[Assam] About the Name Assam

[Chan Mahanta]

Hi Kamal:



At 10:23 AM -0500 3/8/09, kamal deka wrote:
>  In my humble view,the very word " Assam" is an Anglicised one.As an
>adjective," Assamese " pertains to the characteristic of the people of
>Assam and their culture.As  a noun,it means the native of Assam or the
>language of Assam.
>In view of the above fact.Assam Sahitya Sabha may not be in error.



*** You don't pay much attention to history or current events, to 
suggest Assam is an anglicized name do you :-)?


*** It is proven beyond any doubts , from  pre-British-in-Assam 
documents unearthed by our own Wahid Saleh , in the Netherlands 
historical archives. Did you miss it or do you not accept it?

c-da







>Kamal
>
>On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ajoy Hazarika <adhazarika at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>  Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:
>>
>>
>>  I agree with Chandan Mahanta.  If you do not know anything about it,
>>  an article written by H. Borgohain.  I could not find the article,
>>  otherwise I could have forwarded to you.
>>
>>  Hi Chandan, Rajen, if you have that article please forward that to . Oxom
>>  Xahityo Xobha
>>  Oxom Xahityo Xobha.  It will also help if Oxom Xahityo Xobha study
>>  the Bodo language.  There are other historical facts.  Chandan and Rajen
>>  can help.
>>
>>  A. D. Hazarika
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>>  From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>>  Subject: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>  To: info at axomxahityaxobha.org
>>  Cc: assam at assamnet.org
>>  Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 9:05 PM
>>
>>  Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:
>>
>>
>>  >In 1917 the Asom Sahitya Sabha was formed as a
>>  >guardian of the Assamese society and the forum for the
>>  >development of Assamese language and literature.
>>  >The word Assamese is an English one, built on the same
>>  >principle as Cingalese, Canarese, etc. It is based on the
>>  >English word Assam by which the tract consisting of the
>>  >Brahmaputra valley is known.
>>
>>
>>  *** It is pretty sad that you don't know the origins of the name
>>  Assam, that you claim is an English name.
>>
>>  It is such display of ignorance of our history and an absence of
>>  intellectual curiosity to know what it truly is, that makes the likes
>>  of Oxom Xahityo Xobha irrelevant to our cultural heritage
>>
>>  Sondon Mohonto
>>
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