Rongbong Terang

Ronbong Terang : A writer, academic and Padmashri winner from the Karbi community. He authored the award-winning novel Rongmilir Hanhi and several other books like Samannay Prabah, Neela Arkid (a collection of three novels), Bon Pharingor Geet, Karbi Bhasar Sahaj Path and Ne Lun Ne Lamthe. His Karbi Lamtasam, a Karbi-English-Assamese dictionary published in 1974, is a seminal guide to the language. A professor, he has also won the Bishnu Rabha award.