Claim: Kamal Kumari National Award, first awarded in 1991, is awarded for art, culture and literature and sponsored by The Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1990 in memory of Kamal Kumari Barooah.
Evidence: 1991 Art, Culture & Literature,
Science & Technology The Kamal Kumari Foundation It was instituted by the Kamal Kumari Foundation in 1990 in memory of Kamal Kumari Barooah, the remarkable matriarch of the Khongiya Barooah family of Thengal, Assam.