Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1940) was a writer, poet, historian, translator and administrative officer from

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. He is known as Bhangoni Kunwor for his translation of several English poems into Assamese. He was elected as a president of the

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in 1934 held at

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. He was honoured with the title of

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by the ruling British Government. Ananda Chandra Agarwala was the brother of noted Assamese poet

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and uncle of

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

Literary life and life

Growing up in a cultural and intellectual environment, the mother’s influence on the life of Anand Chandra Agarwal was immense. Ananda Chandra Agarwala’s devout mother is his original guru. Ananda Chandra Agarwal’s first published collection of poems was called ''Jilikani''. Agarwal, who continued to beautify the original in the translation of foreign poetry, is known as "Bhangani lllKonwar" in Assamese poetry literature. There is no comparison of the poems broken by Agarwala, who occupied a distinct place in Assamese poetry and literary world as a ''Bhangani Konwar''. He broke the poems by applying pure Assamese language without damaging the beauty of the original poem. His first collection of poems, ''Jilikani'', also included several broken poems. After taking over as president at the Mangaldai session of Assam Sahitya Sabha in addition to the president’s address given to Ananda Chandra Agarwal as president in 1934, the spiritual articles are written by him, the rules of Assamese letter alliance, etc., are currently considered as the national treasures of Assamese. Agarwala performed his duty in different parts of Assam including Silchar, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, etc., while working in police department, wrote a book in English in 1906 on the law and regulations of the police called ''Police Manual''. Two textbooks written by Agarwala are soft texts published in 1910 and original texts published in 1920. These two important books are used today to learn Assamese languages.

Literary works

Poetry book: * Jilikoni, Historical books * An Account of Assam * Goalparar Purani Bibaran * Aspects of history and culture Text books: * Kumal Path * Adi Path. Others: * Police Manual (1906)

References

External links

Some poems by Chandra Kumar Agarwala
at xophura.net.
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, Ananda Chandra Agarwala at Dev Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwala, Ananda Chandra Poets from Assam Assamese-language poets Asom Sahitya Sabha presidents 1874 births 1940 deaths People from Sonitpur district 20th-century Indian poets Vidyasagar College alumni Poets from British India

Literary life and life

Literary works

See also

References

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