Chandra Kumar Agarwala

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{{Short description|Indian poet and writer (1867–1938)}}

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| name = Chandra Kumar Agarwala

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| birth_date = 28 November 1867

| birth_place = Brahmajan, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = 2 March 1938 (aged 70)

| death_place = Guwahati, Assam, British India

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| language = Assamese

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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.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=Chandra+Kumar+Agarwala&pg=PA446 |title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose - Google Books |isbn=9788172013240 |accessdate=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014217/https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C#v=onepage&q=Chandra%20Kumar%20Agarwala&f=false |archive-date=3 April 2017 |url-status=live |last1=George |first1=K. M. |year=1992 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi }} Agarwala was titled as Pratimar Khonikor in Assamese literature.{{cite web |url=http://enajori.com/trivia-2/sobriquets/ |title=Sobriquets |publisher=enajori.com |accessdate=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109011923/http://enajori.com/trivia-2/sobriquets/ |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} 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.{{cite web |author=Bipuljyoti Saikia |url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/chandrakumar.html |title=Bipuljyoti Saikia's Homepage : Authors & Poets - Chandrakumar Agarwala |publisher=Bipuljyoti.in |date=2 March 1938 |accessdate=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210848/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/chandrakumar.html |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/independent/archival-submissions/fellowships-04-05/uddipan-dutta-the-growth-of-print-nationalism-and-assamese-identity-in-two-early-assamese-magazines/page-6 |title=The growth of print nationalism and assamese identity in two early assamese magazines |publisher=Sarai.net |accessdate=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109001953/http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/independent/archival-submissions/fellowships-04-05/uddipan-dutta-the-growth-of-print-nationalism-and-assamese-identity-in-two-early-assamese-magazines/page-6 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.timesofassam.com/articles/asom-sahitya-sabha-a-contemporary-analysis/ |title=Asom Sahiya Sabha, a contemporary analysis |newspaper=Times of Assam |accessdate=17 May 2013 |author=Hiranya Saikia |date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528135435/https://www.timesofassam.com/articles/asom-sahitya-sabha-a-contemporary-analysis/ |archive-date=28 May 2016 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tezpuronline.in/famous-personality.html |title=Famous Personality of Tezpur |publisher=tezpuronline.in |accessdate=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901070053/http://www.tezpuronline.in/famous-personality.html |archive-date=1 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}