| Intro | Indian writer |
| Was | Writer |
| From | India |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 24 November 1867, Guwahati |
| Death |
25 March 1940 (aged 72 years) |
Rajanikanta Bordoloi (Assamese: ৰজনীকান্ত বৰদলৈ) was a noted writer, journalist and tea planter from Assam, India. He was one of the pioneers of the romantic movement in Assamese literature and is popularly known in Assamese literary society as Upanyash Samrat (king of novels) as he laid the foundation of Assamese fictional literature by writing many novels based on the history of Assam. Some critics called him the Walter Scott of Assam.
He was President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1925 which was held at Nagaon.
Works
Novels
- Miri Jiyori (1894)
- Manomoti(1900),
- Rahdoi Ligiri (1930),
- Nirmal Bhakat (1927),
- Tamreswar Mandir (1926)
- Rangilee (1925)
- Donduadrah (1909),
- (1925)
- Thamba-Thoibir Sadhu (1932)
He was a regular contributor to many leading magazines in that period such as Junaki, Banhi, Usha, Assam Hitoishi and Awahon. He also edited a monthly magazine called Pradipika.