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Category: literature and education

She was a member of Tezpur University’s Board of Management, the highest executive body.

She was born in 1939 at Gangmauthan village (Behali) of Sonitpur District (presently Biswanath)

She is the grand-daughter of the great freedom fighter Chhabilal Upadhyay.

Note: She was the first Nepali/Gorkha girl of Assam, who passed BA and MA degree after independence.

She has translated ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ from English to Nepali and Assamese.