Jonaki ( magazine ) - wikipedia 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 Categories Literature Frequency Monthly Publisher Chandra Kumar Agarwala First issue February 9, 1889 Final issue 1903 Company Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha Country India Based in Calcutta Language Assamese Jonaki ( Assamese : জোনাকী, Moonlight ) was an Assamese language magazine published from Calcutta in 1889. It was also the mouthpiece of the then Assamese literary society Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha in which the society 's aim and objectives were regularly expressed. The first editor of the magazine was Chandra Kumar Agarwala. Contents 1 History 2 Aim and objectives 3 The Jonaki Era 4 People associated with the magazine 5 Issues 6 References 7 External links History The Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha, after its formation in 1888, decided to publish a new monthly Assamese magazine. But the bigger problem was to finance it since all the associated members of the society were students. Chandra Kumar Agarwala, who belonged to a rich business family, came forward to finance the magazine and named it Jonaki ( `` Moonlight '' ). Agarwala was a FA student in Presidency College then and also a member of the society. He put forward two conditions to publish and edit the magazine : Every member must take care of Jonaki ; Every member must write an article for Jonaki. If those conditions were not met by anyone, a fine of Rs 15 would be imposed on him. The society accepted the conditions and the first issue was published. The exact publication date is not known, since only the Assamese month ' Māgho ' and the year of publication 1889 were mentioned in the magazine, but the first edition is believed to have been put out on 9 February 1889. The printing of the magazine continued until 1898. Publishing resumed in Guwahati in 1901 and continued until 1903. Satyanath Borah and Kanaklal Baruah were the editors of the Guwahati editions. Aim and objectives One unusual feature of the magazine was that it did not have an editorial. Rather, it contained a regular column called Atmokotha ( Self - sketches ) in which the ideology of the magazine as well as the society was expressed. The aim and objective of the magazine as expressed in this column in the first edition was ( English translation : Uddipan Dutta ) : `` Politics is outside our state of affairs. We should concentrate only on the welfare of the subjects of our servile nationhood. Our subject matters will be literature, science or society - we would strive to comprehend these topics and publish materials in them. We would give space to ' criticism ' and ' protests '. But no personal slander would be entertained. Special attention would be given to language. Our endeavour would be to get love and affection from all sections of the Assamese society... We have waged our war against darkness : Objective : development of the nation, and ' Jonak ( moonlight ) '... Works are going on everywhere at a crashing speed, will the Assamese sit down idle at this hour ? '' The Jonaki era Jonaki marked the dawn of romanticism in Assamese literature. The first romantic poem, Bon Kunwori ( The Wood Nymph ), by Chandra Kumar Agarwala, and the first Assamese sonnet, Priyotomar Sithi ( Letter from the beloved ), by Hemchandra Goswami, were published in the magazine. Hemchandra Goswami 's Kaku Aru Hiya Nibilau ( No More of my Heart to Anybody ) was a unique poem of its kind. A regular humorous column titled Kripabor Boruar Kakotor Topola, by Lakshminath Bezbaroa, was also included. Kamalakanta Bhattacharjya 's Pahoroni ( Oblivion ) and Chandrakumar Agarwala 's Niyor ( Dew - drops ) were two epoch - making poems published in the first year of the magazine. The joint efforts of these pioneers established a new era in Assamese literature : The Jonaki Era, or the romantic age. The writers of Orunodoi chose the medium of prose, but the poetic grandeur in Assamese literature was achieved by the poets of the Jonaki group and their contemporaries. People associated with the magazine Notable members associated with the magazine include : Lakshminath Bezbaroa ( 1864 -- 1938 ) Chandra Kumar Agarwala ( 1867 -- 1937 ) Devakanta Baruah Kamalakanta Bhattacharya Hemchandra Goswami ( 1872 -- 1928 ) Padmanath Gohain Baruah ( 1871 -- 1946 ) Satyanath Bora ( 1860 -- 1925 ) Kanaklal Barua ( 1872 -- 1940 ) Ananda Chandra Agarwala ( 1874 -- 1940 ) Dharmeswari Debi Baruani ( 1892 -- 1960 ) Nalinibala Devi ( 1898 -- 1977 ) Raghunath Choudhary ( 1879 -- 1968 ) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury ( 1885 -- 1967 ) Jatindra Nath Duwara ( 1892 -- 1964 ) Issues The total number of issues of Jonaki published during 1889 -- 1898 is 69. 1st year : 11 issues 2nd year : 12 issues 3rd year : 10 issues 4th year : 11 issues 5th year : 7 issues 6th year : 11 issues 7th year : 6 issues 8th year : 1 issue References ^ Jump up to : 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. ^ Jump up to : Goswami, Geeta ( Jan -- Feb 2008 ). `` Axamiyā Poetry : Inception to Romanticism ''. Muse India ( 17 ). Retrieved April 6, 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` Axomiā Bhāxā Unnati Xādhini Xabhār Karjya Biboroni ''. Jonaki. 5 ( 7 ). External links Theatrical movement in Assam by Babul Tamuly, Editorial, The Assam Tribune. 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Question: the first editor of the assamese periodical magazine jonaki
Answer: Chandra Kumar Agarwala