Madan Mohan Tarkalankar

Madanmohan Tarkalankar (3 January 1817 – 9 March 1858) is one of the Sanskrit scholars of the Indian subcontinent in the nineteenth century who has made a special contribution to the development of the written Bengali language. He is also considered one of the pioneers of the Bengali renaissance. He was a professor at Fort William College and authored several textbooks on early childhood education.

Birth and family identity He was born in 1817 in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bethuadahari, Nakashipara. His father's name is Ramdhan Chattopadhyay. He had two children named Bhuvanmala and Kundamala.

Social reformer He was one of the founders of the practice of 'Hindu widow marriage'.

The first widow marriage took place in 1857. The bridegroom was Srishchandra Vidyaratna and the bride was Kalimati. Madanmohan Tarkalankar was one of the people who helped to find and contact the two of them. — Mrinalkanti Chakraborty, a retired teacher of Berhampore College

Books Madanmohan Tarkalanka devoted considerable effort to spreading education in the Bengali language. The book Shishusiksha, written by him, was also published before the book Barnaparichay, written by Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. He published Shisushiksha in 1849 and a second part in 1850. Later, the third part and fourth part (Bodhodoy). He wrote two books in his childhood: Basabdutta and Rasatrangini.

His poem "Amar Pan" is one of the poems in Bengali textbooks for second class students in Bangladesh and is considered an excellent guide for the formation of children's psyche.

He translated 14 Sanskrit books. Some of his notable books are:- Rasatrangini (1838) Basabdutta (1836) Shishushiksha -3 parts (1839 to 1851)

Death On 9 March 1858, he died at Kandi of cholera.