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After the death of his grandfather, his family fell into financial hardship and Hemchandra's education at Khidirpur Bangla School in Kolkata came to a halt. However, in 1853, Prasannakumar Sarvadhikari, the Principal of the Kolkata Sanskrit College, facilitated his admission into the senior school division of Hindu College in Kolkata, enrolling ...
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 ...
The second edition was released in 1997, [1] followed by an expanded, refined, and revised third edition in 2011, published by the Bangla Academy. [3] The second edition incorporated portraits of approximately 700 prominent individuals and provided insights into the lives of nearly 1,000 notable Bengali intellectuals and luminaries. [citation ...
He was a very meticulous teacher and always corrected his students' work minutely. He also insisted that they learn practical skills as well, and used to teach them gardening. In 1875, while working in his garden, he cut his finger. The wound turned gangrenous and an operation failed to save his life. He died on 1 October. [citation needed]
In 1905, Tagore asked him to compile a Bengali dictionary. He started working on this project, whenever, he could find time and it became an all-absorbing occupation for him. It took him 40 years to complete the project. The dictionary, Bangiya Sabdakosh was published in 5 volumes by Visva Bharati in 1945. [1] [2]
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 ...
He resided at Kasba village in Kumarkhali Upazila in Kushtia in present-day Bangladesh. As he was a postman at Shelaidaha Post Office in Kumarkhali, people used to address him as "Harkara"; in Bengali, "Harkara" stands for "postman". He was used to delivering and collecting letters from Rabindranath Tagore during his (Tagore's) days in Shelaidaha.
Ghulam Murshid (8 April 1940 – 22 August 2024) was a Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist based in London. [1] He won a number of awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1982 for his contribution to research; [2] the Prothom Alo Book Award in 2007; the IFIC literary prize 2018; and the Ekushey Padak for language and literature in 2021 [3]