Sarat Chandra Goswami
| Sarat Chandra Goswami | |
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| Born |
May 12, 1887 Nalbari district, Assam |
| Died | December 19, 1944 (aged 57) |
| Pen name | Bapchandra Bhagawati |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
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Sarat Chandra Goswami (Assamese: শৰত্ চন্দ্ৰ গোস্বামী; 1887-1944) was a prominent writer of Assam who enriched the Assamese literature with his short stories. Goswami was a founder member of Asam Sahitya Sabha and elected as a Secretary of the Sabha for the first time. He continued in the same post from 1920 to 1927.
Goswami was born on 12 May 1887 at Narayanpur Sattra (now Nalbari Sattra) in Nalbari district of Assam. His father Lalit Chandra Goswami was also a writer and known for his "Keli Rohoishyo" book.
He had his early education in his own resident under Matiram Das, a private teacher and finally admitted in a M.V. School in 1897. Thereafter he admitted to Cotton Collegiate School and then in Cotton college, Guwahati. He took his F.A. and B.A. degrees from the Calcutta Metropolitan College (now Vidyasagar College). After completion of B.A. he took admission in Calcutta University in M.A. classes having honours in Sanskrit language.
In 1909, he was appointed temporarily as a Deputy Inspector at Nagaon. After that he served in some post like Assistant Inspector, Superintendent, Inspector etc. in different places of Assam under the education department of Assam.
Some of Goswami's literary works include:
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