Jatindramohan Bagchi (27 November 1878 — 1 February 1948) ( bn, যতীন্দ্রমোহন বাগচি) was a

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poet and editor.Ishita Bhaduri

Early life

He was born at Jamsherpur village, in

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in rural Bengal. He took his first degree from the Duff College (now

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

) in Calcutta.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 589

Professional career

He worked in varying capacities as secretary to Justice Saradacharan Mitra, and to the Maharaja of Natore. Later he would work as License Collector of the

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, and as manager of FN Gupta Company.

Literary career

He was a prolific contributor to a number of literary journals. Between 1909 and 1913, he also edited the cultural journal Manasi. In 1921 and in 1922, he served as a joint editor of another cultural journal Jamuna. 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

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. His poetry conveyed the intricacies of life in rural Bengal, in all its joys and sorrows. He died on 1 February 1948.Jatindramohan Bagchi 125 by Ishita Bhaduri

Works

Poems

*''Kajladidi'' *''Andha Badhu''. *''Satyadas''

Collected poems

*''Lekha'' (1906), *''Rekha'' (1910), *''Aparajita'' (1915), *''Bandhur Dan'' (1918), *''Jagarani'' (1922), *''Niharika'' (1927) *''Mahabharati'' (1936)

Criticism

*''Rabindranath O Yugasahitya''

References

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