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Class 8 English - Lesson 13: The Man with the Midas Touch


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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§° āĻāϜāύ āϏ⧰ু āϞ'ā§°াāχ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āϚাāĻšā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

For a couple of months, the stall was running at a loss.

āĻ•েāχāĻŽাāĻšāĻŽাāύ āϧ⧰ি āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāĻ–āύ āϞোāĻ•āϚাāύāϤ āϚāϞি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

His appearance and his gigantic figure might have intimidated the customers from approaching his stall.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϚেāĻšেā§°া āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻļā§°ীā§°āϟোā§ąে āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻ—্ā§°াāĻšāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āϝোā§ąাāϤ āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–ুā§ąাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

But this boy with his business talent came up with a novel idea.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়িāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ­া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻāχ āϞ'ā§°াāϜāύে āĻāϟা āύāϤুāύ āϧাā§°āĻŖা āωāϞিāϝ়াāϞে।

One day he requested two well-known professors to visit his stall.

āĻāĻĻিāύ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĻুāϜāύ āϏুāĻĒā§°িāϚিāϤ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ•āĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāϞৈ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুā§°োāϧ āϕ⧰িāϞে।

A huge crowd gathered around the stall as they thought the professors would be misbehaved.

āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāĻ–āύ⧰ āϚাā§°িāĻ“āĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϜāύāϤা āĻ—োāϟ āĻ–াāϞে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻŦেāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻš'āĻŦ।

But they got a completely opposite picture.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻ›āĻŦিāĻšে āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻĒাāϞে।

This idea worked wonders and turned the tables.

āĻāχ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟোā§ąে āφāϚ⧰িāϤ āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻ•াāĻŽ āϕ⧰িāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏāϞāύি āϕ⧰ি āĻĻিāϞে।

It cleared up the misunderstanding of the people about the boy.

āχ āϞ'ā§°াāϜāύ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻ­ুāϞ āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦুāϜি āĻĻূā§° āϕ⧰িāϞে।

Since then, there had been a heavy rush of customers to the stall.

āϤেāϤিāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া, āĻĻোāĻ•াāύāĻ–āύāϞৈ āĻ—্ā§°াāĻšāϕ⧰ 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.

āĻāχ āϞ'ā§°াāϜāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ āωāϚ্āϚ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ, āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āĻŦংāĻļā§° ā§°াāϧা āĻ—োāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āϝাāĻ• āĻŽā§°āĻŽāϤে āφ⧰. āϜি. āĻŦুāϞি āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšāϝ়।

He was born in 1900 A.D. at Sibasagar.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ–্ā§°ীāώ্āϟাāĻŦ্āĻĻāϤ āĻļিā§ąāϏাāĻ—ā§°āϤ āϜāύ্āĻŽāĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

His father was Guna Gobinda Baruah who was the tea planter of 'Sankar Tea Estate'.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒিāϤৃ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻ—ুāĻŖ āĻ—োāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āϝি 'āĻļংāϕ⧰ āϚাāĻš āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚা'ā§° āϚাāĻš āĻ–েāϤিāϝ়āĻ• āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He was deprived of the affection of his mother at the age of just two months.

āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻĻুāĻŽাāĻš āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻž্āϚিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

He was then brought up by his aunt Haimavati, a noble lady.

āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒেāĻšীāϝ়েāĻ• āĻšৈāĻŽাā§ąāϤী āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী āĻŽāĻšā§Ž āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāχ āĻĄাāϙ⧰-āĻĻীāϘāϞ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

His nick name was Molai.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĄাāĻ• āύাāĻŽ āφāĻ›িāϞ āĻŽোāϞাāχ।

R.G.'s unique contributions to the fields of sports, culture, journalism, printing, banking and insurance industry have immortalised his name.

āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া, āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি, āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻ•āϤা, āĻ›āĻĒা, āĻŦেংāĻ•িং āφ⧰ু āĻŦীāĻŽা āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ā§° āĻ•্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϞৈ āφ⧰. āϜি.ā§° āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻšে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻ…āĻŽā§° āϕ⧰ি ā§°াāĻ–িāĻ›ে।

He was a person who could think and see ahead of his times.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāύে āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝি āύিāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤāĻ•ৈ āφāĻ—āĻŦাāĻĸ়ি āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āφ⧰ু āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻ›িāϞ।

He was successful in all the ventures he undertook.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞোā§ąা āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟাāϤে āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

He can be regarded as the man with the Midas Touch.

āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• 'āĻŽাāχāĻĄাāϚ āϟাāϚ' (āϝিāĻšāϤেāχ āĻšাāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϏেāϝ়াāχ āϏোāĻŖ āĻšোā§ąা) āĻĨāĻ•া āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻŦুāϞি āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি।

He had a God given gift of enhancing and benefitting everything that he touched.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻšাāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻ•ে āωāύ্āύāϤ āφ⧰ু āϞাāĻ­āϜāύāĻ• āϕ⧰াā§° āĻāĻ• āψāĻļ্āĻŦā§°āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻāϤ্āϤ āωāĻĒāĻšাā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He was a visionary man for whom impossible was an alien word.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϜāύ āĻĻূā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļী āĻŽাāύুāĻš āφāĻ›িāϞ āϝাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে 'āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ą' āĻāϟা āĻ…āϚিāύাāĻ•ি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

After passing matriculation, R.G got admitted into Cotton College, Guwahati.

āĻŽেāϟ্ā§°িāĻ• āĻĒাāĻ› āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ, āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীā§° āĻ•āϟāύ āĻ•āϞেāϜāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻ­ā§°্āϤি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

He shortly left the college for good.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞেāχ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āĻ•āϞেāϜ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।

He was not interested in his family business.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦাā§°িāĻ• āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়āϤ āĻ•োāύো āφāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

He decided to do something different in life through thick and thin.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϝিāĻ•োāύো āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāϤে āϜীā§ąāύāϤ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻŦেāϞেāĻ— āϕ⧰াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।

At the very outset he became a hay-dealer in the tea estates of Assam.

āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŖিāϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϚাāĻš āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āϘাঁāĻšā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

Then he set out for Calcutta to study accountancy and bookkeeping.

āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāĻ•াāωāĻŖ্āϟেāύ্āϏি āφ⧰ু āĻŦুāĻ•āĻ•িāĻĒিং āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাāϞৈ āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āϕ⧰িāϞে।

Simultaneously he learned type-writing and stenography.

āĻāĻ•ে āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϟাāχāĻĒ-ā§°াāχāϟিং āφ⧰ু āώ্āϟেāύোāĻ—্ā§°াāĻĢী āĻļিāĻ•িāĻ›িāϞ।

This period was full of ups and downs for R.G.

āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ›োā§ąা āφ⧰. āϜি.ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āωāϤ্āĻĨাāύ-āĻĒāϤāύেā§°ে āĻ­ā§°া āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He had to live a very hard life there.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤাāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻ•āĻ োā§° āϜীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

R.G. was not a man to surrender to any defeat.

āφ⧰. āϜি. āĻ•োāύো āĻĒā§°াāϜāϝ়ā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻšাā§° āĻŽāύা āĻŽাāύুāĻš āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

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.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āύāϤুāύ āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āϕ⧰াā§° āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻ—োāϟাāχāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āφāĻ—āϤে āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ– āϕ⧰াā§° āĻĻā§°ে, āĻāϜāύ āϟেāĻ•্āϏি āϚাāϞāϕ⧰ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাāϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āϏ⧰ু āϚাāĻšā§° āĻĻোāĻ•াāύ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

For three years he laboured hard in Calcutta.

āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϤিāύি āĻŦāϛ⧰ āϧ⧰ি āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

Soon after returning from Calcutta R.G. tried with might and main to improve the Barua Press established by his father.

āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āϘূā§°ি āĻ…āĻšাā§° āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰া āĻŦā§°ুā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°েāϛ⧰ āωāύ্āύāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…āĻšোāĻĒুā§°ুāώাā§°্āĻĨ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

He soon purchased the Darpan Press of Jorhat and the huge press of Nazira Tea Estate.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϤি āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞেāχ āϝোā§°āĻšাāϟ⧰ āĻĻā§°্āĻĒāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ› āφ⧰ু āύাāϜিā§°া āϚাāĻš āĻŦাāĻ—িāϚাā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ›āϟো āĻ•্ā§°āϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

At that time, The Times of Assam edited by Kedar Nath Goswami was the only English weekly which was in circulation.

āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ, āĻ•েāĻĻাā§° āύাāĻĨ āĻ—োāϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻিāϤ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āϟাāχāĻŽāĻ› āĻ…ā§ą āφāĻ›াāĻŽ' āĻĒ্ā§°āϚāϞāύāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āχংā§°াāϜী āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ• āĻ•াāĻ•āϤ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

R.G. decided to publish another English weekly.

āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āφāύ āĻāĻ–āύ āχংā§°াāϜী āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰া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§¯ āϚāύ⧰ ā§Ē āφāĻ—āώ্āϟāϤ āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤাā§° āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻ—āĻļাā§°ীā§° āĻĻৈāύিāĻ• āĻ•াāĻ•āϤ 'āĻšিāύ্āĻĻুāϏ্āϤাāύ āώ্āϟেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°্āĻĄ'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻ•্āϤāύ āϕ⧰্āĻŽāϚাā§°ী āϞāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽীāύাāĻĨ āĻĢুāĻ•āύ⧰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻāύাāϤ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āφāĻ›াāĻŽ āϟ্ā§°িāĻŦিāωāύ' āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϞৈ āφāĻšে।

It was a red-letter day in the history of journalism of North-East India.

āωāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻ­াā§°āϤ⧰ āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻ•āϤাā§° āχāϤিāĻšাāϏāϤ āĻāχāϟো āĻāĻ• āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻĻিāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

R.G. then took risk to build up his fortune by shifting the press to Guwahati.

āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻ›āϟো āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীāϞৈ āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰ি āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ­াāĻ—্āϝ āĻ—āĻĸ়াā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāĻļংāĻ•ুāϞ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।

He purchased the present site of the Tribune Press at Chandmari at Rs. 35000 in 1945.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ģ āϚāύāϤ ā§Šā§Ģ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϟāĻ•াāϤ āϚাāύ্āĻĻāĻŽাā§°ীāϤ āĻĨāĻ•া āϟ্ā§°িāĻŦিāωāύ āĻĒ্ā§°েāϛ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ⧰ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāϟো āĻ•্ā§°āϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

He resolved to make The Assam Tribune a daily newspaper.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĻ্āϝ āφāĻ›াāĻŽ āϟ্ā§°িāĻŦিāωāύāĻ• āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĻৈāύিāĻ• āĻŦাāϤ⧰িāĻ•াāĻ•āϤ āĻšিāϚাāĻĒে āĻ—āĻĸ়ি āϤোāϞাā§° āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ।

He left no stone unturned to achieve this task.

āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻŽ āĻ…ā§°্āϜāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•োāύো āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻŦাāĻ•ী ā§°āĻ–া āύাāĻ›িāϞ।

He worked hard from morning till late at night.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšু ā§°াāϤিāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻ•āĻ োā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

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 āϚāύ⧰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻ›েāĻĒ্āϟেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°āϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূāĻŦ āĻ­াā§°āϤāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ–āύ āχংā§°াāϜী āĻĻৈāύিāĻ• 'āĻĻ্āϝ āφāĻ›াāĻŽ āϟ্ā§°িāĻŦিāωāύ' āĻ…āĻ•āϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āϤ⧰াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āϜিāϞিāĻ•ি āωāĻ িāĻ›িāϞ।

R. G. was a man of versatile genius.

āφ⧰. āϜি. āĻāϜāύ āĻŦāĻšুāĻŽুāĻ–ী āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ­াā§° āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াā§°ী āĻŽাāύুāĻš āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He is credited to have developed many things in the corporate sector of Assam.

āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϕ⧰্āĻĒোā§°েāϟ āĻ–āĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦিāĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰াā§° āĻ•ৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।

He was the man who started the bank and insurance movement in Assam.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§ąেāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ āϏেāχāϜāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϝিāϝ়ে āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŦেংāĻ• āφ⧰ু āĻŦীāĻŽা āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

In addition, the beauty loving R.G. thought of rejuvenating Dighali Pukhuri, Zoo Road, and many other important sites of Guwahati.

āχāϝ়াā§° āωāĻĒā§°িāĻ“, āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽী āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীā§° āĻĻীāϘāϞীāĻĒুāĻ–ুā§°ী, āϚিā§°িāϝ়াāĻ–াāύা āĻĒāĻĨ āφ⧰ু āφāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ⧰ āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤāϕ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›িāϞ।

He was fully responsible for revitalising the Guwahati Town Club and the Maharana Club.

āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟী āϟাāωāύ āĻ•্āϞাā§ą āφ⧰ু āĻŽāĻšাā§°াāĻŖা āĻ•্āϞাā§ąā§° āĻ¨ā§ąāϜাāĻ—ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖā§°ূāĻĒে āϜāĻ—ā§°ীāϝ়া āφāĻ›িāϞ।

The idea of establishing a Tea Auction Centre at Guwahati was his idea.

āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীāϤ āϚাāĻš āύিāϞাāĻŽ āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ⧰ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟো āϤেāĻ“ঁā§°েāχ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He was also the first person who had insisted on a master plan of the city.

āϚāĻšā§°āĻ–āύ⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŽাāώ্āϟাā§° āĻĒ্āϞেāύ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϜোā§° āĻĻিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He was then the Mayor of Guwahati.

āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীā§° āĻŽেāϝ়ā§° āφāĻ›িāϞ।

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.

āĻāϟা āĻ…āϤিāĻļāϝ় āϞেāϤেā§°া āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞāĻ• āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāϞৈ ā§°ূāĻĒাāύ্āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰া āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟোā§ąে āωāϤ্āϤ⧰-āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦাāĻž্āϚāϞ⧰ āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āφ⧰. āϜি.ā§° āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻšāϞাāχ āĻ•āϝ়।

He started the work on 9 May 1959.

āϤেāĻ“ঁ ⧧⧝ā§Ģ⧝ āϚāύ⧰ ⧝ āĻŽে'āϤ āĻāχ āĻ•াāĻŽ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

He and his team had to ward off many obstacles in the process.

āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āφ⧰ু āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĻāϞে āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻŦাāϧা āĻ…āϤিāĻ•্ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ।

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⧍ āϚāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ŧ āϜুāϞাāχ⧰ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖā§° āφāĻŦেāϞি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϟো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ, āύেāĻšā§°ু āώ্āϟেāĻĄিāϝ়াāĻŽ āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়।

He was then the Vice-President of the National Sports Council of Assam.

āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°ীāϝ় āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĒā§°িāώāĻĻā§° āωāĻĒ-āϏāĻ­াāĻĒāϤি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

Another significant contribution of R.G. to the people of Assam is the Bihu Sanmilan.

āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϜāύāϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϞৈ āφ⧰. āϜি.ā§° āφāύ āĻāĻ• āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύ āĻšৈāĻ›ে 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 āϚāύāϤ āĻ—ুā§ąাāĻšাāϟীā§° āĻ•ুāĻŽাā§° āĻ­াāϏ্āϕ⧰ āύাāϟ্āϝ āĻŽāύ্āĻĻিā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াংāĻ—āĻŖāϤ āχāϝ়াā§° āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŖি āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āφ⧰. āϜি.āϝ়ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻ“ঁ āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϘ⧰⧰ āĻ­িāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϞāϤাāĻļিāϞ āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϞৈ āωāϞিāϝ়াāχ āφāύিāĻ›িāϞ।

Everybody irrespective of their caste and creed joined the Bihu Sanmilan.

āϜাāϤি-āϧ⧰্āĻŽ āύিā§°্āĻŦিāĻļেāώে āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āĻŦিāĻšু āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύāϤ āϝোāĻ— āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ।

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.

āĻāχ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āωāĻĒā§°িāĻ“, āϤেāĻ“ঁ 'āĻĻ্āϝ āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ' āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāϟা āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻ•োāώো āĻŽুāĻ•āϞি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝিāϝ়ে āϞāĻ•্āώ্āĻŽীāύাāĻĨ āĻŦেāϜāĻŦā§°ুā§ąা, ā§°āϜāύীāĻ•াāύ্āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞৈ āφ⧰ু āφāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝিāϕ⧰ āϏāĻ•āϞো āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝāϕ⧰্āĻŽ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•াāĻļ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

His contribution to the Assam Sangit Sanmilan is also worth mentioning.

āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ āϏāύ্āĻŽিāϞāύāϞৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύো āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝোāĻ—্āϝ।

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 āϏāĻŽাāϜ āφ⧰ু āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāϞৈ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸ়োā§ąা āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻাāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িāϚিāϤ āĻāχ āϏ্āĻŦাā§ąāϞāĻŽ্āĻŦী, āύিāϏ্āĻŦাā§°্āĻĨ, āϏিংāĻšāĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়ā§° āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিāĻ• 'āφāϧুāύিāĻ• āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ–āύিāϕ⧰' āĻŦুāϞি āϜāύা āϝাāϝ়।

During his lifetime he had proved that an indomitable spirit can defeat the challenges and obstacles of life.

āϜীā§ąিāϤ āĻ•াāϞāϤ āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽাāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻĻāĻŽ্āϝ āĻŽāύোāĻ­াā§ąে āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝাāĻš্āĻŦাāύ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāϧাāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ• āĻĒā§°াāϏ্āϤ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।

He is also known as the Singhapurush (Lion Man) for his bravery and enthusiasm.

āϏাāĻšāϏ āφ⧰ু āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻ“ঁāĻ• 'āϏিংāĻšāĻĒুā§°ুāώ' āĻŦুāϞিāĻ“ āϜāύা āϝাāϝ়।

Radha Govinda Baruah breathed his last at the age of 77 on 15 July 1977.

⧧⧝⧭⧭ āϚāύ⧰ ā§§ā§Ģ āϜুāϞাāχāϤ ā§­ā§­ āĻŦāϛ⧰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏāϤ ā§°াāϧা āĻ—োāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻŦā§°ুā§ąাāχ āĻļেāώ āύিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϤ্āϝাāĻ— āϕ⧰ে।

Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϟোāĻ•া)

intimidated  =  frightened (āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–ুāĻ“ā§ąা āĻŦা āφāϤংāĻ•িāϤ āϕ⧰া)

highbrowed  =  one who has more learning or culture than others (āωāϚ্āϚ āĻļিāĻ•্āώিāϤ āĻŦা āφāύāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āϜ্āĻžাāύী/āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻŦাāύ)

noble birth  =  high born with special status (āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤ āϜāύ্āĻŽ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŽā§°্āϝাāĻĻাāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āωāϚ্āϚ āĻ•ুāϞāϤ āϜāύ্āĻŽ āĻ—্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰া)

ventures  =  undertakes a risky or daring journey (āĻĻুঃāϏাāĻšāϏিāĻ• āĻ•াā§°্āϝ্āϝ āĻŦা āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāϜāύāĻ•/āϏাāĻšāϏী āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻšাāϤāϤ āϞোā§ąা)

stenography  =  process of writing in shorthand (āϏাঁāĻĨā§°-āϞিāĻĒি āĻŦা āϚāĻŽুāĻšাāϤেā§°ে āϞিāĻ–া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া)

rejuvenate  =  give new energy; restore a youthful energy (āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻŦা āύāϤুāύ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āϕ⧰া)

filthy  =  disgustingly dirty (āĻ…āϤিāĻļāϝ় āϞেāϤেā§°া āĻŦা āϘিāĻŖāϞāĻ—া āϞেāϤেā§°া)

inaugurated  =  began or introduced (āωāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ āϕ⧰া āĻŦা āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰া)

indomitable  =  impossible to defeat (āĻ…āĻĻāĻŽ্āϝ āĻŦা āϝাāĻ• āĻĒā§°াāϏ্āϤ āϕ⧰া āĻ…āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­ā§ą)

Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

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.

2. Give brief answers to the following questions.

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.

3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the text.
  • 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.
4. Write whether the following statements are true or false.
  • 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

Activity 1: Find out the coordinating and subordinating conjunctions from the following passage.

Coordinating Conjunctions: yet, and

Subordinating Conjunctions: that

Activity 2: Combine the following sentences into a single one by using the conjunctions given in brackets.
  • 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.
Activity 3: Find out the simple, compound, and complex sentences from the following.
  • 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?

Ans: You can find the complete line-by-line Assamese translation, word notes, and textbook question-answers for this chapter right here on The Studyverse!

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