Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1940) was a writer, poet, historian, translator and administrative officer from Sonitpur district of Assam. He is known as Bhangoni Kunwor (ভাঙনি কোঁৱৰ) 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.[1][2] He was honoured with the title of Raibahadur 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.

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Born	5 September 1874 Borngabari, Tezpur, Sonitpur, Assam
Died	1940
Occupation	writer, poet, historian, translator, administrative officer
Nationality	Indian

Literary works

Poetry book:

• Jilikoni,

Historical books

• An Account of Assam
• Goalparar Purani Bibaran
• Aspects of history and culture[3]

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

References

External links

Assamese Wikisource has original text related to this article: লিখক:আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ আগৰৱালা

• Some poems by Chandra Kumar Agarwala at xophura.net.

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