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University of Calcutta. Cotton College, Guwahati.
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Nilmoni Phukan
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Since he shares his name another Assamese poet, Nilmani Phukan, he is often referred as Nilmoni Phukan (Senior). Phukan was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha for two times. In 1944 held at Sivasagar district and in 1947 held at Dibrugarh district of Assam.
Phukan was born on 22 June 1880 at Dibrugarh district, Assam.
He was the son of Lombodhar Phukan. After his early education at George"s Institution, Dibrugarh and Cotton College, Guwahati, he passed the Bachelor of Arts examination from Victoria College at Cooch Bihar (as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta), in 1907.
After graduation, he decided to study law, but the course remain incomplete.
