Chandra Kumar Agarwala | |
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| Born | 28 November 1867 Brahmajan, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 2 March 1938 (aged 70) Guwahati, Assam, British India |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
Chandra Kumar Agarwala (28 November 1867 – 2 March 1938) was a writer, poet, journalist from Assam. He is a pioneer of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature.[1] Agarwala was titled as Pratimar Khonikor in Assamese literature.[2] Agarwala was the first editor and financer of the Jonaki magazine and a founder member of Asamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha, a literary organization of Assam with his intimate friends Lakshminath Bezbarua and Hemchandra Goswami.[3][4] 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.[5] Chandra Kumar Agarwala was the brother of writer and poet Ananda Chandra Agarwala and uncle of Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, a noted poet, playwright, composer, lyricist, writer and first Assamese Filmmaker.[6]
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