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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 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.
Bengali is typically thought to have around 100,000 separate words, of which 16,000 (16%) are considered to be তদ্ভব tôdbhôbô, or Tadbhava (inherited Indo-Aryan vocabulary), 40,000 (40%) are তৎসম tôtśômô or Tatsama (words directly borrowed from Sanskrit), and borrowings from দেশী deśi, or "indigenous" words, which are at around 16,000 (16%) of the Bengali ...
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 ...
It endeavored to compile standard Bengali dictionary, grammar and terminologies, both philosophical and scientific, to collect and publish old and medieval Bengali manuscripts, and to carry out translation from other language into Bengali and research on history, philosophy and science.
The two names may or may not be at all related; for example, a man named "Shumon" or "Sumon" or "Suman" (Bengali: সুমন) may be called by his dak nam (e.g. Bengali: বুবাই, romanized: Bubai) at home and by his bhalo nam (Bengali: সুমন, romanized: Shumon) elsewhere. Many people also have a shortened version of their bhalo ...
[9] Impressed by Jatin's exemplary heroism, Dr. Sarbadhikari published an article about Jatin in the English press. The Government of Bengal awarded him a silver shield with the scene of him killing the tiger engraved on it. [10] The title 'Bagha', meaning 'Tiger' in Bengali, became associated with him since then. Revolutionary Jatin Mukherjee
He would later become the owner and editor of the journal Purvachal between 1947 and 1948. . He is considered a major voice of the post-Rabindranath period in Bengali poetry. [1] His poetry conveyed the intricacies of life in rural Bengal, in all its joys and sorrows. He died on 1 February 1948. [4]