[2] Phukan was born on 22 June 1880 at Dibrugarh district, Assam.

[3] After his early education at George's Institution, Dibrugarh and Cotton College, Guwahati, he passed the B.A.

examination from Victoria College at Cooch Bihar (as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta), in 1907.

After graduation, he decided to study law, but the course remained incomplete.

[4] Phukan's literary works include: Phukan also worked as an editor in the Dainik Batori a short-lived daily newspaper, with Sivaprasad Barua for few times.