Banikant Kakati was born in His father was Lalitam Kakati and his mother was Lahobala Kakati. Banikant’s uncle Ghinuram Kakati was a Kakati appointed by the Ahom kings. Banikant’s father died before his birth and he began his education in Bati-Kuriha village under the supervision of his brother Radha Pandit.
He passed the entrance examination with distinction from Barpeta High School and won the gold medal with the highest marks in English.
He passed the I examination from Cotton College in 1913 and obtained first place from the University of Calcutta. In 1915, he obtained fourth place with Honors in English and was awarded the Tabani Memorial Medal. He passed his M.A. from the University of Calcutta in He joined Cotton College as a professor in the same year. In 1923, he passed his MA in English with first class first place in Group B and received a gold medal from the University of Calcutta. He received his doctorate from the University of Calcutta in
In 1947, Dr. Banikant Kakati became the Principal of Cotton College. After a short period of time in this position, about 1 year and a half, I was asked by the government to take on two major responsibilities: the Bab of Education in Assam and the Head of MA Class in the newly opened Assamese Department of Guwahati University. Of these two jobs, he accepted the university job.
In the Vaishnava era, there were Madhavadeo, Anant Kandali, Rama Saraswati and Sridhar Kandali. Dr. Banikant Kakati had the same place among the scholars of the University of Guwahati as Mahapurusha Sankaradeva had among the scholars. He was appointed Dean of the faculties of Arts. did.
Banikant Kakati was the first pioneer of analytical criticism of the scientific system in Assamese. There are many sources of information about the country, including the country’s economy, the country’s economy, and the country’s economy. He also wrote several books in English — Life and teaching of Sankardev, Mother Goddes Kamakhya and others.
Dr. Kakati lived an informal life. He was a handsome man wearing a plain dhuti and chola, wrapped in a sarong and wearing mugarang canvas shoes.
He was a modern critic. He was a passionate about Sanskrit and studied everything from Shruti to Vaishnava literature. did. Dr. Kakati’s most famous works are History of the Kalita Nation, Old Assamese Literature, Literature and Love, Butterfly and the Stream of Old Kamrup. In 1966, another book, ‘Bani Pratibha’, was compiled. The entire collection of Kakati’s works has been published under the title ‘Banikanta Kakati Rachanavali’
His wife died on 17 September Kakati passed away on November 15, 2012, less than two months after his wife’s death. He is physically gone but he is still immortal among us.There will be