Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme

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Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme
The President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 5 April 2023
Born (1947-05-25) 25 May 1947 (age 77)
Assam, India
NationalityIndian
Known forSocial worker
AwardsPadma Shri (2023)

Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme (born 25 May 1947) is an Indian social worker from Assam.[1] He is a retired Elementary Education Officer from Dima Hasao district of Assam. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2023 for his lifelong efforts to promote education, eradicate sacrifice and protect and preserve the Heraka movement of the Naga people.[2][3]

Life and work

Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme was born on 25 May 1947,[2] at Boro Henam, 28 km from Haflong one of the oldest Jeme villages of Dima Hasao district, located in the state of Assam.[1] His father Inchekambe Newme was a political leader.[4] He did his schooling and High School from Government Boys' High School, Haflong and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Shillong Government College in 1975.[4] He appointed as the North Cachar Hills District Council's Sub-Inspector of Schools in Haflong in 1980 and retired as the District Primary Education Officer in 2011.[2] He is a social worker who is known as the "Hero of Heraka" for preserving and promoting the Heraka faith and traditional culture of the Heraka people.[5][6] He transcribed the Heraka religious text "Tingwang Hingde" and founded ten primary schools throughout his life[7] He has also promoted women's education throughout his life. He worked as a personal assistant to liberation fighter Rani Gaidinliu.[8]

In 1974, Newme was the founding General Secretary of the Zeliangrong Heraka Association in North East India.[9] He is an active and dynamic leaders of the Heraka movement, a socio-religious movement established by Haipou Jadonang.[10]

Newme was nominated as the Court member of Dibrugarh University, Assam.[4] Presently, he is the president of Lodi High School Committee and of Rani Gaidinliu Memorial Junior College Committee, Haflong.[4]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Rousing welcome accorded to Padma Shri awardee Dr Ramkuiwangbe Newme in Halflong". The Sentinel. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Padma Awards 2023" (PDF). Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 5 April 2023. p. 32. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards 2023 announced". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 25 January 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Newme, Dr. Widonlule. "Ramkuiwangbe Newme: Torch Bearer of Indigenous Faith Movement" (PDF). Heritage Explorer, A Monthly Magazine. pp. 17–18. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Padma awards recognise several unsung heroes". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. ^ "UnsungPadmaAwardees" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Assam's Hemoprava Chutia and Ramkuiwangbe Newme receive Padma Shri Award". News Live TV. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Ramkuiwangbe Jene first to receive Padma Shri from Dima Hasao for his extraordinary contributions to society". thebothsidenews.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  9. ^ Longkumer, Arkotong (2011). Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging: The Heraka Movement in Northeast India. A&C Black.
  10. ^ John Parratt (2005). Wounded Land: Politics and Identity in Modern Manipur. Mittal Publications. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-81-8324-053-6.
  11. ^ "Bhaorao Deoras Memorial Seva Samman". bhaoraonyas.org. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  12. ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (6 April 2023). "Padma awards conferred to Hemoprova Chutia and Dr Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ "Assam's Hemoprava Chutia, Hem Chandra Goswami and Ramkuiwangbe Newme conferred with Padma Shri Award". India Today NE. 26 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Authors Sudha Murty, S.L. Bhyrappa, Kamlesh D Patel among others conferred Padma Bhushan 2023". The Times of India.
  15. ^ HT News Desk. "ORS pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis, 25 other 'unsung heroes' get Padma Awards". hindustantimes.
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