Sahityacharya Dr. Ramesh Pathak passed away on 26 January, 2021. He was Assam’s renowned linguist, educationist and litterateur.
Dr. Pathak died on Tuesday evening at his residence in the Hatigaon, Guwahati. He was suffering from some ailments for the last several months. He was 79 years old.
He was a former professor in the Department of Assamese at Cotton College (now university).
Dr Pathak has a lot of contributions to the Assamese language and literature that includes the thoughts of Assam’s great Vaisnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva which he took to foreign countries.
Asam Sahitya Sabha, the largest literary body of Assam, honoured Dr. Pathak with the title of ‘Sahityacharya’, in recognition of his contributions towards the Assamese language and literature.
Dr. Pathak was recently conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 by the Publication Board Assam.
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and finance & education minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma have condoled the demise of Dr Pathak.
বিশিষ্ট সাহিত্যিক,গৱেষক পণ্ডিত ড· ৰমেশ পাঠকদেৱৰ বিয়োগত শোকাহত হৈছো৷ভাষা-সাহিত্যৰ গৱেষণা তথা চৰ্চাৰে তেওঁ যি অমূল্য অৱদান আগবঢ়াই গৈছে সেয়া সদায়েই স্মৰণীয় হৈ থাকিব৷পাঠকদেৱৰ বিয়োগ অপূৰণীয় ক্ষতি৷তেওঁৰ বিদেহ আত্মাৰ চিৰশান্তি কামনা কৰি শোকসন্তপ্ত পৰিয়াললৈ সমবেদনা জনাইছোঁ৷ pic.twitter.com/SSm5l8RfxG
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 26, 2021
বিশিষ্ট ভাষাবিদ তথা শিক্ষাবিদ সাহিত্যাচাৰ্য ড° ৰমেশ পাঠকদেৱৰ বিয়োগত গভীৰ শোক প্ৰকাশ কৰিছোঁ। তেখেতৰ বিদেহ্ আত্মাৰ চিৰশান্তি কামনা কৰি শোকস্তব্ধ পৰিয়ালবৰ্গলৈ সমবেদনা জনালোঁ। pic.twitter.com/ReM7fmBABC
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) January 26, 2021