The first

Bengali theatre Bengali theatre primarily refers to theatre performed in the Bengali language. Bengali theatre is produced mainly in West Bengal, and in Bangladesh. The term may also refer to some Hindi theatres which are accepted by the Bengali people. Ben ...

was established as early as 1795.

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Gerasim Lebedev is credited to have founded it.

Prasanna Kumar Tagore Prasanna may refer to: People As sole name * Prasanna (actor) (Prasanna Venkatesan, active from 2001), Indian film actor * Prasanna (theatre director) (born 1951), Indian theatre director and playwright * V. V. Prasanna, a Tamil playback singer ...

established the first

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n owned

in 1831, named the Hindu Theatre.

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Modern Indian theatre
Bengali theatre Culture of Kolkata 1795 establishments in India {{India-theat-stub