Birendra Nath Datta
Birendra Nath Datta is an Indian academician, a researcher of folklore, a singer and lyricists of Assam. In his career he mainly worked as a professor in different colleges of Assam. He also wrote scholarly books. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in the Literature and Education field and in 2010 he received the JagaddhatriHarmohan Das Literary award. Datta was elected as the president of Asom Sahitya Sabha for North Lakhimpur Session, 2003 and Hojai Session, 2004
Datta was born onMarch 1935 at Nagaon, Assam to Kalpanath Datta, a school teacher and Mandakini Datta. Their original home is in Panara village, near Baihata Chariali.
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