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  2. Haricharan Bandopadhayaya - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Gagan Harkara - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Ghulam Murshid - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Black Hole of Calcutta - Wikipedia

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    The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 14 by 18 feet (4.3 m × 5.5 m), in which troops of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.

  7. Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah - Wikipedia

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    Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (Bengali: রুদ্র মুহম্মদ শহিদুল্লাহ; 16 October 1956 – 21 June 1991) [3] was a Bangladeshi poet [4] [5] noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. [6]

  8. Narayan Gangopadhyay - Wikipedia

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    He married his brother in law's niece Renuka Devi, with whom he had his only daughter Basabi (Bani). His wife Renuka Ganguly and daughter Basabi Roy Chowdhury were also eminent writers and teachers. Renuka Ganguly died on 10 February 2010 whereas, Basabi Roy Chowdhury recently died on 17 December 2021, and was survived by 6 children, and ...

  9. Jatindramohan Bagchi - Wikipedia

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    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]