Padmashree Rongbong Terang

President, Asm saihtY sBa (2009-2011)

Eminent litterateur Rongbong Terang has been elected as president of Asm saihtY sBa for the session 2009-11. He was elected as the president of Dhemaji session in February 2009.

Shri Rongbong Terang, an illustrious son of Karbi Anglong district, was born to Rupsing Terang and Ba-hak Ronghangpi at Lumbungdingpi near Bokoliaghat on January 13, 1937. Terang had his primary education at Purana Kaki and Lanka Local Board Primary School in Nagaon district. After passing the Matriculation examination from Lanka High School in 1957, he studied at Nagaon College and graduated from Gauhati University in 1962. Terang started his career as a teacher in Lanka and Kaki high schools and Diphu Girls’ High School. He later joined Diphu Government College as a lecturer in Assamese and became the Principal-in charge on April 1, 2000. He retired from the college on November 30, 2002.

Notable works of Terang include novels Rongmilir Hahi (1981), Krantikalar Ashru (2005), Jak Herowa Pakhi (2005), and Neela Orchid (2001). Samannaya Prabah (1989) and Faringor Geet (1990) are collections of articles and short stories respectively, while Srimad Bhagawad Gita (1986), Smritir Papori (1998) and Langsoliator Kukrung (2007) are some other works. His un-compiled short stories are Bokulor Diary, Dhuniya Khamor Sithikhon, Sei Phalakkhon and Bisforon,