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Indian historian, scholar and poet (1915–1995)
Maheswar Neog
Born (1915-09-07 ) 7 September 1915Died 13 September 1995(1995-09-13) (aged 80) Occupation(s) Professor and Writer Parent(s) Manik Chandra Neog and Chandra Probha Neog
Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 – 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the
North East India especially
Assam , besides being an
Assamese-language scholar and poet.
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[4] He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in Assam through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of Assam.
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An editorial in
The Assam Tribune called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range."
[6] He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at
Gauhati University and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at
Punjabi University .
He was awarded the
Padma Shri , India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974,
[7] also in the same year he remained the President of
Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society).
[8] In 1994, he was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by
Sangeet Natak Akademi , India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
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Bibliography
Maheswar Neog (1953).
Śaṅkaradeva and His Predecessors . Lawyer's Book Stall.
Maheswar Neog (1959).
The Art of Painting in Assam . Gauhati.
Maheswar Neog; Yadupati; Keshav Changkakati (1962).
Rhythm in the Vaishnava music of Assam . Bargīt Research Committee, Asam Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Maheswar Neog (1972).
Lakshminath Bezbaroa: the Sāhityarathī of Assam . Dept. of Publication; Gauhati University.
Maheswar Neog (1975).
Assamese Drama and Theatre: A Series of Two Lectures(Delivered at the Indian School of Drama and Asian Theatre Centre, New Delhi, April 1962) . Neog.
Maheswar Neog (1975).
Sattrīyā dances .
Maheswar Neog (1976).
Annals of Asam Sahitya-Sabha, 1917–1975 . Asam Sahitya-Sabha.
Maheswar Neog (1980).
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Assam: Śaṅkaradeva and His Times . Motilal Banarsidass Pub.
ISBN
978-81-208-0007-6 .
Maheswar Neog (1980).
Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan . Sahitya Akademi.
Maheswar Neog (1982).
Socio-political Events in Assam Leading to the Militancy of the Māyāmariyā Vaiṣṇavas . Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
Sankaradeva; Maheswar Neog (1982).
The Bhakti-ratnākara of Śaṅkaradeva . Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
Maheswar Neog (1983).
Bhaona: the ritual play of Assam . Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Maheswar Neog (1983).
Lachit Barphukan: The Victor of the Battle of Saraighat . Publications Division, Ministry of I &B, Govt. of India.
Maheswar Neog (1984).
Religions of the North-east: Studies in the Formal Religions of North-eastern India . Munshiram Manoharlal.
Maheswar Neog (1985).
Nidhi Levi Farwell . Sahitya Akademi.
Maheswar Neog (1986).
Gīta-Govinda in the Assam School of Painting . Publication Board, Assam.
Maheswar Neog (1990).
Professor Maheswar Neog Felicitation Volume: Volume on Art and Culture of India with Particular Reference to Assam . Bani Prokash Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Maheswar Neog Publication Trust; Maheswar Neog (1995).
"Maheswar Neog" on His Eighty First Birthday . Maheswar Neog Publ. Trust.
Maheswar Neog (1998).
The Contribution of the Śaṅkaradeva Movement to the Culture and Civilisation of India . Forum for Śaṅkaradeva Studies.
Maheswar Neog (2004).
Cultural Heritage of Assam . Omsons Publications.
ISBN
978-81-7117-212-2 .
Maheswar Neog (2004).
Essays on Assamese Literatures . Omsons Publications.
ISBN
978-81-7117-213-9 .
Maheshwar Neog (2005).
Sankaradeva . National Book Trust, India.
ISBN
978-81-237-2758-5 .
Maheswar Neog (2008).
Aesthetic Continuum: Essays on Assamese Music, Drama, Dance and Paintings . Omsons Publications.
Maheshwar Neog (2010).
Religions of the North-East: Studies In The Formal Religions Of North-Eastern India . Munshiram Manoharlal Pub.
ISBN
978-81-215-0125-5 .
Maheswar Neog (2011).
The Creative Force Behind the Śaṅkaradeva Renaissance: Bhakti and Other Aspects (i.e. Aspects of the Neo-Vaiṣṇava Movement in Assam) . Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash.
ISBN
978-81-244-0161-3 .
Maheswar Neog (2011).
Tradition and Style: A Few Studies on Assamese Culture . Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash.
ISBN
978-81-244-0160-6 .
Mukunda Madhava Sharma; Satyanarayana Ratha (1974).
Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography . Lawyer's Book Stall.
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