![]() The 10,279-page braille version of the Hemkosh has 90,640 words printed in 21 volumes and in six parts. The Assamese-English dictionary, however, was published four years after Hemchandra Baruah's death. Jayanta Baruah is the grandson of Hemchandra Baruah, eminent Assamese writer, who had first compiled the Hemkosh in the late 19th Century. In an email communication on April 24, the Guinness Book of World Records informed Hemkosh Prakashan, publisher of Hemkosh, headed by Baruah, about its inclusion as the world's largest bi-lingual braille dictionary. Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, Assam information, social justice and empowerment minister Pijush Hazarika, Bhartendu Pandey, a professor of department of Sanskrit, Delhi University, besides many others attended the function. ![]() ![]() Rishi Nath, the official adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, handed over the certificate to Baruah at a function in Gauhati University. The authorities of the Guinness World Records on Monday handed over a certificate to Jayanta Baruah, publisher of the braille version of Hemkosh, Assam's first etymological dictionary, acknowledging its inclusion in the coveted book as world's largest bilingual braille dictionary.
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