Remembering Ambika Charan Chaudhury,a renowned Personality of Koch Rajbongshis on his 9th death Anniversary.
কোচ ৰাজবংশীৰ ইতিহাস-সাহিত্যক চহকী কৰি আমাক পৰিচয় দিয়া কোচৰাজবংশীৰ এক পৰিচিত কণ্ঠ কামতাৰত্ন অম্বিকা চৰণ চৌধুৰীদেৱৰ ৯ তম মৃত্যুবাৰ্ষিকীত তেখেতক শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে সুঁৱৰিছো।

Ambika Charan Choudhury (16 August 1930 – 4 December 2011), popularly known as Kamataratna,was an Indian litterateur, historian and activist, known for his contributions to the Assamese and Kamatapuri(Rajbongshi) literature.
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Choudhury always got attached with many social and political organisations. He devoted most of his life towards the development and promotion of Koch Rajbongshi language and culture.

He was an executive member of Axom Xahitya Xabha,joint secretary of OBC Xahitya Xabha, secretary of Undivided Goalpara Dist Xahitya Xabha & secretary of Koch-Rajbongshi Sanmilany.He was leading the demand for Schedule Tribe status to the Koch Rajbongshi community since 1958.

A C Choudhury started his major literary journey through Ratnapeethot Ebhumiki, a book written in 1961. He had written more than 123 valuable articles and 29 books mostly on the Rajbongshi/Kamatapuri language and culture.

Koch-Rajbanshi Jatir Itihakh aru Sanskriti,Kamatapurot Mohapurush Sreemanta Sankardev,The Koches Around the World,Biswabir Chila Roy Sahitya Pratibha, Rani Abhayeswari & Bijni Rajyar Itibritta are some of his notable books written in Assamese,Kamatapuri(Rajbongshi) and English.

Choudhury was a recipient of Bir Chilarai award, instituted by the Government of Assam in 2008. In 1994,he received Assam Government Literary Pension and in
2003,Mahendra Nath Karan Award.

He died on 4 December 2011 in a road mishap at Kamakhyaguri in West Bengal. 
He left behind his wife,3 daughters and 2 sons.He was regarded the backbone of Koch-Rajbongshi language movement and was conferred the title of Kamataratna by many cultural and literary organisations.