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Chandra Kumar Agarwala
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Agarwala was titled as Pratimar Khonikor in Assamese literature. 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. Chandra Kumar Agarwala was born at Brahmajan near Gohpur in Sonitpur district on 28 November 1867.
He was the second son of Haribilash Agarwala.
He was from a rich business family of Assam. Chandra Kumar started his education at Tezpur.
Foreign a few years, Chandra Kumar also studied at Kolkata but before appearing in the Entrance examination. Passing the Entrance examination from Tezpur Government High School, then left for Kolkata to pursue higher studies.
There he admitted into the FA classes of the Presidency College, as a student of the University of Calcutta.
After passing FA, he took admission into the Bachelor classes of the same college, but returned home, without completing his Bachelor.
Chandra Kumar Agarwala died on March 2, 1938 at his house at Uzan Bazaar in Guwahati, Assam.
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He is a pioneer people of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature.
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