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Anundoram Borooah (1850–1889) was an Indian lawyer and scholar of Sanskrit.[2] He was both the first graduate and the first Indian Civil Service officer from the state of Assam.[3][4] He was the first Indian to attain the post of district magistrate in India.

Literary works

Sanskrit classics

  • Bhavabhuti's Mahavircharitam,
  • Saraswatikanthabharana,
  • Namalinganusasana,
  • Janakiramabhashya.

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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

  1. ^ "Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme". Assam Government. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Phani Deka (2007). The Great Indian Corridor in the East. Mittal Publications. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-8324-179-3.
  3. ^ "For the first time in Assam". Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ Dipankar Banerjee. "A tale of the first torchbearer of higher education in Northeast". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Ananda Ram Barua". Amtron.in. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

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