Manomohan Bose was a Bengali journalist, poet, and playwright.

Early life

Bose was born in 1831 in Nishchintapur,

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, Bengal Presidency, British India at his maternal Uncle's house. He belonged to the famous Bose family of

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of present-day West Bengal.''Manomohan Basur Aprakashita Diary'', Das, Sunil, Sahityalok, Calcutta, 1957, p. 140 He studied at the Sanskrit school in Jessore and

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in Calcutta. He then went onto to study at the Scottish Church College. He was inspired to write by Ishwar Chandra Gupta.

Career

Bose wrote for Ishwar Chandra Gupta's Sambad Prabhakar. His writings were also published in

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's Tattvabodhini. He wrote in and edited Madhyastha in 1872 and Sambad Bibhakar in 1852. He wrote a number of plays based on history and mythology. His plays were nationalist in nature. He supported the Hindu Mela, a nationalist organization. In 1896 he was the Vice-President of

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Selected bibliography

*Sati (1873) *Ramabhisek (1867) *Pranayapariksa (1869) *Harishchandra (1875) *Parthaparajay (1881) *Raslila (1889) *Anandamay (1889) *Hindur Achar-byabahar (1873) *Baktrtamala (1873) *Dulin (1891). *Manomohan Gitabali

Death

Bose died in 1912.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bose, Manomohan 1831 births 1912 deaths 20th-century Bengali poets Bengali Hindus People from Jessore District Scottish Church College alumni Dramatists and playwrights from British India People from the Bengal Presidency Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal