Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi ( bn, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাংলা একাডেমি) is the official regulatory body of the

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, India. Modeled after

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and

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, the Bangla Akademi was founded on 20 May 1986 in

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to act as the official authority of the language and is entrusted with the responsibility of reforming Bengali spelling and grammar, compiling dictionaries, encyclopedias and terminologies and promoting Bengali language and culture in West Bengal. Though the Akademi has no enforcement power over their rules and regulations, yet they are widely accepted by the Governments of West Bengal and

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as well as a considerable number of private publishing houses and institutions like the

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and the

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. The Akademi is housed in two separate buildings, one at Nandan-

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Complex (also mentioned as Bangla Akademi-Rabindra Sadan or Nandan-Bangla Akademi Complex during the Akademi festivals and book fairs) in South Kolkata and the other at Rabindra-Okakura Bhaban,

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(Salt Lake). Annadashankar Roy became the first President and Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay the first secretary of the Akademi. The Bangla Akademi has been successful in extending its activities and programs to different districts of West Bengal and even to other states in India. In Kolkata, the Bangla Akademi organises different programs in collaboration with such bodies like

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Bangiya Sahitya Parishat is a literary society in Maniktala of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Established during the time of the British Raj, its goal is to promote Bengali literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali and ...

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, Publishers and Book Sellers' Guild, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, National Book Trust and also with different universities and cultural organizations.

History

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad

Bengal Academy of Literature, the first academic association to regulate and promote Bengali language and literature was set up in Kolkata under the chairmanship of Benoy Krishna Dev in 1893. In April 1894, the academy was reorganized and rechristened as

, and

Romesh Chunder Dutt Romesh Chunder Dutt ( bn, রমেশচন্দ্র দত্ত; 13 August 1848 – 30 November 1909) was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer and translator of ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata''. Dutt is considered a nation ...

became the first president of it. Scholars like Chandranath Bose,

Dwijendranath Tagore Dwijendranath Tagore (11 March 1840 – 19 January 1926) was an Indian Bengali poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician and painter. He was one of the pioneers of shorthand and notation in Bengali script. He was the eldest son of Debendr ...

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Prafulla Chandra Roy Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS (also spelled Prafulla Chandra Rây and Prafulla Chandra Roy; bn, প্রফুল্ল চন্দ্র রায় ''Praphulla Chandra Rāy''; 2 August 1861 – 16 June 1944 ...

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, Haraprasad Shastri, Ramendra Sundar Trivedi later served the Parishad as presidents.

Rabindranth Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter ...

(Vice-president: 1894–96, 1901, 1905–1909, 1917; Special Delegate: 1910) himself was closely associated to the institution since its inception. Bangiya Sahitya Parishad is the first academic institution on matters pertaining to Bengali language. It endeavored to compile standard Bengali dictionary, grammar and terminologies, both philosophical and scientific, to collect and publish old and medieval Bengali manuscripts, and to carry out translation from other language into Bengali and research on history, philosophy and science.

Regulations of the University of Calcutta

During the 20th century, the affairs concerning the promotion of Bengali language did not remain a sole responsibility of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. As language prospered and literature enriched, a need of linguistic reform as well as an authority to enforce the reforms was felt by the scholars of the time. In the late 1930s,

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asked the

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to determine the rules of Bengali spelling and

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, the then Vice-Chancellor of the university, set up a committee to look over the subject in November 1935. In May 1936, a standard rule for Bengali spelling was first imposed. These rules were later amended by Rabindranath Tagore and other scholars and practiced at academic level in all over Bengal for next 70 years.

Bangla Academy in East Bengal

After the partition of

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in 1947, the people of

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(now

) felt a need for a new Bengali linguistic body suiting their new nationality. As a result,

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was established in 1955. In 1990, the Bangla Academy enforced new regulations for Bengali spelling.

Unofficial regulators of the Bengali language in West Bengal

In West Bengal, various prominent institutions backed the process of development of the language, but that resulted in inconsistencies in it. For example, Rajsekhar Basu and

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tried to simplify Bengali spelling; but instead of rationalizing the spelling system, it aroused controversy over the authority of such bodies. Even institutions like

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failed in the task.

History of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

In 1962, the Government of West Bengal started using Bengali for all official purposes. Since then, a need for an official regulator of the language has been felt. In 1986, with the general consent of Bengali intellectuals of the time, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, a wing of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department of the

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was set up. Afterward it was converted into a society and registered under

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. On 8 December 1994, it was declared an autonomous Governmental body.

Members

At the time of its foundation, the Akademi had 30 members in its ''Karma Samiti'' (Working Committee) and 78 in ''Sadharan Parishad'' (General Council) including the government delegation. The chairman is called ''Sabhapati'' and ''Vice-Chairman'' is called ''Saha-Sabhapati''. Members, officially known as ''Sadasyas'', remain in the Akademi for life. However, any member can resign from his office by his will. In 2007, after the Nandigram massacre, some of Akademi members including

Sankha Ghosh Sankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and literary critic. He was born in Chandpur District of the then Bengal Presidency, present day Bangladesh. His ancestral home was at Banaripara Upazila ...

and Ashru Kumar Sikdar resigned from the Akademi. There is also a post of Secretary, or ''Sachib'', who is the chief governmental delegation at the Akademi. The office of the Secretary of the Akademi is held by Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay since its inception. The members of the first Working Committee were: Annadashankar Roy (chairman), Prabodh Chandra Sen (Vice-chairman, but died after the foundation of working committee), Nanda Gopal Sengupta (Vice-chairmen), Leela Majumdar, Khudiram Das, Nepal Majumdar, Shubhendu Shekhar Mukhopadhyay, Chinmohan Sehanbish, Pabitra Sarkar, Kanak Mukhopadhyay, Krishno Dhar, Jagadish Bhattacharya, Bhabatosh Dutta, Jyotirmoy Ghosh, Sankha Ghosh, Arun Kumar Basu, Nirmalya Acharya, Ashru Kumar Shikdar, Arun Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Prabir Roy Chowdhuri, Bhudeb Chowdhuri, Somendranath Bandyopadhyay, Bijit Kumar Dutta, Pallab Sengupta, Bhakti Prasad Mallick, Prashanta Kumar Dasgupta, Nirmal Das, Santosh Chakravarty (Later Ashok Dutta) – Director of Culture, Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay- Secretary (Government Delegate), Amitabha Mukhopadhyay- Officer-in-Charge (Government Delegate). The members of the first General Council were: (including the members of the Working Committee) Hirendranath Dutta, Manmatha Roy, Gopal Haldar, Debipada Bhattacharya, Sushil Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Gourinath Shastri, Rama Ranjan Mukhopadhyay,

Nisith Ranjan Ray Nisith Ranjan Ray (born 1910–1994) was an Indian historian, social activist and the founder of the Society for Preservation, Calcutta, an organisation working for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Kolkata. Born in Mymensingh Distric ...

, Manindranath Ghosh, Manindra Kumar Ghosh, Dr. Asit Kumar Bandyopadhyay,

Rabindra Kumar DasGupta Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta (11 July 1915 – 3 February 2009) was an Indian scholar of Bengali literature, Bengali and English literature and a social and cultural commentator. He was considered by his peers as one of the last scholars with equal ...

, Haraprasad Mitra,

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Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

, Satyendranath Roy, Ajit Kumar Ghosh, Khsetra Gupta, Arabinda Poddar, Nirendranath Chakravarty, Golum Kuddus, Ashin Dasgupta, Khsitindra Narayan Bhattacharya, Saroj Mohan Mitra, Sukumari Bhattacharya, Subir Roy Chowdhuri, Manabendra Bandyopadhyay, Sourin Bhattacharya, Ashok Mukhopadhyay,

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, Bratindranath Mukhopadhyay, Manas Majumdar,

Mohit Chattopadhyay Mohit Chattopadhyaya (also spelled Mohit Chattopadhyay) (1 June 1934 – 12 April 2012) was a Bengali Indian playwright, screenwriter, dramatist and poet. He was a leading figure in modern Indian drama. Mohit Chottopadhya died on 12 April 2012. ...

, Narayan Chowdhuri, Samarendra Sengupta, Amitabha Dasgupta, Debesh Roy,

Purnendu Patri Purnendu Patri (sometimes Anglicised as Purnendu Pattrea) (2February 193119 March 1997) was an Indian poet, writer, editor, artist, illustrator, and film director. He was best known for his poems and stories, particularly for his poetry collec ...

, Shyam Sundar Dey, Amitabha Chowdhuri,

Shakti Chattopadhyay Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of nature in crisis. T ...

, Debesh Das, Manas Roy Chowdhuri, Shibendranath Kanjilal, Sabitendranath Roy, Bibhas Bhattacharya, Dipankar Sen, Prasun Dutta, Dilip Bhattacharya – secretary, Information and Cultural Affairs Department. Now the Akademi works under various sub-committees and editorial boards concerning different affairs. Some of these bodies are depicted below: ''Akademi Banan Upo-Samiti'' or Akademi Spelling Sub-Committee was created to reform and rationalize Bengali orthography. This Sub-Committee includes

Nirendranath Chakravarty Nirendranath Chakravarty (19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was a contemporary Bengali poet, Translator, Novelist. He lived in Bangur Avenue, Kolkata. Biography He was born in Faridpur district of undivided Bengal in 1924. After graduati ...

, Sankha Ghosh, Pabitra Sarkar, Jyoti Bhushan Chaki, Nirmal Das, Ashok Mukhopadhyay, Subhash Bhattacharya, Amitabha Chowdhuri, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, Sourin Bhattacharya, Prasun Dutta, Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay, Arun Kumar Basu and Shubhomoy Mondal. On the recommendation of this Sub-Committee, the Akademi did its historical reforms on Bengali spelling. Another important sub-committee is ''Paribhasha Upo-Samiti'' or Terminology Sub-Committee which is entrusted to compile standard Bengali terminology for both academic and administrative purposes. This sub-committee includes Ananda Ghosh Hazra, Alapan Bandyaopadhyay, I.A.S., Krishno Dhar, Jyoti Bhushan Chaki,

, Pabitra Sarkar, Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay, Swapan Chowdhuri and Bhabatosh Tapadar. Editorial boards are generally founded to edit works of great authors. One of such bodies that compiled the Complete Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam, includes Annadashankar Roy (advisor),

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee also known as Buddha Babu (born 1 March 1944) is an Indian Communist politician and a former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as the 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal from 20 ...

, ex-Chief Minister of

(advisor), Kalpataru Sengupta, Arun Kumar Basu, Pabitra Sarkar, Golum Kuddus, Krishno Dhar, Manas Majumdar, Sumita Chakravarty, Bandhan Sengupta, Manas Khanda, Biswanath Roy, Prabhat Kumar Das, Shyamal Moitra And Sanat Kumar Chattopadhyay.

Functions

The Akademi is the official authority on

; although its recommendations carry no legal power — but still the educational boards and the universities of

and

have deep regard for its rulings. The Akademi accomplishes all its activities in close liaison with other academic and educational institutions including universities engaged in various aspects of

, literature and culture. Apart from its own programs, it also arranges programs in cooperation with different such societies. Such activities are not confined to

only, but also in districts and sub-divisions, even in the other states. The function of the Akademi was initially settled by a seminar held at

Sisir Mancha Sisir Mancha is an auditorium located on Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. This auditorium is regularly used for Bengali theatres. The auditorium is adjacent to Rabindra Sadan- Nandan Complex. The theatre auditor ...

from 24 February to 1 March. These seminars determined the rationale of the Akademi and proposed to make a design and blue print to achieve its goals. The tasks entrusted on Bangla Akademi are: #The rationalization and reform of Bengali script and orthography. #Compilation of standard dictionaries, encyclopedias and grammars. #Compilation of terminologies. #Bridging the gap between Bengali and other languages through translations and other activities. #Publication of children books. #Performing research-oriented works on Bengali language, literature and culture as well as arranging scholarships for researchers. #Distribution of civil literary prizes. #Publication of publish books on different subjects #Publication of the Akademi Magazine. #Preservation of an outstanding library. #Preservation of a world-class archive and museum. #To conduct seminars and conferences and cultural festivals and fairs.

Work of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

Scholars at the Bangla Akademi work to promote the Bengali language in various ways. They are doing research on

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and the origin and development of Bengali. They are publishing works by prominent writers in the language. They have built a large

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to preserve original

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s. The

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has donated Rs. 500000 for research in the academy. The government of

has also given a lump some amount of money. The Akademi is spending the money on the Indo-Japan Cultural Center in

. The Akademi has also developed a

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Festivals Conducted by Bangla Akademi

Various festivals are being conducted nowadays by Bangla Akademi, e.g., Kabita Utsab (Poetry Festival), Little Magazine Mela (Little Magazine Fair), Kathasahitya Utsab (Fiction Festival), Chhora Utsab (Rhyme Festival) etc.

Awards awarded by Bangla Akademi

Selected bibliography

Dictionaries and terminologies

*''Akademi Bidyarthi Abidhan'' (Bangla Akademi Bengali Dictionary for Students) *''Akademi Banan Abidhan'' (Bangla Akademi Spelling Dictionary) *''Paribhasha Sankalan'' – Prashashan (Collection of Administrative Terminologies) *''Sahityer Shabdartho-Kosh'' (Dictionary of Literary Terms) *''Bhasha-Tattwer Paribhasha'' (Terminology of Linguistics) *''Byutpatti-Sidhyartha-Bangla Kosmh'' (Dictionary of Bengali Word Origin) *''Bangla Bhashay Arthaniti Charcha Granthapanji'' (Catalogue of Economic Studies in Bengali) *''Bangla Bhashay Itihaas Charcha Granthapanji'' (Catalogue of Historical Studies in Bengali) *''Dhatubidya Paribhasha'' (Terminology of Metallurgy) *''Saontali-Bangla Samashabda Abidhan'' (A Dictionary of Santali-Bengali Identical Words)

Complete and selected works of legendary authors

*''Sanchayita, Vol. II'', (Ed. By Arun Kumar Basu) – an alternative anthology of Tagore Poems other than Sanchayita *''Manik Bandyopadhyay Rachana Samagra, (Ek-Ekadash Khanda)'' – Complete Works of

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, Vols. I-XI *''Manik Bandyopadhyay Kishor Rachana Sambhar'', (Ed. By. Parthojit Gangopadhyay) – Collected Juvenile Literature of

*''Kazi Nazrul Islam Rachana Samagra (Ek-Saptam Khanda)'' – Complete Works of

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, Vols. I-VII *''Budhhadeb Bose Prabandha Samagra (Ek-dui Khanda)'' – Complete Essays of Budhhadeva Basu, Vols. I-IV *''Nirendranath Chakravarty Gadya Samagra (Ek-Tritiya)'' – Complete Prose Works of

, Vols. I-III *''Rezaul Karim Prabandha Samagra'' – Complete Essays of Rezaul Karim *''Jyoti Bhattacharya Prabandha Samagra'' – Complete Essays of Jyoti Bhattacharya *''Dwijendra-Giti Samagra'' – Complete Songs of Dwijendra Lal Roy *''Somen Chanda Nirbachito Galpa Sangraha'' – Selected Stories of Somen Chanda *''Samparka (Sampriti Bishayak Galpa)'' – Samparka: Stories on Communal Harmony (Ed. By Ashok Kumar Mitra and Bishnu Basu)

Collected essays

*''Bhasha-Bhabna: Unish-Bish Shatak'' – Thoughts on Language, A Collection of 37 Essays on Bengali dated from 1850 to 1950. *''Prasanga Bangla Byakaran, Prothom Khanda''- On Bengali Grammar, Vol. I, (20 essays on

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from old periodicals) *''Prasanga Bangla Byakaran, Dwitiyo Khanda''- On Bengali Grammar, Vol. II, (Contemporary Essays on Bengali Grammar) *''Saraswat'' – A History of Bengali Literary Academies (Ed. By Arun Kumar Basu) *''Bangalir Gaan'' – Songs of Bengal, A Golden Treasury of Bengali Music (Ed. By. Durgadas Lahiri) *''Akademi Pratishtha Barshiki Bhashan Sankalan'' – Akademi Collection of Foundation Day Lectures *''Akademi Bhashan Sankalan'' – Akademi Collection of Lectures *''Puratan Gadyagrantha Sangraha'' – Collection of Old Texts (Ed. By Dr. Asit Kumar Bandyaopadhyay) *''Sangbad-Samayikpatre Unish Shataker Bangali Samaj (Ek-Dui Khanda)'' – Nineteenth Century Bengali Society in Periodicals, Vols. I-II (Col. & Ed. By Swapan Bose) *''Manaswi Annadashankar'' – Annadashankar Roy, A Great Thinker (Ed. By Dhiman Dasgupta) *''Bangla Primer Sangraha'' – A Collection of Bengali Primers (Ed. By Ashish Khastogir)

Criticism

In May 2022, the academies decision to give Bangla Akademi Literature Award to

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for her poems was met with fierce criticism. Mamata Banerjee in the end gave back the prize.

References

External links

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