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Summary / Overview (āĻŽূāϞ āĻাā§ą)
"The Man with the Midas Touch" is an inspiring biographical sketch of Radha Govinda Baruah, fondly known as R.G., the Architect of Modern Assam. Despite losing his mother early and facing many hardships, his indomitable spirit led him to achieve greatness. Starting from a humble tea stall in Calcutta, R.G. utilized his exceptional business acumen to turn his ventures into huge successes.
His monumental contributions shaped the modern identity of Assam. He revolutionized journalism by founding The Assam Tribune, transformed the sports landscape by building the Nehru Stadium from a filthy area, and deeply impacted culture by bringing the Bihu Sanmilan to the Latasil field. Known as the "Singhapurush" (Lion Man) for his bravery and enthusiasm, R.G. Baruah proved that with vision and hard work, nothing is impossible.
Line-by-Line Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
A young boy from Assam once started a tea stall in Calcutta.
āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°াāĻ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āĻাāĻšā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
For a couple of months, the stall was running at a loss.
āĻেāĻāĻŽাāĻšāĻŽাāύ āϧ⧰ি āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻāύ āϞোāĻāĻাāύāϤ āĻāϞি āĻāĻিāϞ।
His appearance and his gigantic figure might have intimidated the customers from approaching his stall.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻেāĻšেā§°া āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻļā§°ীā§°āĻোā§ąে āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻāϏāĻāϞāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻāϝ় āĻুā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ।
But this boy with his business talent came up with a novel idea.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়িāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻāĻ āϞ'ā§°াāĻāύে āĻāĻা āύāϤুāύ āϧাā§°āĻŖা āĻāϞিāϝ়াāϞে।
One day he requested two well-known professors to visit his stall.
āĻāĻĻিāύ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻুāĻāύ āϏুāĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ āĻ āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύāϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুā§°োāϧ āĻā§°িāϞে।
A huge crowd gathered around the stall as they thought the professors would be misbehaved.
āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻāύ⧰ āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻāύāϤা āĻোāĻ āĻাāϞে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻ āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻš'āĻŦ।
But they got a completely opposite picture.
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻŦিāĻšে āĻĻেāĻা āĻĒাāϞে।
This idea worked wonders and turned the tables.
āĻāĻ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϞে।
It cleared up the misunderstanding of the people about the boy.
āĻ āϞ'ā§°াāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻুāϞ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻĻূā§° āĻā§°িāϞে।
Since then, there had been a heavy rush of customers to the stall.
āϤেāϤিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া, āĻĻোāĻাāύāĻāύāϞৈ āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦāϞ āĻিā§° āĻš'āĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে।
This boy was the highbrowed, noble birth Radha Govinda Baruah who is fondly referred to as R. G.
āĻāĻ āϞ'ā§°াāĻāύ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώিāϤ, āϏāĻŽ্āĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āĻŦংāĻļā§° ā§°াāϧা āĻোāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āϝাāĻ āĻŽā§°āĻŽāϤে āĻā§°. āĻি. āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšāϝ়।
He was born in 1900 A.D. at Sibasagar.
āϤেāĻঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ্ā§°ীāώ্āĻাāĻŦ্āĻĻāϤ āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻāύ্āĻŽāĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
His father was Guna Gobinda Baruah who was the tea planter of 'Sankar Tea Estate'.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻুāĻŖ āĻোāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āϝি 'āĻļংāĻā§° āĻাāĻš āĻŦাāĻিāĻা'ā§° āĻাāĻš āĻেāϤিāϝ়āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was deprived of the affection of his mother at the age of just two months.
āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻĻুāĻŽাāĻš āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
He was then brought up by his aunt Haimavati, a noble lady.
āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒেāĻšীāϝ়েāĻ āĻšৈāĻŽাā§ąāϤী āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āĻŽāĻšā§ āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§°-āĻĻীāĻāϞ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
His nick name was Molai.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĄাāĻ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻŽোāϞাāĻ।
R.G.'s unique contributions to the fields of sports, culture, journalism, printing, banking and insurance industry have immortalised his name.
āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া, āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤি, āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻāϤা, āĻāĻĒা, āĻŦেংāĻিং āĻā§°ু āĻŦীāĻŽা āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϞৈ āĻā§°. āĻি.ā§° āĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻšে āϤেāĻঁā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ āĻŽā§° āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻিāĻে।
He was a person who could think and see ahead of his times.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻāύে āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ āϝি āύিāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤāĻৈ āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻā§°ু āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He was successful in all the ventures he undertook.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞোā§ąা āϏāĻāϞো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻেāώ্āĻাāϤে āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
He can be regarded as the man with the Midas Touch.
āϤেāĻঁāĻ 'āĻŽাāĻāĻĄাāĻ āĻাāĻ' (āϝিāĻšāϤেāĻ āĻšাāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϏেāϝ়াāĻ āϏোāĻŖ āĻšোā§ąা) āĻĨāĻা āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।
He had a God given gift of enhancing and benefitting everything that he touched.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϝিāĻোāύো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻে āĻāύ্āύāϤ āĻā§°ু āϞাāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻ āĻāĻļ্āĻŦā§°āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻāϤ্āϤ āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was a visionary man for whom impossible was an alien word.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĻূā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļী āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻāĻিāϞ āϝাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą' āĻāĻা āĻ āĻিāύাāĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
After passing matriculation, R.G got admitted into Cotton College, Guwahati.
āĻŽেāĻ্ā§°িāĻ āĻĒাāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāϞেāĻāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻā§°্āϤি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He shortly left the college for good.
āϤেāĻঁ āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻāϞেāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।
He was not interested in his family business.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦাā§°িāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়āϤ āĻোāύো āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻš āύাāĻিāϞ।
He decided to do something different in life through thick and thin.
āϤেāĻঁ āϝিāĻোāύো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻিāĻŦা āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
At the very outset he became a hay-dealer in the tea estates of Assam.
āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিāϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻাāĻš āĻŦাāĻিāĻাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻাঁāĻšā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Then he set out for Calcutta to study accountancy and bookkeeping.
āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻাāĻāĻŖ্āĻেāύ্āϏি āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻāĻিāĻĒিং āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϞৈ āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°িāϞে।
Simultaneously he learned type-writing and stenography.
āĻāĻে āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻāĻĒ-ā§°াāĻāĻিং āĻā§°ু āώ্āĻেāύোāĻ্ā§°াāĻĢী āĻļিāĻিāĻিāϞ।
This period was full of ups and downs for R.G.
āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻোā§ąা āĻā§°. āĻি.ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāϤ্āĻĨাāύ-āĻĒāϤāύেā§°ে āĻā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ।
He had to live a very hard life there.
āϤেāĻঁ āϤাāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻ োā§° āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
R.G. was not a man to surrender to any defeat.
āĻā§°. āĻি. āĻোāύো āĻĒā§°াāĻāϝ়ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻšাā§° āĻŽāύা āĻŽাāύুāĻš āύাāĻিāϞ।
He ventured to break some new ground and as mentioned already, he started a petty tea stall in Calcutta in the company of a taxi driver.
āϤেāĻঁ āύāϤুāύ āĻিāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻā§°াā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻোāĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāϤে āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĻā§°ে, āĻāĻāύ āĻেāĻ্āϏি āĻাāϞāĻā§° āϏāĻšāϝোāĻāϤ āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϤ āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āĻাāĻšā§° āĻĻোāĻাāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
For three years he laboured hard in Calcutta.
āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āϤিāύি āĻŦāĻā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻāĻ োā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Soon after returning from Calcutta R.G. tried with might and main to improve the Barua Press established by his father.
āĻāϞāĻাāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻূā§°ি āĻ āĻšাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻā§° āĻāύ্āύāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻšোāĻĒুā§°ুāώাā§°্āĻĨ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He soon purchased the Darpan Press of Jorhat and the huge press of Nazira Tea Estate.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻ āϤি āϏোāύāĻাāϞেāĻ āϝোā§°āĻšাāĻā§° āĻĻā§°্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ āĻā§°ু āύাāĻিā§°া āĻাāĻš āĻŦাāĻিāĻাā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻāĻো āĻ্ā§°āϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
At that time, The Times of Assam edited by Kedar Nath Goswami was the only English weekly which was in circulation.
āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ, āĻেāĻĻাā§° āύাāĻĨ āĻোāϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻিāϤ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻাāĻāĻŽāĻ āĻ ā§ą āĻāĻাāĻŽ' āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞāύāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻংā§°াāĻী āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ āĻাāĻāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।
R.G. decided to publish another English weekly.
āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āĻāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻংā§°াāĻী āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।
On 4 August 1939 The Assam Tribune came into light under the editorship of Lakshminath Phookan, formerly with the Hindustan Standard, a leading daily of Calcutta.
ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§¯ āĻāύ⧰ ā§Ē āĻāĻāώ্āĻāϤ āĻāϞāĻাāϤাā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻļাā§°ীā§° āĻĻৈāύিāĻ āĻাāĻāϤ 'āĻšিāύ্āĻĻুāϏ্āϤাāύ āώ্āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°্āĻĄ'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ্āϤāύ āĻā§°্āĻŽāĻাā§°ী āϞāĻ্āώ্āĻŽীāύাāĻĨ āĻĢুāĻāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻāύাāϤ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻāĻাāĻŽ āĻ্ā§°িāĻŦিāĻāύ' āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻšে।
It was a red-letter day in the history of journalism of North-East India.
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻāϤাā§° āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏāϤ āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻ āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻĻিāύ āĻāĻিāϞ।
R.G. then took risk to build up his fortune by shifting the press to Guwahati.
āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻāĻো āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীāϞৈ āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻā§°ি āύিāĻā§° āĻাāĻ্āϝ āĻāĻĸ়াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāĻļংāĻুāϞ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
He purchased the present site of the Tribune Press at Chandmari at Rs. 35000 in 1945.
āϤেāĻঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ ā§Šā§Ģ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻাāύ্āĻĻāĻŽাā§°ীāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻ্ā§°িāĻŦিāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻā§° āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻো āĻ্ā§°āϝ় āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He resolved to make The Assam Tribune a daily newspaper.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻ্āϝ āĻāĻাāĻŽ āĻ্ā§°িāĻŦিāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻĻৈāύিāĻ āĻŦাāϤ⧰িāĻাāĻāϤ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤোāϞাā§° āϏংāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
He left no stone unturned to achieve this task.
āĻāĻ āĻাāĻŽ āĻ ā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻঁ āĻোāύো āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻŦাāĻী ā§°āĻা āύাāĻিāϞ।
He worked hard from morning till late at night.
āϤেāĻঁ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšু ā§°াāϤিāϞৈāĻে āĻāĻ োā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Eventually on 30 September 1946 the first English daily The Assam Tribune shone like the lone star in North-East India.
āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻাā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāύ āĻংā§°াāĻী āĻĻৈāύিāĻ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āĻāĻাāĻŽ āĻ্ā§°িāĻŦিāĻāύ' āĻ āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āϤ⧰াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻিāϞিāĻি āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ।
R. G. was a man of versatile genius.
āĻā§°. āĻি. āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāĻŽুāĻী āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻাā§° āĻ āϧিāĻাā§°ী āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻāĻিāϞ।
He is credited to have developed many things in the corporate sector of Assam.
āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§°্āĻĒোā§°েāĻ āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦিāĻাāĻļ āĻā§°াā§° āĻৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।
He was the man who started the bank and insurance movement in Assam.
āϤেāĻঁā§ąেāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŦেংāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦীāĻŽা āĻāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
In addition, the beauty loving R.G. thought of rejuvenating Dighali Pukhuri, Zoo Road, and many other important sites of Guwahati.
āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ, āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽী āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻĻীāĻāϞীāĻĒুāĻুā§°ী, āĻিā§°িāϝ়াāĻাāύা āĻĒāĻĨ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ⧰ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ।
He was fully responsible for revitalising the Guwahati Town Club and the Maharana Club.
āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻী āĻাāĻāύ āĻ্āϞাā§ą āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻŖা āĻ্āϞাā§ąā§° āĻ¨ā§ąāĻাāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āĻāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻāĻিāϞ।
The idea of establishing a Tea Auction Centre at Guwahati was his idea.
āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীāϤ āĻাāĻš āύিāϞাāĻŽ āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ⧰ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻো āϤেāĻঁā§°েāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was also the first person who had insisted on a master plan of the city.
āĻāĻšā§°āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāώ্āĻাā§° āĻĒ্āϞেāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻোā§° āĻĻিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি āĻāĻিāϞ।
He was then the Mayor of Guwahati.
āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻŽেāϝ়ā§° āĻāĻিāϞ।
The story of transforming a filthy area into a sports complex with multiple facilities speaks volumes about R.G.'s monumental contribution towards sports in the north eastern region.
āĻāĻা āĻ āϤিāĻļāϝ় āϞেāϤেā§°া āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻাāϧিāĻ āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻĨāĻা āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞ্āĻĒāϞৈ ā§°ূāĻĒাāύ্āϤ⧰ āĻā§°া āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻোā§ąে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻā§°. āĻি.ā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāĻšāϞাāĻ āĻāϝ়।
He started the work on 9 May 1959.
āϤেāĻঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧝ āĻāύ⧰ ⧝ āĻŽে'āϤ āĻāĻ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He and his team had to ward off many obstacles in the process.
āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়াāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻāϞে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦাāϧা āĻ āϤিāĻ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Finally, on a rainy afternoon of 16 July 1962 the first full-fledged sports complex, the Nehru Stadium, was inaugurated.
āĻ ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ, ⧧⧝ā§Ŧ⧍ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻুāϞাāĻā§° āĻāĻ āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āĻāĻŦেāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞ্āĻĒ, āύেāĻšā§°ু āώ্āĻেāĻĄিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
He was then the Vice-President of the National Sports Council of Assam.
āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°ীāϝ় āĻ্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒā§°িāώāĻĻā§° āĻāĻĒ-āϏāĻাāĻĒāϤি āĻāĻিāϞ।
Another significant contribution of R.G. to the people of Assam is the Bihu Sanmilan.
āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāύāϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϞৈ āĻā§°. āĻি.ā§° āĻāύ āĻāĻ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύ āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦিāĻšু āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύ।
It started in 1950 in the premises of the Kumar Bhaskar Natya Mandir at Guwahati, but when R.G. took the responsibility he brought it from indoors to the Latasil field.
⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāύāϤ āĻুā§ąাāĻšাāĻীā§° āĻুāĻŽাā§° āĻাāϏ্āĻā§° āύাāĻ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াংāĻāĻŖāϤ āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻā§°. āĻি.āϝ়ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āϞৈāĻিāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻā§°ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϞāϤাāĻļিāϞ āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϞৈ āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāĻিāϞ।
Everybody irrespective of their caste and creed joined the Bihu Sanmilan.
āĻাāϤি-āϧ⧰্āĻŽ āύিā§°্āĻŦিāĻļেāώে āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻŦিāĻšু āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύāϤ āϝোāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।
Apart from these noteworthy contributions, he also opened a literary cell The Sahitya Prakash which published all the literary works of Laxminath Bezbarooah, Rajanikanta Bordoloi, and many others.
āĻāĻ āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ, āϤেāĻঁ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ' āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻা āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻোāώো āĻŽুāĻāϞি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝিāϝ়ে āϞāĻ্āώ্āĻŽীāύাāĻĨ āĻŦেāĻāĻŦā§°ুā§ąা, ā§°āĻāύীāĻাāύ্āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāĻā§° āϏāĻāϞো āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāĻā§°্āĻŽ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
His contribution to the Assam Sangit Sanmilan is also worth mentioning.
āĻ āϏāĻŽ āϏংāĻীāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύāϞৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύো āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻāϝোāĻ্āϝ।
This self-made, selfless, lion-hearted figure who is noted for his contributions to the Assamese society and culture is known as the Architect of Modern Assam.
āĻ āϏāĻŽীāϝ়া āϏāĻŽাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāϞৈ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸ়োā§ąা āĻ ā§ąāĻĻাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাā§ąāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦী, āύিāϏ্āĻŦাā§°্āĻĨ, āϏিংāĻšāĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়ā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻ 'āĻāϧুāύিāĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāύিāĻā§°' āĻŦুāϞি āĻāύা āϝাāϝ়।
During his lifetime he had proved that an indomitable spirit can defeat the challenges and obstacles of life.
āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻাāϞāϤ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāĻ āĻ āĻĻāĻŽ্āϝ āĻŽāύোāĻাā§ąে āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝাāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāϧাāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ āĻĒā§°াāϏ্āϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
He is also known as the Singhapurush (Lion Man) for his bravery and enthusiasm.
āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻā§°ু āĻā§āϏাāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁāĻ 'āϏিংāĻšāĻĒুā§°ুāώ' āĻŦুāϞিāĻ āĻāύা āϝাāϝ়।
Radha Govinda Baruah breathed his last at the age of 77 on 15 July 1977.
⧧⧝ā§ā§ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻুāϞাāĻāϤ ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤ ā§°াāϧা āĻোāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąাāĻ āĻļেāώ āύিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϤ্āϝাāĻ āĻā§°ে।
Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻোāĻা)
intimidated = frightened (āĻāϝ় āĻুāĻā§ąা āĻŦা āĻāϤংāĻিāϤ āĻā§°া)
highbrowed = one who has more learning or culture than others (āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻļিāĻ্āώিāϤ āĻŦা āĻāύāϤāĻৈ āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻ্āĻাāύী/āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻŦাāύ)
noble birth = high born with special status (āϏāĻŽ্āĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āĻāύ্āĻŽ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŽā§°্āϝাāĻĻাāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻāĻ্āĻ āĻুāϞāϤ āĻāύ্āĻŽ āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°া)
ventures = undertakes a risky or daring journey (āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ āĻাā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāĻāύāĻ/āϏাāĻšāϏী āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞোā§ąা)
stenography = process of writing in shorthand (āϏাঁāĻĨā§°-āϞিāĻĒি āĻŦা āĻāĻŽুāĻšাāϤেā§°ে āϞিāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া)
rejuvenate = give new energy; restore a youthful energy (āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāĻ্āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°া āĻŦা āύāϤুāύ āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°া)
filthy = disgustingly dirty (āĻ āϤিāĻļāϝ় āϞেāϤেā§°া āĻŦা āĻিāĻŖāϞāĻা āϞেāϤেā§°া)
inaugurated = began or introduced (āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āĻā§°া āĻŦা āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°া)
indomitable = impossible to defeat (āĻ āĻĻāĻŽ্āϝ āĻŦা āϝাāĻ āĻĒā§°াāϏ্āϤ āĻā§°া āĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą)
Comprehension Solutions
a) When and where was Radha Govinda Baruah born?
Ans: Radha Govinda Baruah was born in 1900 A.D. at Sibasagar.
b) What immortalized his name?
Ans: R.G.'s unique contributions to the fields of sports, culture, journalism, printing, banking and insurance industry have immortalised his name.
c) By whom was R.G. brought up?
Ans: He was brought up by his aunt Haimavati, a noble lady.
d) What subjects did he study in Calcutta?
Ans: He studied accountancy and bookkeeping, and simultaneously learned type-writing and stenography in Calcutta.
e) Which day was considered as the red-letter day in the history of journalism of the North-East?
Ans: 4 August 1939, when The Assam Tribune came into light, was considered a red-letter day in the history of journalism of North-East India.
f) Name the literary cell started by R. G.?
Ans: The literary cell started by R.G. was The Sahitya Prakash.
g) Why is R.G. known as the Lion Man of Assam?
Ans: He is known as the Singhapurush (Lion Man) for his bravery and enthusiasm.
h) Who is known as the 'Architect of Modern Assam'?
Ans: Radha Govinda Baruah is known as the Architect of Modern Assam.
i) Name the English Weekly edited by Kedar Nath Goswami.
Ans: The Times of Assam was the English weekly edited by Kedar Nath Goswami.
j) Name the sports complex that was built by Radha Govinda Baruah.
Ans: The sports complex built by Radha Govinda Baruah is the Nehru Stadium.
a) Why is R.G. known as 'The Man with the Midas Touch'?
Ans: He is known as 'The Man with the Midas Touch' because he was successful in all the ventures he undertook and had a God-given gift of enhancing and benefitting everything that he touched.
b) Write a note on the contributions of R. G. to the society and culture of Assam.
Ans: R.G. made monumental contributions to sports by building the Nehru Stadium and revitalising town clubs. Culturally, he brought the Bihu Sanmilan to the Latasil field, opened 'The Sahitya Prakash' to publish literary works, and contributed to the Assam Sangit Sanmilan.
- a) His father was the tea planter of 'Sankar Tea Estate'.
- b) On a rainy afternoon of 16 July 1962 the Nehru Stadium was inaugurated.
- c) The 'Bihu Sanmilan' started in 1950 in the premises of the Kumar Bhaskar Natya Mandir at Guwahati.
- d) On 30 September 1946 the first English daily The Assam Tribune shone like the lone star in North-East India.
- a) R. G. was deprived of the affection of his mother at the age of two months only. → True
- b) After passing Matriculation R.G. got admitted into R.G. Baruah College. → False
- c) On 4 July 1949 The Assam Tribune an English Weekly came into light. → False
- d) Lakshminath Phookan was formerly with The Assam Tribune. → False
Grammar and Usage
Coordinating Conjunctions: yet, and
Subordinating Conjunctions: that
- a) Ans: Sheela's mother is a teacher who teaches English.
- b) Ans: The man is poor but he is happy.
- c) Ans: Dipak is not only brave but also intelligent.
- d) Ans: I don't know the place where she lives.
- e) Ans: We have a car whose colour is white.
- a) The sea is as deep as the mountains are high. → Complex sentence
- b) The girl sitting in the corner with a book in her hand is my sister. → Simple sentence
- c) You can sit wherever you like. → Complex sentence
- d) You may do as you please. → Complex sentence
- e) I will do this if I am allowed. → Complex sentence
Writing Activity: Picture Composition
Picture (a):
This picture tells the story of transformation and patience. It shows a butterfly that has just emerged from its chrysalis (pupa), hanging onto a small branch. It symbolizes the beautiful and magical process of metamorphosis in nature, where a simple caterpillar completely changes into a stunning winged creature.
Picture (b):
This picture tells a story of thrill, speed, and adventure. It shows a motocross rider on a dirt bike performing an aggressive maneuver on a muddy track. A crowd of enthusiastic spectators is standing closely on the side, watching the high-energy action. It captures the adrenaline rush of extreme sports.
FAQs on Lesson 13
Q. Who is known as the "Architect of Modern Assam"?
Ans: Radha Govinda Baruah, fondly known as R.G. Baruah, is known as the Architect of Modern Assam due to his vast contributions to the state.
Q. Why is R.G. Baruah called the man with the "Midas Touch"?
Ans: He is called the man with the Midas Touch because he possessed a God-given gift to make every business venture he undertook highly successful and beneficial.
Q. When was The Assam Tribune published as an English daily?
Ans: The Assam Tribune first came to light as an English weekly on 4 August 1939 and was eventually published as an English daily on 30 September 1946.
Q. What was R.G. Baruah's contribution to Assam's sports?
Ans: He built the first full-fledged sports complex in the region, the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, by transforming a filthy area. He also revitalised the Guwahati Town Club and Maharana Club.
Q. Where can I find the Assamese translation for Class 8 English Lesson 13?
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