007-6
- Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahitya Akademi(1980)
- Socio-political Events in Assam Leading to the Militancy of the Māyāmariyā Vaiṣṇavas{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta(1982)
- The Bhakti-ratnākara of Śaṅkaradeva{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publication Bureau, Punjabi University(1982)
- Bhaona: the ritual play of Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sangeet Natak Akademi(1983)
- Lachit Barphukan: The Victor of the Battle of Saraighat{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publications Division, Ministry of I &B, Govt. of India(1983)
- Religions of the North-east: Studies in the Formal Religions of North-eastern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Munshiram Manoharlal(1984)
- Nidhi Levi Farwell{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahitya Akademi(1985)
- Gīta-Govinda in the Assam School of Painting{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Publication Board, Assam(1986)
- Professor Maheswar Neog Felicitation Volume: Volume on Art and Culture of India with Particular Reference to Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bani Prokash Pvt. Ltd.(1990)
- "Maheswar Neog" on His Eighty First Birthday{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Maheswar Neog Publ. Trust(1995)
- The Contribution of the Śaṅkaradeva Movement to the Culture and Civilisation of India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Forum for Śaṅkaradeva Studies(1998)
- Cultural Heritage of Assam{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Omsons Publications(2004). ISBN 978-81-7117-212-2
- Essays on Assamese Literatures{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Omsons Publications(2004). ISBN 978-81-7117-213-9
- Sankaradeva{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. National Book Trust, India(2005). ISBN 978-81-237-2758-5
- Aesthetic Continuum: Essays on Assamese Music, Drama, Dance and Paintings{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Omsons Publications(2008)
- Religions of the North-East: Studies In The Formal Religions Of North-Eastern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Munshiram Manoharlal Pub.(2010). ISBN 978-81-215-0125-5
- The Creative Force Behind the Śaṅkaradeva Renaissance: Bhakti and Other Aspects (i.e. Aspects of the Neo-Vaiṣṇava Movement in Assam){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash(2011). ISBN 978-81-244-0161-3
- Tradition and Style: A Few Studies on Assamese Culture{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash(2011). ISBN 978-81-244-0160-6
- Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lawyer's Book Stall(1974)
References
- ↑ Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lawyer's Book Stall(1974)
- ↑ Professor Maheswar Neog. Assaminfo.com. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Authors & Poets – Maheswar Neog. Bipuljyoti.in(7 September 1915). Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ DU VC delivers Maheswar Neog lecture. The Assam Tribune Online(14 September 2011). Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ IGNCA Library Maheswar Neog’s Collection of Books | IGNCA. ignca.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ Dr Maheswar Neog's contribution to GU. The Assam Tribune Online(13 September 2009). Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013). Ministry of Home Affairs.
- ↑ List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ↑ SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows). SNA Official website.