Tulsi Narayan Sharma (,1899–1952) was an Indian writer and educator. He was born on September 5, 1899, in Charigaon, Jorhat, Assam. His father's name was Sonaram. Education In 1918, Tulsi Narayan Sharma passed matriculation examination from Jorhat Government Boys' School, Jorhat. He graduated from Cotton College in 1923, with honors in Sanskrit and enrolled in The University of Calcutta. After completing his master's degree in Sanskrit in 1943, he studied privately and had obtained a master's degree in Assamese. Tulsi Narayan Sharma was a scholar of Assamese literature as well as English literature. He received the title of 'Pursavidyaratna', for his special etymology in Sanskrit language. Career Sharma started his career as a translator and he was a Mouzadar of Teok Mouza in Jorhat for a year. In 1933, he took initiative to establish the first higher education institution of upper Assam, Jagannath Barooah College with a number of well known people of Jorhat, including Pandit Krishna Kanta Handique. Jagannath Barooah College was then called 'Jorhat College'. Sharma was the second principal of the college. He was the vice-principal of this college in 1945. Tulsi Narayan Sharma served as the principal of Jagannath Barooah College from 1948 to 1952 when the then principal Krishna Kanta Handique took over as the vice-chancellor of Gauhati University. From 1930 to 1952, he was also the head professor of the Sanskrit department of the college. Many of his articles on society, education and culture were published in various magazines of that time. "Saj Upadesh" and "Biyar Upohar" are two Assamese books written by Sharma. He translated several Sanskrit books into Assamese and was the editor of a youth magazine called "Aamar Desh". In 1948, Sharma was invited to attend the South East Asian Education Conference in Madras as a guest. He died in 1952. References Writers from Assam Writers from Northeast India University of Calcutta alumni 1899 births 1952 deaths