Nabakanta Barua (29 December 1926 – 14 July 2002) was a prominent Assamese novelist and poet.

[1] Dev Kant Barua, the eldest among the brothers was the President of the Indian National Congress during the Indian Emergency (1975-1977) and served as the Governor of Bihar from 1 February 1971 to 4 February 1973.

Dev Kant Barua was also a well-known poet, best known for Sagor dekhisa, a collection of Assamese poems.

After that he got admitted to Cotton College, but he lost two years due to illness.

From 1964 to 1967 he worked at Assam Madhyamik Shiksha Parisod as an officer of English education.