On 7th December 2023, noted veteran poet in Bishnupriya Manipuri language, Shri Champalal Sinha is nominated by Govt. of Assam amongst 22 other literary champions from the state, for the prestigious Literary Award and Pension for 2023. This follows his successful recommendation to the government for nomination for the same from Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Sabha along with another noted poet Shri Subhash Sinha from Karimganj.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma conferred the Literary Award and Pension to Shri Champalal Sinha along with 22 other eminent litterateurs of the state on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sahitya Akademi Award winner Shri Homen Borgohain.
The complete list of the awardees officially released for the Literary Pension for 2023 are:
1. Sitaram Basumatary, Sahitya Academy Award Winner from Baksa
2. Jaya Deb, Senior Bengali Author from Cachar district
3. Champa Lal Sinha, Senior Bishnupriya-Author from Cachar district
4. Bagen Gogoi, Author and History writer from Dhemaji
5. Anupama Naiding, Senior Author, Dimasa Language from Dima Hasao
6. Dr. Paritosh Chakkravorty, Author, Researcher from Goalpara
7. Dr. Malina Rabha, Author, Researcher from Goalpara
8. Jhoola Sharma, Author of Mythology from Golaghat
9. Cheniram Gogoi, Noted poet from Golaghat
10. Dr. Malini, Author of Mythology and Ramayani, Sahitya from Jorhat
11. Dr. Akon Chandra Saikia, Senior Writer from Jorhat
12. Binanda Sarmah Puzari, Senior Author from Jorhat
13. Railakshmi Khound, Senior Writer from Kamrup Metro
14. Anil Kumar Boruah, Veteran Writer and Translator from Kamrup Metro
15. Dr. Nandita Devi, Prakashan Parishad Sahitya Bota winner from Kamrup Metro
16. Jayanta Madhab Bora, Sahitya Akademi Award winner
17. Renuka Biswas, Noted Bengali writer from Kamrup Metro
18. Pratima Nandi Narzaree, Sahitya Akademi Award winner from Kokrajhar
19. Bijoy Rabi Das, Noted poet from Tea Garden community from Sivasagar
20. Dilip Kumar Barah, Childen Literator from Sonitpur
21. Gyan Bahadur Kshetri, Nepali writer, Noted author from Sonitpur
22. Sumitra Goswami, Senior Poet from Kamrup Metro
23. Mohan Sonowal, writer and educationist from Dibrugarh
Ramlal Sinha, Sr. Editor, Seven Sisters Post, The Sentinel Group and brother of Shri Champala Sinha receiving the award from Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma in the presence of (L to R) Education Minister Dr. Ranuj Pegu, Tourism Minister Shri Jayanta Malla Baruah and Academic Advisor to Govt. of Assam and Journalist Shri Nani Gopal Mahanta.