Dark Age of the Assamese language
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Dark Age of the Assamese language
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The Dark Age of the Assamese language is a 37 year long time-frame, from 1836 to 1873, during which Bengali eclipsed the Assamese language. During British India, the Bengali language was imposed over Assamese as the British took over Assam. The clerical and technical workers that they brought were Bengali, in order to impose Bengali as the medium of instruction in schools and colleges, and for all official purposes. Nathan Brown, an American Baptist missionary to India, aimed at restoring the As
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Imposition of Bengali language in Assam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Age_of_the_Assamese_language
date created:
2011-09-27T16:57:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T06:44:39Z
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