Ananda Ram Baruah
Occupation
Lawyer, ICS officer
Lawyer, ICS officer
Years active
1864 to 1869
1864 to 1869
Known for
First Indian to attain the post of district magistrate in India. First person to qualify for the civil services (I.C.S) from Assam and fifth from India in 1870,
First graduate of Assam
First Indian to attain the post of district magistrate in India. First person to qualify for the civil services (I.C.S) from Assam and fifth from India in 1870,
First graduate of Assam
Ananda Ram Baruah (Template:Lang-as; 1850–1889) was an Indian lawyer and scholar of Sanskrit.[2] He was both the first graduate and member of the Indian Civil Service from the state of Assam[3][4]
Literary works
Sanskrit classics
- Bhavabhuti's Mahavircharitam,
- Saraswatikanthabharana,
- Namalinganusasana,
- Janakiramabhashya.
Other works
- Bhavabhuti and His Place in Sanskrit Literature (1878)
- A Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary (Part I, II and III) (1877–80)
- Higher Sanskrit Grammar: Gender and Syntax (1879)
- Ancient Geography of India (1880)
- A Companion to the Sanskrit-reading undergraduates of the Calcutta University (1878)
- Comparison of a comprehensive dictionary of all Dialects of Bengal.
References
- ↑ Ananda Ram Baruah Award Scheme. Assam Government.
- ↑ The Great Indian Corridor in the East{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mittal Publications(2007). ISBN 978-81-8324-179-3
- ↑ For the first time in Assam.
- ↑ A tale of the first torchbearer of higher education in Northeast.
- ↑ Ananda Ram Barua. Amtron.in.
External links
- Ananda Ram Baruah Flyover's picture