Chandradhar Barua (15 October 1874 – 26 October 1961) was an eminent writer, poet, dramatist and lyricist from

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of

Assamese literature Assamese literature ( as, অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, translit=ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ}) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes the liter ...

. Barua was born at Dergaon,

Golaghat Golaghat ( ''Gʊlaɡʱat'' ) one of the largest subdivisions of the Indian state of Assam, later elevated to the position of a full–fledged district headquarter on 5 October 1987, is a city and a municipality and the seat of administrative ...

, Assam on 15 October 1878. He was second president of the

Asam Sahitya Sabha The Asam Sahitya Sabha (; Literary Society of Assam) is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. A branch of the organi ...

in 1918 held at

Goalpara Goalpara, Pron: ) is the district headquarters of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated to the west of Guwahati. Etymology The name Goalpara is said to have originated from the word "Gwaltippika" meaning Guwali village, or The villa ...

. He was the founder secretary of

Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika ''Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika'' ( as, অসম সাহিত্য সভা পত্ৰিকা; Ôxôm Xahityô Xôbha Pôtrika) is an official journal of the Asam Sahitya Sabha. The first issue appeared in October, 1927. Chandradhar Bar ...

, an official journal of the Asam Sahitya Sabha established at 1927 and held in that position till 1936. He also represented India at the

Round Table Conference The three Round Table Conferences of 1930–1932 were a series of peace conferences organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities to discuss constitutional reforms in India. These started in November 1930 and ended in Dec ...

held at London in 1930.

Literary works

;Poetry Collections: * Ranjan, * Bidyut Bikash, * Kamrup Jiyori, * Muktaboli. ;Novel: * Shanti. ;Dramas: * Meghnad Badh, * Bhagya Porikha, * Mughal Bijoy, * Ahom Sandhya etc.

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Read original writings of Chandradhar Barua at Assamese wikisource
Novelists from Assam Assamese-language poets Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents 1874 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Indian novelists Indian male dramatists and playwrights Indian male novelists Indian male poets People from Dergaon 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Poets from Assam Dramatists and playwrights from Assam 20th-century Indian male writers {{india-writer-stub

Literary works

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