1. Mahim Bora was a prominent Indian writer and educationist from Assam.
13 Facts About Mahim Bora
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Mahim Bora was elected as a president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha held in 1989 at Doomdooma.
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Mahim Bora was awarded most notably the Padma Shri in 2011, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2001 and the Assam Valley Literary Award in 1998.
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Mahim Bora participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 held in Kaliabor town in the Nagaon district of Assam.
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Mahim Bora was born on 6 July 1924 in Ghopesadharu, a tea estate in Sonitpur district.
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Mahim Bora spent his childhood in his home village Ramtamuli Chuk, Hatbar.
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Mahim Bora passed Matriculation at Kaliabar Government aided High School and did Intermediate at Nowgong College, Nagaon in 1946.
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Mahim Bora was assistant editor of Rangghar Children Magazine and worked as conductor of Gaonlia Raijole in All India Radio, Guwahati.
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Mahim Bora was President of Nowgong District Sahitya Sabha, Assam Sahitya Sabha:Kavi Sanmilan and Assam Sahitya Sabha.
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Mahim Bora married Dipti Rekha Hazarika of Jamuguri on 1 May 1957.
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Mahim Bora died on 5 August 2016 in a private hospital of Guwahati at the age of 93.
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Mahim Bora was cremated with full State honours in Nagaon.
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Mahim Bora was a regular contributor of short stories to various periodicals.