Jonaki (magazine)

Jonaki
Former editors
Previous editors
Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Hemchandra Goswami
Satyanath Borah
Kanaklal Baruah
Staff writers
Staff writers
Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Hemchandra Goswami
Lakshminath Bezbaroa
Kanaklal Baruah
CategoriesLiterature
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherChandra Kumar Agarwala
First issue9 February 1889
Final issue1903
CompanyAsamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha
CountryIndia
Based inCalcutta
LanguageAssamese

Jonaki Moonlight was an Assamese language magazine published from Calcutta in 1889.[1][2] It was also the mouthpiece of the then Assamese literary society Asamiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha in which the society’s aim and objectives were regularly expressed.[1] The first editor of the magazine was Chandra Kumar Agarwala.

  1. ^ a b Dutta, Uddipan. "The Growth of Print Nationalism and Assamese Identity in Two Early Assamese Magazines". Sarai. p. 6. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Goswami, Geeta (January–February 2008). "Axamiyā Poetry: Inception to Romanticism". Muse India (17). Retrieved 6 April 2010. [dead link]