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'''Kamalakanta Bhattacharya''' ({{lang-as|কমলাকান্ত ভট্টাচাৰ্য্য}}; 1853–1936) was a prominent essayist and poet belonged to the Oronodoi era of [[Assamese literature]]. He was born in 23 December 1853 in Gorehagi village, [[Biswanath Chariali]], [[Sonitpur district]], Assam. He was popularly known as 'Agnikobi' (অগ্নিকবি).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sonitpur.gov.in/culture.htm |title=culture |publisher=Sonitpur.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822073644/http://sonitpur.gov.in/culture.htm |archive-date=22 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Politically, he was strongly nationalistic. He opposed the introduction of Bengali as the official language of Assam in 1871. At the annual meeting of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1886 in [[Calcutta]], he participated as a delegate for Assam. In 1929 he sat as Secretary General of the Organization Culture [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] ago. He was also the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1929 held at [[Jorhat district]], Assam.<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 |accessdate=2013-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archivedate=2013-09-26 }}</ref> He campaigned for the abolition of the box security regulations and promoted the education of women. He also participated in the swadeshi movement in 1905-06.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GE2o4QQV7UgC&q=Kamalakanta+Bhattacharya+%28Assam%29&pg=PA52 |title=Brahmo Samaj and North-East India - Dipankar Banerjee - Google Books |accessdate=2013-05-15|isbn=9788179751763 |year=2006 |last1=Banerjee |first1=Dipankar }}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
* ''Manat mor para Katha'' (autobiography)<br />
* ''Chintanala'' ("The Fire of Thoughts", a collection of poems, 1870)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMsGmbALl5sC&q=Kamalakanta+Bhattacharya+%28Assam%29&pg=PA78 |title=Assamese Literature - S. N. Sharma - Google Books |accessdate=2013-05-15|isbn=9783447017367 |year=1976 |last1=Sarma |first1=Satyendranath }}</ref><br />
* ''Chinta Tarangini'' ("The Stream of Thought Waves", a collection of poems, 1933)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&q=Kamalakanta+Bhattacharya+%28Assam%29&pg=PA660 |title=A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956: Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and ... - Sisir Kumar Das - Google Books |accessdate=2013-05-15|isbn=9788172017989 |year=1991 |last1=Das |first1=Sisir Kumar }}</ref><br />
* ''Ashtabakrar Atmajivani''<br />
* ''Ashtabakra'' (poetry)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[History of Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]<br />
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://creative.sulekha.com/eminent-personalities-of-assam_467977_blog Short biography] at creative.sulekha.com.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070717115154/http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/independent/archival-submissions/fellowships-04-05/uddipan-dutta-the-growth-of-print-nationalism-and-assamese-identity-in-two-early-assamese-magazines/page-8/ Few lines by Kamalakanta Bhattacharya from his article "Jatiyo Unnoti"] at sarai.net.<br />
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