Rangalal Bandyopadhyay

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Rangalal Bandyopadhyay
British India
OccupationPoet, journalist, author
LanguageBengali
Notable worksPadmini Upakhyan, Karmadevi, Shurasundari

Rangalal Bandyopadhyay (Bengali: রঙ্গলাল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) (Born 21 December 1827 – died 13 May 1887) was a Bengali poet, journalist, and author.[2]

Early life

In 1827 Bandyopadhyay was born at Bakulia village, Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal at his maternal grandfather's house. His original home was at Rameswarpur village situated near Guptipara of Hooghly, West Bengal.[1] He lost his father when just a child. After studying at a local school at Bakulia and missionary school, he entered to Hooghly Mohsin College.[2] He was fluent in Bangla, English, and Sanskrit as well as Oriya.[3]

Career life

Bandyopadhyay's poems were first published in

Deputy Magistrate
.

Bibliography

Bandyopadhyay's first, and perhaps most important,

literary achievement is Padmini Upakhyan (1858), a historical romance of Rajput Rani Padmini based on Todd's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan.[4][5] It is known as the first Bengali narrative romance published just after the Revolt of 1857. In this work, a Charan of Rajputana recounts the story of the sacrificial death of Padmini while showing the site of her jauhar.[6]

His important poetical works include Karmadevi (1862), Shurasundari (1868) and Kanchi Kaveri (1879), recreated from the same name in odia of poet

Kalidas's Ritusanghar and Kumarsambhav into verse. His Nitikusumanjali is another poetical translation of Sanskrit poems. His Kalikata Kalpalata is considered to be the first historical work about Kolkata.[3] In 1882 he edited and published Mukundaram's Kavikankan Chandi. The other important books of this poem, which are varied in various fields of Bengali literature
, are:

References

  1. ^ a b "Rangalal Bandyopadhyayer Granthabali". 1905.
  2. ^ a b c Rangalal Bandyopadhyay-Banglapedia,Rangalal Bandyopadhyay National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
  3. ^ a b "Kolikata Kolpalata". n.d. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. ISBN 9788172013240
    . Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ISBN 9788172010065. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
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  6. ISBN 978-1-108-83257-1
    .
  7. ISBN 9788126005482
    .
  8. ^ "রঙ্গলাল বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় - উইকিসংকলন একটি মুক্ত পাঠাগার". bn.wikisource.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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