Chandra Kumar Agarwala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Chandra Kumar Agarwala

writer, poet

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1867

Place of Birth: Gohpur, Assam, India

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1938

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Chandra Kumar Agarwala

  • Chandra Kumar Agarwala (Assamese: ??????????? ???????; 1867–1938) 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 Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha, a literary organization of Assam with his intimate friends Lakshminath Bezbarua and Hemchandra Goswami.
  • 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 Ananda Chandra Agarwala and uncle of Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, a noted poet, playwright, composer, lyricist, writer and first Assamese Filmmaker.

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