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Dibrugarh (Assam), Jan 27 (PTI) Noted feminist and Assam’s first woman doctoral graduate in English literature, Aparna Dutta Mahanta, has died at a state-run hospital here, doctors said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
She was 75, and is survived by her husband, noted scientist Dr Paramananda Mahanta, a son and a daughter.<\/p>\n
The eminent writer, retired professor of English and former director of the Women’s Study Centre of Dibrugarh University, died on Wednesday night, doctors said.<\/p>\n
She did her schooling from St Mary’s in Shillong and graduated from St Mary’s College.<\/p>\n
Mahanta did her masters in English Literature from Gauhati University as well as the University of Leeds under a British Council scholarship programme.<\/p>\n
The noted activist did her PhD in 1982 from Dibrugarh University and became the first woman in Assam to have a doctorate degree in English.<\/p>\n
She spent her professional life as a professor in the English Department of Dibrugarh University and was the founding director of the Women’s Study Centre in the varsity.<\/p>\n
Mahanta was one of the pioneers of modern feminist movement in Assam. She had authored many books and started Assamese magazine ‘Aideur Jonaki Baat’ on women’s issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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