<Tr> <Th> Based in </Th> <Td> Calcutta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> Assamese </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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: </P>

The first editor of the assamese periodical magazine jonaki