To preserve Assamese literary treasures books and journals back from 19th century to get digitized in Assam through a project started by Assam government. This project is going to help people to know Assam and its contribution in the country.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on May 11 launched the portal to get the rare treasures digitized without copywriters.
“The maintenance of the literary treasure trove became a concern and there is a need to preserve these documents scientifically,” Nanda Talukdar Foundation secretary Mrinal Talukdar said.
So far, nearly three lakh pages got digitized.
Assam’s first newspaper Orunodoi and literary classics like Banhi, Abahan and Ramdhenu are among 161 journals, which have already been uploaded on a portal. The project is named as ‘Digitising Asom’.