Bijay Chandra Majumdar

Bijay Chandra Majumdar (27 October 1861 – 30 December 1942) was an Indian Bengali poet, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist and researcher known for his linguistic studies on the Charyapada. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937 and 1939 as Bensadhar Majumdar.

Biography Early life Majumdar was born on 27 October 1861 in Khanakul, Faridpur, British India. He graduated at the Hooghly Branch Government School in 1885 and Metropolitan College in Kolkata, India in 1895 with degrees on literature, history, science and law.

Career Majumdar started his career as a private tutor to the sons of Basudeb Sudhal Deb, the Raja of Bamra, and afterwards became the president of the Council of the State.

Death Majumdar died on 30 December 1942.

Publications Poetry collections কবিতা ("Poem", 1889) যুগপূজা ("Yug Puja", 1892) ফুলশর ("Fulshar", 1904) যজ্ঞভস্ম ("Yajnabhasma", 1904) পঞ্চকমলা ("Panchakamala", 1910)

Essays থেরীগাথা ("Therigatha", 1905) গীতগোবিন্দ ("Gitagovinda", 1906) ব্যাকরণের সন্ধি ("Grammar Treaty", 1911) সচ্চিদানন্দ গ্রন্থাবলী ("Sachchidananda Books", 1926) প্রাচীন সভ্যতা ("Ancient Civilizations", 1915) ভারতবর্ষের ইতিহাস ("History of India", 1919) ওড়িশা ইন মেকিং ("Odisha in the Making", 1925)

Editorials বঙ্গবাণী ("Bangabani", 1921-27) শিশুসাথী ("Child Companion", 1928-32) বাংলা ("Bengali", 1932)