Kanaklal Barua (1872–1940) was a prominent writer, essayist, historian and politician from Assam who wrote mainly in the English language.

He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature.

[1] He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1924 held at Dibrugarh district, Assam.

He was the founder president of the Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti (Assam Research Society).

His books include Studies in the Early History of Assam, An Early History of Kamarupa From the Earliest Time to the Sixteenth Century[4] and Manual of Co-operative Societies in Assam.