Dark Age of the Assamese language completely. In order to restore the Assamese Language, he took the matter to the British India administration of the time. Eliza Brown was Nathan's wife and she had been partner of her husband's mission. Dark Age of the Assamese language The Dark Age of Assamese Language is the time-frame during which Bengali Language eclipsed the Assamese. This time-frame is about 37 years long, from 1836 until 1873. During British India, the Bengali Language was imposed over Assamese as the British took over Assam. The clerical and technical workers that they brought were Bengali, imposing Bengali as the medium of instruction
History of Assamese literature Assamese Language" for which he obtained a reward of Rs. 500. He was the author of a treatise called “Notes on the marriage system of the people of Assam” and of two farcical plays the "Kania Kirtan" which exposed the vice of excessive opium eating, and "Bahire Rangchang Bhitare Kowan Bhuturi" which was a satire on the contemporary Assamese Society. Hem Chandra also edited the "Assam News" at Guwahati for some time. The first Anglo-Assamese dictionary was compiled by a student of Cotton College in the year 1910, Makhan Lal Chaliha of Chiring Chapori, which was found in the British