RUNGPUR SAHITYA PARISHAD: LEST WE FORGET(2)

In order to promote literary interests among the people of North-Bengal and Assam, the Parishad organized annual conferences (Uttar-Banga Sahitya Sammilan). The first such gathering was held on 27th June, 1908 at Rungpur. The following are the details of first six such conferences:

1.
27.06.1908
Rungpur
Akshay Kr. Maitra Panchanan, B.L(President)
Pandit Bhabani Prasanna Lahiri, Kabya-Byakarantirtha(President of the Reception Committee);
Surendra Chandra Roy Chowdhury( Secretary of the Reception Committee).
2.
31.01.1909 &01.02.1909
Bagura
Mahamahopadhyay Pandit Raj Jadabeshwar Tarkaratna(President)
Benimadhav Chaki, B.L. (President of the Reception Committee);
Suresh Chandra Dasgupta, B.L. ( Secretary of the Reception Committee).
3.
22 &23 January,1910
Gouripur, Assam
Pandit Padmanath Vidyabinod, Tatwasaraswati, M.A., Srihatta. (President)
Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua Bahadur (President of the Reception Committee);
Dwijesh Chandra Chakraborty, M.A., B.L. ( Secretary of the Reception Committee).
4.
09 &10 January,1912
Malda
Prof. Jadunath Sarkar, M.A. (Rajshahi). (President)
Krishnalal Chowdhury, (President of the Reception Committee);
Radhesh Chandra Seth, B.L. ( Secretary of the Reception Committee).
5.
06 &07 April, 1913
Guahati, Assam
Shashadhar Roy, M.A., B.L.(Pabna) (President)
Kalicharan Sen, B.L. (President of the Reception Committee);
Jibeshwar Panda, Uttam Chandra Barua. ( Secretary of the Reception Committee).
6.
13 &14 June, 1913
Dinajpur
Hon’ble Justice Asutosh Chowdhury, B.A.(Cambridge), Bar-at-Law(Pabna) (President)
Maharaja Girija Nath Roy Bahadur, (President of the Reception Committee);
Jogindra Chandra Chakraborty, M.A., B.L. ( Secretary of the Reception Committee).

To be continued....