I know the street named after Col Sivaram Borah
at the foot of the Nobogroh hill at Guahati. Did
not know who he was. So it was an informative and
interesting story of an illustrious Oxomiya.
Thanks for sharing.
The last sentence caught my eye too : "I feel
that this was only possible because of the blood
of great people like Lt Col Sivaram Borah and
others in my veins."
If we look at the antecedents of many of Assam's
'successful' or luminaries or pillars of society
today, I would bet a rupee, that there is or are
other such illustrious individuals in their
familial past. Not always, but I think it is
largely so.
So I put forth the statement of a proud
great-grandson, steeped in humility, "I feel that
this was only possible because of the blood of
great people like Lt Col Sivaram Borah and others
in my veins" for further examination.
Is it because of the 'blood', of the genes in
Roy's veins that his success is rooted in?
Or could there be other reasons? And if there are
other reasons, what might they be?
At 2:40 PM +0100 7/7/07, utpal borpujari wrote:
from assam tribune of 07/07/07
Move to resurrect Lt Col Boras memories
By Ajit Patowary
GUWAHATI, July 6 Lt Col Sivram Bora was
recognized as a medical genius during his
lifetime. He has left behind a rich legacy. But,
the people of his native place are oblivious of
all these. However, one of his great grandsons
has come forward to resurrect his memories by
sponsoring a research project.
Bora, the first Assamese MB from Glasgow
University, who qualified for the Imperial
Medical Service (IMS) in 1874, is argued to be
the first Indian to qualify for this service.
The recent move to resurrect his memories
started with an article by noted writer
Kumudeswar Hazarika. It was published in The
Assam Tribune on March 27 last. It so moved his
great grandson Rahul Roy, a former president of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India,
that he rushed to the city to meet Hazarika.
Hazarika also has an Assamese article on Lt
Colonel Bora in one of his books Chaiydha
Goraki Bisistha Asomiya: Smritir Surabhi.
Rahul Roy wrote to Hazarika later,
I have
grown up hearing stories about Lt Col Sivaram
Borah from one of his most beloved daughters, my
grandmother
Your research has opened the door
to Alibabas cave for me and I am intrigued with
the unfathomed treasures within it
According to Hazarika, Bora was born on
September 19, 1847 in North Guwahati. His uncle
Bolram Bora brought him up. He was admitted to
Gauhati English School todays Cotton
Collegiate H S School. His classmates there
included first Assamese civilian Anundoram Barua
and the first Assamese MD from London Col Jalnur
Ali Ahmed. The latter was the father of Late
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
After passing the Entrance Examination in 1865,
Bora proceeded to Calcutta along with Anundoram
Barua and Jalnur Ali Ahmed for higher studies
and enrolled himself in Calcutta Medical College.
Later, he was rewarded for his services to the
Indian tea labourers on a sea voyage to
Mauritius as an attending doctor and was sent to
London for higher studies by the British
authorities.
According to Rahul Roy, Lt Col Bora married
Ursula Ujjawala Banerjee, one of the 15
daughters of Mathilda Martha Griffiths, an
Irish-Welsh lady and Rev Taracharan Banerjee who
was the uncle of WC Banerjee, the first
president of the Indian National Congress.
Bora, who later became a Lieutenant Colonel, had
a sonDr Surendranath Bora. He was a famous
physician. Sushil Bora, Dr Surendranath Bora and
Kunjalata Bordolois son, is now living at
Dibrugarh as a retired Superintendent of Assam
Police, Roy wrote to Hazarika.
Hazarika said, Lt Col Bora served in Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Madras Province, and as Civil
Surgeon in the Naga Hills, at Guwahati, Tezpur
and Silchar. At Silchar he was in dual charge of
the Civil Surgeon and Jail Superintendent. After
his retirement he moved to Calcutta for his
childrens education. Hazarika said that Bora
had married a Christian girl while in Naga Hills
(now Nagaland).
Bora had a bungalow in Calcutta (now Kolkata)
known as Borah villa. It has fallen to the hands
of the vagrants, said Rahul Roy.
Hazarika said, Lt Col Bora had donated a plot of
his land for the establishment of the citys
Navagraha crematorium. He also owned a tea
estate at Raraiya near Jorhat.
Rahul Roy is willing to finance a research
project on Bora. He has written to Hazarika,
Lt Col Bora rose from nowhere to conquer his
destiny. In my humble way, I have also in life
risen from nowhere to become the youngest ever
president of a major professional institute in
the world. I am reputed within my community
I
feel that this was only possible because of the
blood of great people like Lt Col Sivaram Borah
and others in my veins. I will love to resurrect
his memory at least in the mind of the Assamese
people whom he loved so much
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