| Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan | | Born | 1820
Chingripota, South 24 Parganas | | Died | 22 August 1886
Satna, Madhya Pradesh | | Occupation | Scholar, editor | Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan was a scholar, editor and publisher of the trend-setting weekly Bengali newspaper Somprakash. Busy street Satna is a city in central India, in northeastern Madhya Pradesh, adjacent to the Tons River. ...
Madhya PradeÅ› (HindÄ«: मधà¥à¤¯ पà¥à¤°à¤¦à¥‡à¤¶, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ...
Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, PÄli and Sanskrit. ...
Father
His father, Harachandra Bhattacharya (better known as Nyayratna) was a scholar. He had studied under Kashinath Tarkalankar, who had a popular traditional centre of education at Hatibagan in north Kolkata, Nyayratna taught in the traditional centres of Sanskrit-based education called tol-chatuspatis and also taught some boys in his spare time at his home. Amongst his renowned students were Ishwar Chandra Gupta and Ramtanu Lahiri. [1] Ramtanu Lahiri (Bengali: ) (1813-1898) was a leading Derozian, a renowned teacher and a social reformer. ...
Early life After initial education in the traditional centre of village education, the pathsala, Dwarkanath joined Sanskrit College, Kolkata in 1832, and studied there up to 1845, winning many prizes and earning fame as a scholar. [1] He won the title of Vidyabhusan in his last examination. He had a short stint as a teacher in Fort William College and then joined Sanskrit College as a librarian. He later rose to the position of a professor and also assisted Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, when he was principal of the college. [2] Sanskrit College is a traditional college of Indian tradition in Kolkata. ...
(IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...
Indian postal stamp on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ঈশà§à¦¬à¦° চনà§à¦¦à§à¦° বিদà§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¸à¦¾à¦—র) (1820-1891) (born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyay) was a Bengali polymath. ...
A strong supporter of the women’s education, Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan joined other liberals to support Bethune School (established by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune)for twenty years. [3] John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801-1851), was a pioneer in spreading women’s education in India. ...
In 1856, his father established a printing press. [1] It must be mentioned that it was an age when publishers concentrated on an incongruous double bill of religion and erotica but tastes had started changing. In 1857, forty-six Indian-owned printing presses put out 322 books for sale. Although religion still held sway, erotica had started ebbing out. [4] However, his father fell ill and died shortly after establishing the printing press. Vidyabhusan inherited the press and published in Bengali two volumes on the history of Greece and history of Rome, he had written. That was possibly the first time that fat volumes of history written in easy flowing Bengali language was published and it immediately established Vidybhusan as a writer. [1] [5]
Somprakash Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar proposed the publication of a weekly newspaper Somprakash partly with the objective of providing employment for a deaf scholar. The newspaper hit the stands in 1858 but the deaf scholar never joined it. The entire responsibility of editing and publishing the newspaper vested in Vidyabhusan. At that time, Bengali newspapers such as Sambad Prabhakar and Sambad Bhaskar were defiling the moral environment in Bengal. [1] With its dignified tastes, lucid language and fearless criticism, Somprakash occupied the top position in the field of Bengali newspapers. [2]
Initially, Somprakash was published from a lane in Champatala in Kolkata. When the railway was extended to Canning in 1862, he shifted the printing press to his native village Chingripota, now in South 24 Parganas. [1]
It strongly criticised the powerful indigo planters and landlords. In his evidence before the Indigo Enquiry Committee, Rev. James Long emphatically stated, “These periodicals play a signifiacnt role as the mouthpiece of the Indian public.” [6] In 1878, when the viceroy, Lord Lytton introduced the outrageous Vernacular Press Act, specially targeting the Bengali press Vidyabhusan closed down Somprakash, rather than sign a undertaking about it. [6] [2] Sir Richard Temple, lieutenant governor, called him to his house and requested him not to close down the newspaper. Later, when the Act was withdrawn, he resumed publicaion of Somprakash, but it never regained its past form and glory. [1] The Lord Lytton Novelist and politician Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803–January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ...
Later life He established an English school in his native place and bore the expenses of running the same. A man of high moral standards he stood by the down trodden in society. With advancing age, his health started faltering. He published a monthly magazine Kalpadrum for sometime. Once he went and stayed in Varanasi for sometime and was shocked by the wretched state of affairs of religion and morals. He died at Satna where he had gone to recoup his health. [1] VÄrÄṇasÄ« (HindÄ«: वाराणसी, UrdÅ«: وارانسی, IPA: ), also known as Benares, Banaras, or Benaras (HindÄ«: बनारस, UrdÅ«: بنارس, ; IPA: ), or Kashi or Kasi (काशी کاشی ), is a famous Hindu holy city situated on the banks of the river Ganges (Ganga) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ...
Busy street Satna is a city in central India, in northeastern Madhya Pradesh, adjacent to the Tons River. ...
Sivanath Sastri was his sister’s son. [2] Sivanath Sastri (as spelt by himself, but also spelt as Shibnath Shastri, Shib Nath Shastri, Shibanath Shastri, Shivanath Shastri) (Bengali: )(1847-1919) was a scholar, religious reformer, educator, writer and historian. ...
Works History: History of Greece, History of Rome (both in Bengali)[1] Text books: Nitisar, Pathamrita, Chhatrabodh, Bhusansar Byakaran[2] Poetry: Prakrito Prem, Prokrito Sukh, Biseswar Bilap[2]
References - ^ a b c d e f g h i Sastri, Sivanath, Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj, (Bengali) 1903/2001, p167-170, New Age Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ a b c d e f Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, (Bengali) , p223, ISBN 8185626650
- ^ Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, p34, Princeton Univerisy Press, ISBN 0691031258
- ^ Sarkar, Nilhil, "Printing and the Spirit of Calcutta" in "Calcutta, the Living City", Vol I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p135, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195636961.
- ^ Majumdar, Swapan, Literature and Literary Life in Old Calcutta in "Calcutta, the Living City", Vol I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p113, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195636961.
- ^ a b Sengupta, Nitish (2001) History of the Bengali-speaking people, p238-239, New Delhi : UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 978-8174763556
| Persondata | | NAME | Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan | | ALTERNATIVE NAMES | | | SHORT DESCRIPTION | Scholar, editor | | DATE OF BIRTH | 1820 | | PLACE OF BIRTH | Chingripota, South 24 Parganas | | DATE OF DEATH | 22 August 1886 | | PLACE OF DEATH | Satna, Madhya Pradesh | Topics
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