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Chakraborty (spelling variations include Chakraborti, Chakrabarti and Chakrabarty) is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, which literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction (čakra 'wheel' + vart-'to roll'). [1]
Punyalata Chakraborty (10 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Bengali children's literature writer. [1] Her works includes Chhotobelar Dinguli, Chhoto Chhoto Golpo, Gachhpalar Katha and other. Punyalata Chakraborty's ancestral home was in Mosua of present-day Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.
The Bengali Renaissance refers to a socio-religious reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, centered around the city of Calcutta and predominantly led by upper-caste Bengali Hindus under the patronage of the British Raj who had created a reformed religion known as the Brahmo Samaj.
Harshabardhan (Bengali: হর্ষবর্ধন) and Gobardhan (Bengali: গোবর্ধন) are humorous fictional characters in Bengali literature created by Shibram Chakraborty. [1] Harshabardhan along with his younger brother Gobardhan, his wife, and the author Shibram are the subject of a number of satirical short stories.
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Bengali Brahmins are the community of Hindu Brahmins, who traditionally reside in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Indian state of West Bengal and the country of Bangladesh. The Bengali Brahmins, along with Baidyas and Kayasthas, are regarded among the three traditional higher castes of Bengal. [1]
Biharilal Chakraborty (Bengali: বিহারীলাল চক্রবর্তী) was a Bengali poet and music composer. He is often considered as the pioneer of musical poetry in Bengali literature. Rabindranath Tagore was influenced by the works of Biharilal Chakraborty and named him "Morning Bird" of Bengali literature. [1] [2]
Chakraborty was born pre-independence in Kolkata, in Baranagar, the oldest and historic northern part of the city.He eventually died there. He studied in Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, where he came in contact with Rudraprasad Sengupta, one of the leading personalities of Bengali theater, who professed in the city college.