Barua was known by pseudonym Bhaxar Oja for his immense contributions towards foundation of modern Assamese language.

[1] Barua was born on 10 December 1835 to Muktaram Barua and Rupohi Devi at Rajabahar village of Dergaon in undivided Sibsagar district.

[2] He was the compiler of the first exhaustive Assamese dictionary Hemkosh, where spellings based on Sanskrit were first introduced.

Some of his other works are listed below:[4] He was also an editor of Assam News published from Gauhati (1883–85).

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