Maheswar Neog
Born	( 1915-09-07 ) 7 September 1915 Sibsagar , Assam , India
Died	13 September 1995 (1995-09-13) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)	Professor and Writer
Parent(s)	Manik Chandra Neog and Chandra Probha Neog

Professor Maheswar Neog (7 September 1915 ? 13 September 1995) was an Indian academic who specialised in the cultural history of the North East India especially Assam , besides being an Assamese-language scholar and poet. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He was a top Indologist, and his work covers all disciplines of Indian studies, folk-lore, language, dance, history, music, religion, drama, fine arts, paintings, historiography and hagiography, lexicography and orthography, epigraphy and ethnography. His research includes multi-dimensional features of Vaishnava renaissance in Assam through Srimanta Sankardev, Madhabdev, Damodardev, Haridev, Bhattadev and other Vaishnava saints of Assam. ^[5]

An editorial in The Assam Tribune called him "a versatile scholar and visionary thinker with encyclopedic range." ^[6] He remained Jawaharlal Nehru Professor at Gauhati University and later Saint Sankaradeva Professor at Punjabi University .

He was awarded the Padma Shri , India's fourth highest civilian honour in 1974, ^[7] also in the same year he remained the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha (Assam Literary Society). ^[8] In 1994, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi , India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. ^[9]

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Maheswar Neog (1953). ?a?karadeva and His Predecessors . Lawyer's Book Stall.
• Maheswar Neog (1959). The Art of Painting in Assam . Gauhati.
• Maheswar Neog; Yadupati; Keshav Changkakati (1962). Rhythm in the Vaishnava music of Assam . Barg?t Research Committee, Asam Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1972). Lakshminath Bezbaroa: the S?hityarath? of Assam . Dept. of Publication; Gauhati University.
• Maheswar Neog (1975). Assamese Drama and Theatre: A Series of Two Lectures(Delivered at the Indian School of Drama and Asian Theatre Centre, New Delhi, April 1962) . Neog.
• Maheswar Neog (1975). Sattr?y? dances .
• Maheswar Neog (1976). Annals of Asam Sahitya-Sabha, 1917?1975 . Asam Sahitya-Sabha.
• Maheswar Neog (1980). Early History of the Vai??ava Faith and Movement in Assam: ?a?karadeva and His Times . Motilal Banarsidass Pub. ISBN   978-81-208-0007-6 .
• Maheswar Neog (1980). Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan . Sahitya Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1982). Socio-political Events in Assam Leading to the Militancy of the M?y?mariy? Vai??avas . Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
• Sankaradeva; Maheswar Neog (1982). The Bhakti-ratn?kara of ?a?karadeva . Publication Bureau, Punjabi University.
• Maheswar Neog (1983). Bhaona: the ritual play of Assam . Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1983). Lachit Barphukan: The Victor of the Battle of Saraighat . Publications Division, Ministry of I &B, Govt. of India.
• Maheswar Neog (1984). Religions of the North-east: Studies in the Formal Religions of North-eastern India . Munshiram Manoharlal.
• Maheswar Neog (1985). Nidhi Levi Farwell . Sahitya Akademi.
• Maheswar Neog (1986). G?ta-Govinda in the Assam School of Painting . Publication Board, Assam.
• Maheswar Neog (1990). Professor Maheswar Neog Felicitation Volume: Volume on Art and Culture of India with Particular Reference to Assam . Bani Prokash Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Maheswar Neog Publication Trust; Maheswar Neog (1995). "Maheswar Neog" on His Eighty First Birthday . Maheswar Neog Publ. Trust.
• Maheswar Neog (1998). The Contribution of the ?a?karadeva Movement to the Culture and Civilisation of India . Forum for ?a?karadeva Studies.
• Maheswar Neog (2004). Cultural Heritage of Assam . Omsons Publications. ISBN   978-81-7117-212-2 .
• Maheswar Neog (2004). Essays on Assamese Literatures . Omsons Publications. ISBN   978-81-7117-213-9 .
• Maheshwar Neog (2005). Sankaradeva . National Book Trust, India. ISBN   978-81-237-2758-5 .
• Maheswar Neog (2008). Aesthetic Continuum: Essays on Assamese Music, Drama, Dance and Paintings . Omsons Publications.
• Maheshwar Neog (2010). Religions of the North-East: Studies In The Formal Religions Of North-Eastern India . Munshiram Manoharlal Pub. ISBN   978-81-215-0125-5 .
• Maheswar Neog (2011). The Creative Force Behind the ?a?karadeva Renaissance: Bhakti and Other Aspects (i.e. Aspects of the Neo-Vai??ava Movement in Assam) . Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash. ISBN   978-81-244-0161-3 .
• Maheswar Neog (2011). Tradition and Style: A Few Studies on Assamese Culture . Professor Maheswar Neog Memorial Trust by Chandra Prakash. ISBN   978-81-244-0160-6 .
• Mukunda Madhava Sharma; Satyanarayana Ratha (1974). Dr. Maheswar Neog: A Profile and a Short Bibliography . Lawyer's Book Stall.

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