List of people from Western Assam

Modern Western Assam is a culturally distinct region. ^[1] This list specifically focuses on people from Western Assam.

Legendary

• Naraka, founder, Naraka dynasty
• Bhagadatta, ruler, Naraka dynasty
• Vajradatta, ruler, Naraka dynasty

Ancient

• Pushyavarman, founder, Varman dynasty
• Samudravarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Balavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Kalyanavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Ganapativarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Mahendravarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Narayanavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Bhutivarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Chandramukhavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Sthitavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Susthitavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Supratisthitavarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Bhaskaravarman, ruler, Varman dynasty

• Avantivarman, ruler, Varman dynasty
• Brahma Pala, founder, Pala dynasty
• Ratna Pala, ruler, Pala dynasty
• Indra Pala, ruler, Pala dynasty
• Go Pala, ruler, Pala dynasty
• Harsha Pala,ruler, Pala dynasty
• Dharma Pala, ruler, Pala dynasty
• Jaya Pala, ruler, Pala dynasty
• Lauhityapada, writer
• Minanatha, writer
• Kumarila Bhatta, Preacher
• Chand Sadagar, Merchant

Medieval

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• Ananta Kandali, writer
• Bakul Kayastha, writer
• Bhattadeva, writer
• Bhusana Dvija, writer
• Birdatta Choudhury, revolutionary
• Chandra Bharati, writer
• Damodara Deva, writer
• Durgabar Kayastha, writer
• Kalapachandra Dvija, writer
• Gopalacharana Dwija, writer
• Gopala Mishra, writer

• Haribara Vipra, writer
• Haradatta Choudhury, revolutionary
• Hema Saraswati, writer
• Pitambar Dvija, writer
• Pitambara Sidhanta Vagisa, writer
• Rama Saraswati, writer
• Rudra Kandali, writer
• Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, writer
• Sridhara Kandali, writer
• Vishnu Bharati, writer

Modern

Source: ^[3]

• Abani Chakravarty, writer
• Adil Hussain, Bollywood actor
• Ambika Charan Choudhury, writer
• Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, freedom fighter
• Axl Hazarika, Composer, musician, lyricist, producer, film-maker
• Banikanta Kakati, linguist
• Bhabananda Deka, writer and recipient of the literary pension and literature grant
• Bhumidhar Barman, thirteenth chief minister of Assam
• Birendra Nath Datta, national award-winning singer
• Bishnu Ram Medhi, second chief minister of Assam
• Bishnu Prasad Rabha, freedom fighter
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
• Hagrama Mohilary, Chief Executive Member of Bodoland Territorial Council
• Himanta Biswa Sarma, politician

• Indira Goswami, national award-winning author
• Jim Ankan Deka, musician and documentary film maker
• Kaliram Medhi, writer
• Kalpana Patowary, singer
• Mahadev Deka, bodybuilder
• Mahendra Mohan Choudhry, fourth chief minister of Assam
• Parbati Charan Das, Kargil martyr
• Pratima Barua Pandey, national award-winning Goalparia lokageet singer
• Rameshwar Pathak, Kamrupi Lokgeet singer
• Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, present Governor of Meghalaya
• Sarat Chandra Sinha, fifth Chief Minister of Assam
• Sarbananda Sonowal, fourteenth Chief Minister of Assam
• Seema Biswas, Bollywood actress

References

1. Goswami, Upendranath (1970). A study on Kamrupi: a dialect of Assamese. Dept. of Historical Antiquarian Studies. p. 14.
2. Upendranath Goswami, A study on Kamrupi: a dialect of Assamese, 1970, Ram Sarasvati, Ananta Kandali, Sridhara Kandali, Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, Dvija Kalapacandra and Bhattadeva, the father of Assamesc prose, all hailed from the present district of Kamrup.
3. "Goalpara boy hits the big time". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.