Chandra Kumar Agarwala ( as, চন্দ্ৰকুমাৰ আগৰৱালা; 28 November 1867 – 2 March 1938) was an eminent writer, poet, journalist from Assam. He is a pioneer people of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature. Agarwala was titled as Pratimar Khonikor in Assamese literature. Agarwala was the first editor and financer of the Jonaki magazine and a founder member of

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, a literary organization of Assam with his intimate friends

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and

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. Agarwala, along with his friend Lakshminath and Hemchandra, are known as "Trimurti of Assamese literature" for their remarkable contribution to the very beginning of modern Assamese literature. Chandra Kumar Agarwala was the brother of writer and poet

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and uncle of

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, a noted poet, playwright, composer, lyricist, writer and first Assamese Filmmaker.

Early life and education

Chandra Kumar Agarwala was born at Brahmajan near

Gohpur Gohpur (IPA: ˌgəʊəˈpʊə) is a town and headquarter of Gohpur sub-division in Biswanath district in the Indian state of Assam. It is a historical place of Assam, where the famous freedom fighter Kanaklata Barua was born. The current MLA fr ...

Sonitpur district Sonitpur district ron: ˌsə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊə or ˌʃə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊəis an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezpur. Etymology The name of the is derived from a mythological story f ...

on 28 October 1867. He was the second son of Haribilash Agarwala. He was from a rich business family of Assam. Chandra Kumar started his education at

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

. After passing FA, he took admission into the BA classes of the same college, but returned home, without completing his BA.

Literacy works

Some of his poetry books are: *Bon kunwori(1st assamese romantic poem) Pratima (প্ৰতিমা) (1914), * Bin-boragi (বীণবৰাগী) (1923), * Chandramrit (চন্দ্ৰামৃত)(1967)

Death

Chandra Kumar Agarwala died on 2 March 1938 at his house at

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in Guwahati, Assam.

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External links

Read original writings of Chandra Kumar Agarwala
at Assamese wikisource.
Nature
a poem by Chandra Kumar Agarwala translated into English at indianreview.in. {{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwala, Chadra Kumar Poets from Assam Assamese-language poets 1867 births 1938 deaths People from Sonitpur district University of Calcutta alumni Journalists from Assam 20th-century Indian poets 19th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 19th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian male writers

Early life and education

Literacy works

Death

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