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Siva Prasad Barooah

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Nationality
  
Indian

Citizenship
  
Indian

Name
  
Siva Barooah

Died
  
1938

Ethnicity
  
Assamese

Religion
  
Hinduism

Role
  
Politician

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Born
  
1880
Assam

Occupation
  
Tea-planter Advocate Journalist

Known for
  
Pioneer of Assamese Journalism, Richest tea-planter of his time, philanthropist, humanist

Spouse
  
Kamal Kumari Barooah (m. 1917)

Siva Prasad Barooah (Assamese: শিৱ প্ৰসাদ বৰুৱা) (1880–1938) was a renowned planter, philanthropist, politician, and humanist from Assam. He was the pioneer or path-breaker in Assamese journalism who published Batori, the first daily newspaper in Assam. The Siva Prasad Barooah National Award, instituted in his fond memory, is being given to individual or group, by The Kamal Kumari Foundation since 1999, for outstanding contributions to the field of journalism. He belongs to the famous Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, the family that emerged as the champion of Assamese interests and repository of Assamese Culture and traditions. He was the richest tea-planter at that time in India. He married Kamal Kumari Barooah in 1917.

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Siva Prasad Barooah Wikipedia