Jogendranath Gupta (22 March 1883 – 31 May 1964) was an Indian historian, writer and editor of

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literature.

Career

Gupta was born in 1883 at Mulchar village, Bikrampur,

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. He did not complete his studies due to financial hardship, and started working at a

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's office. He wrote articles since he was a student. In his literary career he wrote and edited more than 100 books in

. Gupta edited a child encyclopedia named ''Shishubharati'' and ''Koisharak'' magazine. He is well known for the works on historical development of Bikrampur. Gupta wrote number of biographies, poetry, historical plays and novels.

Works

* ''Bikrampurer Itihas'' * ''Bikrampurer Bibaran'' * ''Bangalar Itihas'' * ''Bharater Itihas'' * ''Prithivir Itihas'' * ''Bharat Mahila'' * ''Banglar Dakat'' * ''Dhruba'' * ''Pralhat'' * ''Bhimsen'' * ''Himalay Avijaan''

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* 1883 births 1965 deaths Bengali historians Bengali-language writers Historians of India People from Bikrampur Bengali writers Indian children's writers Writers from Kolkata {{India-historian-stub