Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury | |
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Born | 1924 Gauripur Dhubri, Assam |
Died | February 29, 2008 Guwahati, Assam |
Pen name | Sheelabhadra |
Occupation | Lecturer Writer News-editor Tea garden-Manager |
Language | Assamese |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Post Graduation |
Alma mater |
Carmichael College Calcutta University |
Period | 1964–2008 |
Notable works | Modhupur Bohudoor |
Notable awards | 1994: Sahitya Akademi Award 1990: Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad Award 1990: Assam Publication Board Award 2001: Assam Valley literary Award |
Spouse | Nalini Dutta Choudhury |
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Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury (1924–2008) was a noted Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician from Gauripur in Assam, India. Popularly he is known as Sheelabhadra, his pen name.
Born in 1924 at Gauripur in Dhubri District, Dutta Choudhury pursued his graduation from Carmichael College, Rangpur (now in Bangladesh). He obtained his post-graduation in Pure Mathematics from Calcutta University in 1946, with a first class and silver medal.
After his Post graduation, he joined Cotton College, Guwahati as a lecturer in Mathematics. Subsequently, he became a contractor, a sub-editor with the Assam Tribune and assistant manager in a tea estate for some time and finally he restarted his teaching career in the Assam Engineering College, Guwahati in 1957 as a lecturer. And he retired in 1982 as a professor in mathematics.