Description: Asam Sahitya Sabha, the most important literary organization of Assam was constituted for the development of Assamese language, literature and culture.The efforts of a number of Assamese writers and organizations led to the formation of Asam Sahitya Sabha on December 27, 1917 at the historical town of Sivasagar to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the people of Assam irrespective of caste, creed and religion.
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Asam Sahitya Sabha, the oldest literary-cultural organization of Assam, was constituted for the development of Assamese language, literature and culture in 1917. The organisation evolved from two earlier Kolkata-based bodies— ‘Asamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha’ and ‘Assamese Literary Society’— which were established by the Assamese students.
Eminent writers Padmanath Gohain Barua and Sarat Chandra Goswami became the first president and the first secretary respectively. With its central office in Jorhat, there are nine other regional offices of Asam Sahitya Sabha situated in different places of Assam including Guwahati. There are 32 affiliated district units of Asam Sahitya Sabha and over 1,000 branches. The Sabha has seven branches outside the state, such as, in Kohima, Aizwal, Shillong, Pasighat, Kameng, New Delhi, Mumbai, and three abroad, i.
The Sabha has so far published over 5,000 books by its central committee and also through district units and branches. Moreover, the Sabha has already published nine volumes of the encyclopedia in Assamese.