Santosh Chandra Majumdar (21 February 1888 – 3 November 1926) was one of the first five students of Brahmaviyalaya at Santiniketan and was associated with Santiniketan most of his later life. Santosh Chandra Majumdar was born on 21 February 1888 at Calcutta. His father, Srish Chandra, was a deputy magistrate and a close friend and associate of

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. He was one of the first five students of Brahmavidyalaya at Santiniketan. He passed the Entrance examination in 1904, and proceeded to USA, along with the poet's son Rathindranath Tagore, to study agriculture at the

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.Bose, Anjali (editor), 2004, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol 2, , p 560, (set) and (Vol 2). He graduated in agriculture and animal husbandry, and set up a dairy farm on return to India. The business venture failed and Rabindranath absorbed him as a teacher in Santiniketan. He was nominated as a member of the Executive Council of Visva-Bharati in 1919. When the

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(Institute of Rural Reconstruction) was set up at Sriniketan in 1922, he was posted there. In the absence of the director,

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, he was given administrative charge of Sriniketan. He was given charge of

Siksha Satra Siksha Satra is a school at Sriniketan town in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Established in 1924, it functions under Visva Bharati University. History Siksha Satra established in 1924 in Santiniketan and later shifted to Sriniketan in 192 ...

in 1924. He was a good actor and participated in Tagore's plays. He collected many Santali songs and translated them into Bengali and English.

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