He was first ever recipient of the Jnanpith Award given to an Bengali/Assamese writer, in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay (Immortal).
Mrityunjay: The Jnanpith Award-winning 1979 Assamese novel by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
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