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Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1940) was a writer, poet, historian, translator and administrative officer from Biswanath District of Assam. He is known as Bhangoni Kunwor for his translation of several English poems into Assamese. He was elected as a president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1934 held at Mangaldoi. He was honoured with the title of Rai Bahadur by the ruling British Government. Ananda Chandra Agarwala was the brother of noted Assamese poet Chandra Kumar Agarwala and uncle of Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, 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'. Anand Chandra 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 Ananda Chandra 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.
Agarawala’s Contribution to society
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. Importantly, Ananda Chandra Agarwala, who 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 Ananda Chandra Agarwala are soft texts published in 1910 and original texts published in 1920. Importantly, these two are two important books 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)




See also


Assamese literature
History of Assamese literature
List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents
List of Assamese-language poets
List of Assamese writers with their pen names
Dev Library




References






External links



Some poems by Chandra Kumar Agarwala at xophura.net.
আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ আগৰৱালা | Ananda Chandra Agarwala at Dev Library

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