Krishna Kanta Handique

Educationist India Indian Philanthropist Scholar

October 7, 1983

A commemorative postage stamp on K. K. Handique, founder Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University (1948-57) :

Issued by India

Issued on Oct 7, 1983

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Colour : Single colour

Denomination : 50 Paise

Printed at : India Security Press

Name : Krishna Kanta Handique

Born on Jul 20, 1898 at Jorhat, Assam, India

Died on Jun 7, 1982 at Dibrugarh, Assam, India

About :

The well known Sanskritist, Linguist, Educationist and Scholar of acumen, Krishna Kanta Handique was born at Jorhat on July 20, 1898. Son of Radha Kanta Handique, a top ranking Government Official under the British Rule in Assam, Handique had his early education at Jorhat Govt. High School, then Cotton College, Guwahati (1913-15), Sanskrit College, Calcutta (1915-17), Calcutta University (1917-19), Oxford University, England (1920-23), Paris University, France and Berlin University, Germany (1923-27).
He was the founder Principal of the J. B. College, Jorhat (1930-47). He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Guwahati University in 1948 and was re-appointed in 1951 and 1954 and continued as such till 1957.
He was adorned with Padmashree in 1955 and Padmabhushan in 1967 by the President of India. He was nominated by the Maharashtra Government, as Honorary Fellow of Deccan College, a rare distinction reserved for outstanding scholars in India and abroad. He was made Sadasyamahian by the Assam Sahitya Sabha, a highest honour conferred by the Sabha on Scholars of exceptional merit.