Brajanath Sarma

Brajanath Sarma (15 September 1894 – 1960)[1] was a playwright, actor and a pioneer of mobile theater of Assam, India.

Brajanath Sarma, also called Natyacharjya (a guru of dramatics) was born in the village Sila in the Bajali area of modern Barpeta district of Assam.

After clearing his entrance examination he enrolled for higher studies in the Tarinipriya Chatuspathy of Gouripur, Assam.

He joined the British Army and fought battles in Baghdad and in other places in overseas in the First World War.

He trained many young actors like Chandra Choudhury of Barpeta and Phani Sarma of Tezpur.

Brajanth Sarma's statue in front of Tezpur Sahitya Sabha Bhawan, Tezpur
Brajasadan, a cultural centre named after Brajanath Sarma, in Sorbhog