Jyoti Prasad Agrawal was born on 17 June Jyoti Prasad’s father was Paramananda Agrawal of Tezpur and his mother was Kiranmoy Agrawal.
He was a student of the Government Schools in Dibrugarh and Tezpur and passed the Class X Selection Examination. However, the entrance examination was not held.
She later went to Calcutta and passed the Entrance Examination in the second division from the Jatiya Vidyalaya founded by Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das.
Jyoti Prasad wrote short stories, songs and poems in school magazines since he was a student. Jyoti Prasad wrote the play ‘Shonit Kunwari’ at the age of 14, but it was staged only in 1924, many years later.
Jyoti Prasad always thought of applying new arts in the world of art
did. First to London and then to gain knowledge of the subject
He went to Germany. While in Germany, with the help of an English company
An attempt to make an English version of the play ‘Shonit Kunwari’ into a film
They tried but were unsuccessful.
Jyoti Prasad traveled to many countries and abroad and collected the cultural forms of those countries from Western countries He tried hard to reconcile the West with the West.
The Agrawal family gradually became famous in the field of literature and culture. Jyoti Prasad’s uncle Hariprasad Agrawal was the first to print the handwritten books of Shankar Madhav. He built a house in Tezpur and named it ‘Paki’ When Mahatma Gandhi visited Assam in 1921, he attended a meeting held at Paki and promoted the importance of Paki. It was in this ‘Paki’ that Matilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajagopalachari and others stayed and received hospitality.
In 1931, Jyoti Prasad returned to Tezpur from England and jumped into the freedom movement. The British government sentenced Agarwal to 15 months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 50 on charges of treason and conspiracy against the government. He was released from jail in
On 15 January 1934, filming began in Chitraban. In March 1935, Jaymati premiered at the Raunak Mahal cinema.
In 1936, Jyoti Prasad Agrawal married Debyani of the Bhuyan family of Dibrugarh. They were both happy and children’s literature slowly began to develop. Jyoti wrote and read it to her wife and found mistakes or additions.
In 1938, Jyoti Prasad went on to make his second film, Indra Malti. In this film, Bhupen Hazarika (at the age of 13) played the role of a shepherd boy.
Jyoti Prasad also enjoyed social work through literary and cultural activities. In 1940, he established a music school in Tezpur.
Jyoti Prasad’s notable subjects are poetry and music. Jyoti Prasad wrote at the session of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan presided over by the patriot Tarun Ram Fukan—’Get ready, young men, get ready. The song was sung in a choral voice. There are many ways to get a job in the UK, but the most important thing is to get a job in the UK. Jyoti Prasad then composed and promoted several national anthems.
Jyoti Prasad’s contribution to Assamese children’s literature is also immense. He has written children’s prose and poems in soft language and has enriched the treasury of children’s literature.
There was some decline when the patriot Jyoti Prasad Agrawal was imprisoned for the freedom movement. Despite his illness, he took the lead in cultural gatherings, especially in the sessions of the Assam branch of the Indian Folk Drama. Jyoti Prasad passed away on 17 January 1951 while he was busy with new works or plans. But it will forever be immortal in our literature and culture.