Ananda Chandra Dutta
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Ananda Chandra Dutta (8 February 1923 – 16 January 2016) was an Indian botanist[2] of Assam. He was born at Chekonidhara village of Jorhat. He started his career as a teacher in Mariani Middle English High School in 1944–45 and then joined the Tocklai Tea Research Institute in 1947. Dutta played a major role in the establishment of a tea museum at Jorhat in 1977.[1] He has also prepared a list of 10,000 trees for the Tocklai herbarium.[1] He was awarded Degree of Doctor of Science by Dibrugarh University.[2] He died on 16 January 2016 at his own residence in Jorhat.[3]
For other people with similar names, see Ananda Chandra Barua, Binanda Chandra Barua, Ananda Chandra Agarwala, and Chandra Kumar Agarwala.
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Ananda Chandra Dutta | |
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Born | (1923-02-08)8 February 1923[1] Chekonidhara, Jorhat, Assam |
Died | 16 January 2016(2016-01-16) (aged 92) Jorhat, Assam, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Occupation | Botanist |
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