Background
Saurabh Kumar Chaliha was born 1930 in Mangaldoi town under Darrang District.His father name was Kaliram Medhi and mother was Swarnalata Medhi.
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His real name was Surendra Nath Medhi. However. Kaliram Medhi was also a prominent litterateur and presided over the 1919 session of the Asam Sahitya Sabha. Chaliha started his school life on 1939 at Saint Mary"s Convent School, Guwahati and later shifted to Cotton Collegiate School, from where he passed the Matriculation Examination.
In 1946 Chaliha joined Cotton College for studying ISc.
He was a brilliant science student and passed the exam with flying colors standing 5th in the state in 1948. Chaliha then opted for Bsc in physics in Cotton College only.
This ended up with arrest and jail term for the writer He had write the Bachelor of Science final examination from the jail.
He completed his Master of Science in physics from London University.
Chaliha worked in several educational institutions in Germany before returning to India in 1960 to join the Assam Engineering College as a lecturer in the Department of Physics. He retired as the head of the same department and was honoured as life time associate of the college in 1990. Saurabh Kumar Chaliha was suffering from some respiratory ailment and was admitted to the International Hospital where he had also undergone a minor surgery.
He breathed his last on the 25th of June 2012 in International Hospital, Guwahati at 5.40 Department of Administration and Management, Saturday at the age of 81.
Achievements
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Saurabh Kumar Chaliha won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his short story collection, Golam. In the year 1995, he was also honored with the Assam Valley Literary Award. But, the reclusive Chaliha has publicly accepted formal recognition only once. In one of his award acceptance speeches, he went even further went he said, ‘I feel like an interloper.’ Writing under a pseudonym, he directly came into public limelight only once, when he publicly accepted the Assam Valley Literary Award from a corporate body in Guwahati city under full attendance of media and public. Except this one-time exception, he otherwise remained an enigma for his countless admirers for the rest of his life.
Politics
However he got attracted towards communist and Marxism during those days, and got actively involved into RCPI.
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June 25, 2011 (aged 81)
Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award the Assam Valley Literary Award; Sahitya Akademi Award; Valley Literary Award Saurabh Kumar Chaliha won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his short story collection, Golam. In the year 1995, he was also honored with the Assam Valley Literary Award. But, the reclusive Chaliha has publicly accepted formal recognition only once. In one of his award acceptance speeches, he went even further went he said, ‘I feel like an interloper.’ Writing under a pseudonym, he directly came into public limelight only once, when he publicly accepted the Assam Valley Literary Award from a corporate body in Guwahati city under full attendance of media and public. Except this one-time exception, he otherwise remained an enigma for his countless admirers for the rest of his life. Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award the Assam Valley Literary Award; Sahitya Akademi Award; Valley Literary Award Saurabh Kumar Chaliha won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 for his short story collection, Golam. In the year 1995, he was also honored with the Assam Valley Literary Award. But, the reclusive Chaliha has publicly accepted formal recognition only once. In one of his award acceptance speeches, he went even further went he said, ‘I feel like an interloper.’ Writing under a pseudonym, he directly came into public limelight only once, when he publicly accepted the Assam Valley Literary Award from a corporate body in Guwahati city under full attendance of media and public. Except this one-time exception, he otherwise remained an enigma for his countless admirers for the rest of his life. Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.