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He travelled to east Bengal to become a scholar and support his family, but his wife died in his absence. He then married Viṣṇupriyā , the daughter of paṇḍit Sanātana Miśra. Viśvambhara, also known as Nimāi Paṇḍit, was a promising Sanskrit scholar and once defeated Keśava Bhaṭṭa of the Nimbārka school in a debate on ...
Sukanta Bhattacharya (Bengali: সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য) (Bhôṭṭācharjo ⓘ; 15 August 1926 – 13 May 1947) was a Bengali poet. [1]He was called 'Young Nazrul' and 'Kishore Bidrohi Kobi', a reference to the great rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for Sukanta's similar rebellious stance against the tyranny of the British Raj and the oppression by the social elites ...
He joined the newspaper Jugantar in 1955 after joining and leaving nine jobs [3] and subsequently became the head of the Sunday special of the newspaper. He died on 4 May 1989. Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay was one of the most cinematised authors of Bengali literature. [4] [5] Some of the movies made from his stories and novels are listed below. Many ...
Abdus Salam (27 November 1925 — 7 April 1952) was a demonstrator who died during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations which took place in the erstwhile East Bengal (currently Bangladesh), Pakistan in 1952. [1] He is considered a martyr in Bangladesh. [2] [3]
The period during which he worked as a head clerk and later as the Chief Interpreter in the court marked his transition to writing in his native Bengali, following the advice of Bethune and Bysack. He wrote 5 plays: Sermista (1859) , Padmavati (1859) , Ekei Ki Boley Sabyata (1860), Krishna Kumari (1860) and Buro Shaliker Ghare Ron (1860).
Kamalakanta was born at Ambika Kalna in Bardhaman, Bengal Presidency.His father was Maheswar Bhattacharya, a Brahmin priest who died when Kamalakanta was still a boy. His mother, Mahamaya Devi, struggled financially to provide for the family with the meagre income from the small amount of land left to them, but she managed to send Kamalakanta to higher education.
He was bestowed with the title of Khan Bahadur by the government. In 1905, on the question of the partition of Bengal, he lent support to Nawab Salimullah in favour of partition, but he died in 1906. [2] Khan Bahadur Syeduddin was succeeded by his eldest son Rashiduddin Ahmad alias Badshah Miyan. During the early years of his leadership ...
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.