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Gobindachandra Das ( bn, গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস) (1855–1918), was a
Das was born in
Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’.
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary
Gobindachandra Das
at the West Bengal Public Library Network {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Gobindachandra 1855 births 1918 deaths 20th-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Bengali male poets Bengali-language poets Bengali-language writers Gazipur District
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
poet
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and writer
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.
Life
Das was born in Gazipur
Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur.
Demogra ...
of Bengal
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province. He was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate
Bhawal Estate was the second largest zamindari in Bengal (in modern-day Bangladesh) until it was abolished according to ''East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950''.
History
In the late 17th century, Daulat Ghazi was the zamind ...
. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to Haripada Bhowmik and was the mother of three children. Her son was Dilip Bhowmik(1948-1998). In the last part of his life, Das was in very poor health.
Works
Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’.
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature
Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...
in Bangladesh
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.
Some works
* Kunkum
* Kastury
* Prem O Ful
* Boijointi
* Moger Muluk
References
* ''Bangla Sahitya'' (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level ofBangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
published in 1996 by all educational boards.
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External links
*Gobindachandra Das
at the West Bengal Public Library Network {{DEFAULTSORT:Das, Gobindachandra 1855 births 1918 deaths 20th-century Bengalis Bengali Hindus Bengali male poets Bengali-language poets Bengali-language writers Gazipur District