Yogendra Vidyabhushan
Yogendra Vidyabhushan | |
|---|---|
| যোগেন্দ্রনাথ বিদ্যাভূষণ | |
Calcutta University | |
| Occupation(s) | Sanskrit Scholar, Journalist , Biographer |
| Spouse | Mahalakhi(died.1869) Malatilata |
| Parent(s) | Umesh Chandra Bandyopadhay ( Father ),Sonamoni Devi(Mother) |
Yogendra (or Jogendra) Vidyabhushan (Banerjee) (1845–1904) was an Indian Bengali scholar in Sanskrit, thinker, journalist and popular author of biographies which stirred patriotic zeal in the readers' heart. Loved by
Early life
Yogendra was born at the village Simhat in
Yogendra had to face a few sad events before settling as a family man. According to Shivnath's autobiography, in 1868, encouraged by Vidyasagar, widowed Yogendra had married Mahalakshmi, a widow herself. Victim of an epidemic of cholera, she was to die in 1869. In 1871, Vidyasagar asked him again to marry Malatimala, daughter of late Madanmohan Tarkalamkar, Vidyasagar's childhood friend and colleague at the Sanskrit College. This union was blessed with three sons and three daughters.[2]
Career
After eight years of career as professor of Sanskrit, in November 1880, Yogendra was appointed Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector in several districts. Following the popularity of
Racial prejudice had dismissed
Sensitive to the socio-political problems of a New India, Yogendra claimed a liberal education for men and women, advocating equal rights for women. He was among the pioneers to claim Hindi as the national language. He advised students to get involved in the struggle for India's independence and to dedicate for this purpose all they had. In about 1894, on learning that coloured people of Abyssinia defeated Italy, Yogendra took a long leave and organised groups of young men to celebrate it all over the country. In reply to the appeal of
In September 1902, Yogendra took again one year's leave from July 1903. At this juncture, in 1903, Sri Aurobindo stayed with him at his house in Calcutta. Invited by Yogendra, Jatin and Lalit discussed their plans with Sri Aurobindo. This significant meeting led to the formation of the Jugantar. Yogendra died in June 1904.
Dr Jadugopal Mukherjee, one of the leading figures of the Jugantar, says people learnt to love the Motherland from Bankimchandra, from Yogendra Vidyabhushan and from Swami Vivekananda.[6]
References
- ^ Yogendranath Vidyabhushan|ek parichiti, [abbrev. parichiti], by Shri Niren Banerjee (Yogendra's grandson), Calcutta, 1977
- ^ '’parichiti'’
- ^ Vidyabhushan, Yogendranath by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, in the Dictionary of National Biography, (DNB), Calcutta, 1974, Vol. III, p418
- ^ DNB, III/p418
- ^ paribarik katha, by Lalitkumar Chattopadhyaya, Krishnagar, 1947, p85
- ^ biplabi jibaner smriti, Calcutta, 1982 (2nd ed), p228
Other sources
- History of the Services of Officers holding Gazetted Appointments under the Government of West Bengal, Calcutta, 1903
- Bharate jatiya andolan, by Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyaya, Calcutta, 1925
- Sahitya sadhak charitmala No. 31, Calcutta, 1944
- Sadhak biplabi jatindranath by Prithwindra Mukherjee, West Bengal State Book Board, Calcutta, 1990.