Bodo Sahitya Sabha: APSC Study Materials & Notes
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Bodo Sahitya Sabha
Bodo Sahitya Sabha
- The Bodo Sahitya Sabha promotes the Bodo language and Bodo literature.
- It was founded on 16 November 1952, under the presidency of Joy Bhadra Hagjer, at Basugaon, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam.
Major works of Bodo Sahitya Sabha
- Bodo intellectuals felt that Bodo language must be preserved and developed at par with Assamese and Bengali languages, as they realized very late that the education was the key component to the overall development of Bodo people and their language.
- After prolonged struggle and determination of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha, the Bodo language was introduced as a medium of instruction at primary level in 1963 and then at secondary level in 1968.
- Bodo language and literature has been recognized as one of the Major Indian Languages (MIL) in Gauhati, Dibrugarh and North-Eastern Hill Universities.
- In 1985, Bodo has been recognized as an associated state official language of Assam.
- It is credited for a large number of books on prose, poetry, drama, short story, novel, biography, travelogue, children’s literature & criticism.
Recent development
- Recently, under the aegis of the commission for Scientific and Technical terminology, HRD Ministry, the Govt. of India, the Bodo Sahitya Sabha is preparing more than forty thousand scientific and technical terms in Bodo language.
- Since 2005, Sahitya Akademi Award for Bodo language is given each year, by Sahitya Akademi, to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of the language.
- By 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, Bodo language was added to the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Important Personality
- Joy Bhadra Hagjer was the first Presidents of Bodo Sahitya Sabha, from 1952 to 1966, and Satish Chandra Basumatary was the second President for the period of 1966-1968.
- Sahitya Akademi Awardee for Bodo language in 2005 was Mangal Singh Hazowary and in 2006 was Katindra Swargiary.
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