Birendra Nath Datta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Indian Assamese folklore researcher
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Place of Birth: Nagaon, Assam, India
About Birendra Nath Datta
- Birendra Nath Datta (born 1 March 1935) is an Indian academician, a linguist, 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 Jagaddhatri-Harmohan Das Literary award.
- Datta was elected as the president of Asom Sahitya Sabha for North Lakhimpur Session, 2003 and Hojai Session, 2004
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