Chandradhar_Baruah

Chandradhar Barua

Chandradhar Barua

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Chandradhar Barua (15 October 1874 – 26 October 1961) was a writer, poet, dramatist and lyricist from Assam of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature. Barua was born at Jorhat, Assam on 15 October 1878.[1] He was second president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1918 held at Goalpara.[2] He was the founder secretary of Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika, an official journal of the Asam Sahitya Sabha established at 1927 and held in that position till 1936.[3] He also represented India at the Round Table Conference held at London in 1930.

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Literary works

Poetry Collections
[4]
  • Ranjan,
  • Bidyut Bikash,
  • Kamrup Jiyori,
  • Muktaboli.
Novel
  • Shanti.
Dramas
[1]
  • Meghnad Badh,[5]
  • Bhagya Porikha,
  • Mughal Bijoy,
  • Ahom Sandhya etc.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Amaresh Datta (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 395–. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. [3]
    Thomas Effinger, www.novumdesign.de. "Subject Library South Asia". Savifa.uni-hd.de. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. [4]
    Poemhunter.com. "The biography of Chandradhar Barua". Poemhunter.com. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. [5]
    Sisir Kumar Das (1991). A History of Indian Literature: 1800–1910, western impact: indian response / Sisir Kumar Das. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 281–. ISBN 978-81-7201-006-5. Retrieved 27 April 2013.


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