Assamese Poet and Jnanpith winner Nilamani Phookan Passes Away
Phookan was referred to GMCH from Sanjeevani Hospital on Wednesday.
Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma presents Jnanpith award to noted Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan
Stating that while novelist Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was the first recipient of the prestigious Jnanpith from Assam, which he received in 1979 and Mamoni Roisam Goswami being the second Assamese…