Who among the following was the first recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award?
Homen Borgohain
Incorrect AnswerNobakanta Barua
Incorrect AnswerBhabendra Nath Saikia
Correct AnswerNilamoni Phukan
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Bhabendra Nath Saikia (20 February 1932 – 13 August 2003) was a novelist, short-story writer and film director from Assam, India. He won many literary awards, including Sahitya Academy (1976), and was also recognised with the Padma Shri.Saikia edited the Prantik, an Assamese monthly magazine, and a children's magazine named Xaphura, both in the Assamese language. He was also the president of the Jyoti Chitraban which was for a long time the only film studio in Assam. He had the unique distinction of having won the National Awards for each of his seven Assamese films. For his services to the literature, culture and cinema of Assam, Saikia was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001.
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