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{{Short description|Indian writer, poet, historian and administrative officer (1874–1940)}}
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{{Other people5|Ananda Chandra Barua|Binanda Chandra Barua|Ananda Chandra Dutta|Chandra Kumar Agarwala}}
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'''Ananda Chandra Agarwala''' (1874&ndash;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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archive-date=26 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sonitpur.gov.in/culture.htm |title=culture |publisher=Sonitpur.gov.in |access-date=19 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822073644/http://sonitpur.gov.in/culture.htm |archive-date=22 August 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> 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 [[Cinema of Assam|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.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}}

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<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTNuAAAAMAAJ |title=Aspects of history and culture: Ananda Chandra Agarwala commemoration volume – Ānandacandra Āgarawālā, Rabin Dev Choudhury – Google Books |access-date=19 May 2013|last1=Choudhury |first1=Rabin Dev |last2=Singh |first2=Shri Bhagwan |year=1991 |publisher=Ramanand Vidya Bhawan |isbn=9788185205502 }}</ref>

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]]
* [https://devlibrary.in/biography-of-ananda-chandra-agarwala/ Dev Library]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikisourcelang|as|লিখক:আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ আগৰৱালা}}
* [http://www.xophura.net/tag/ananda-chandra-agarwala Some poems by Chandra Kumar Agarwala] at xophura.net.
* [https://devlibrary.in/ananda-chandra-agarwala-biography-assamese/ আনন্দ চন্দ্ৰ আগৰৱালা] | Ananda Chandra Agarwala at Dev Library

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[[Category:People from Sonitpur district]]
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[[Category:Poets from British India]]

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