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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.
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]
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 ...
On 21 February 1952 the students in Dhaka bought a procession demanding Bengali be made a state language defying the Section 144 (curfew) imposed by the police. Abdul Jabbar joined the rally when it reached Dhaka Medical college. Police fired on the rally, injuring Abdul Jabbar. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College where he died. [1]
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 ...
Kashiram Das or Kāśīrām Dās (Bengali: কাশীরাম দাস, pronounced [ka.ʃi.raˑm d̪aˑʃ]; born 16th century) is an important poet in medieval Bengali literature. His Bengali re-telling of the Mahābhārata , known as Kāśīdāsī Môhābhārôt , is a popular and influential version of the Mahābhārata legend in Bengal .
Mohammad Abdul Jalil was born on 9 February 1942 at his maternal home in Wazirpur, Backergunge District.He was a son of Janab Ali Choudhury. He passed the matriculation examination from Wazirpur WB Union Institution in 1959, Intermediate of Arts examination from Murry Young Cadet Institution, and joined the Pakistan army in 1963 as cadet of PMA.