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Encyclopedia > Rajnarayan Basu

Rajnarayan Basu (Bengali: রাজনারায়ণ বসু) (1826-1899) was a writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. He was born in Boral in 24 Parganas and studied at the Hare School and Hindu College, both premier institutions in Kolkata, Bengal at the time. A monotheist at heart, Rajnarayan Basu converted to Brahmoism at the age of twenty.[1] After retiring, he was given the honorary title of Rishi or sage. As a writer, he was one of the best known prose writers in Bengali in the eighteenth century, writing often for the Tattwabodhini Patrika, a premier Brahmo journal.[2] Due to his defence of Brahmoism, he was given the title "Grandfather of Indian Nationalism"[3] Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... Bengal renaissance is the period of time that saw surge in creative and social activity in Bengal. ... 24 Parganas is a former district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... 2006 Saraswati Puja at Hare School Hare School is the oldest existing school in Kolkata, currently teaching grades 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. ... Presidency College, Kolkata,Official website: [1], located at 86/1, College Street, in Kolkata, India, offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. ...   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in the Bengali language, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Monotheism (in Greek monon = single and Theos = God) is the belief in a single, universal, all-encompassing deity. ... Brahmo Samaj is a social and religious movement founded in Kolkata, India in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. ... Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... Tattwabodhini Patrika (Bengali: )(Tattwabodhini means truth-searching and Patrika means newspaper or magazine) was started by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore in 1843 and continued up to 1883. ...

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Rajnarayan Basu was a close friend of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, a prominent poet of the time, and the introducer of free verse in Bengali. Both were responsible for introducing classical Western elements into Bengali literature.[1] He briefly tutored Asia's first Nobel prizewinner, Rabindranath Tagore and spent three years translating the Upanishads into English. As a member of Young Bengal, Rajnarayan Basu believed in "nation-building" at the grassroots level. To do his part, after teacing at Vidyasagar's Sanskrit College, he moved to Midnapore to teach in the mofussil district town.[1] He served as the headmaster of Midnapore Zila School which was both the forerunner of Midnapore Collegiate School and Midnapore College. He established a public library that is still in use, although now it is known as the Rishi Rajnarayan Basu Smriti Pathagar (Rishi Rajnaraya Basu Memorial Library). He was the first person to suggest using Bengali at meetings of the Vangiya Sahitya Parishad (Bengali literature society).[4] The Parishad was established to promote Bengali language literature yet ironically conducted meetings in English until Basu's request. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Free verse (also at times referred to as vers libre) is a term describing various styles of poetry that are not written using strict meter or rhyme, but that still are recognizable as poetry by virtue of complex patterns of one sort or another that readers can perceive to be... Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata, c. ... The Upanishads (उपनिषद्, Upanişad) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... A name attributed to a group of radical free thinkers emerging from Hindu College, Kolkata in the early 19th century. ... Vidyasagar may refer to: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the Bengali scholar (1820-1891). ... Midnapore (also written as Medinipur and Midnapur. ... Mindapore Collegiate School established in the year of 1834, is one of the oldest schools in Bengal as well as India. ... // History Midnapore college was established in 1873. ... Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ... Vangiya Sahitya Parishad (Bengali: )was a literary society in Bengal during the time of the Raj (in 1893). ... Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) or Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language of East South Asia, evolved from Sanskrit and Prakrit. ...


As an intellectual, he founded the Brahmo Samaj house and inagurated Naba Gopal Mitra's Hindu Mela, an organization created to spread nationalist feelings among Indians[1].He was a member of the Indian Association and a member of a political group called the Sanjibani Sabha. He also lamented that there were no schools promoting the learning of Indian music among the middle-class [5] and he himself started on in Midnapore. In 1868, he retired and moved to Deoghar where he spent the last years of his life. Brahmo Samaj is a social and religious movement founded in Kolkata, India in 1828 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. ... Deoghar is the headquarter of Deoghar District of Jharkhand state, India. ...


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In Bengali

  • Brahmo Sadhon (Serving Brahmoism)(1865)
  • Dharmatatvo Dipika (The Light of Religious Theory) (1866-67)
  • Hindudhormer srestotto (The superiority of Hinduism)(1873)
  • Sekal aar eikaal (Then and now) (1873)
  • Hindu othoba Presidency College-er itibritto (A history of the Hindu or Presidency College) (1876)
  • Bibidho probondho (Various essays) (1882)
  • Rajnarayan Basur Attocharit (Autobiography) (1909)

In English

  • A defence of Brahmoism and the Brahmo Samaj (1863)
  • Brahmic Advice, Caution, and Help (1869)
  • The Adi Brahmo Samaj, its views and principles (1870)
  • The Adi Brahmo Samaj as a Church (1873)

Trivia

Rajnarayan Basu was the maternal grandfather of Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ, Sri Ôrobindo Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द Srī Aravinda) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet, Hindu mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. ...


References

  1. ^ a b c d Badiuzzaman (2006-10-14). Basu, Rajnarayan (HTML). Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
  2. ^ http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/T_0088.HTM
  3. ^ http://www.thebrahmosamaj.org/impact/socialimpact.html
  4. ^ http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0026.htm
  5. ^ http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2003/kobayashie032/kobayashie032.pdf
Bengal Renaissance
Topics History of Bengal • British Raj • Bengali literature • Bengali poetry • Bengali music • Brahmo Samaj • Asiatic Society of Bengal • Young Bengal • Swadeshi • Satyagraha • Socialism • Communism • Tattwabodhini Patrika • Sulava Samachar • Ananda Bazar Patrika • Rabindra Sangeet • Santiniketan • Visva Bharati University • Complete Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam • Vangiya Sahitya Parishad • Sambad Prabhakar   
People Raja Ram Mohan Roy • Ramakrishna Paramahamsa • Henry Derozio • Debendranath Tagore • Keshub Chandra Sen • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar • Michael Madhusudan Dutt • Rajnarayan Basu • Akshay Kumar Datta • Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay • Sri Aurobindo • Swami Vivekananda • Rabindranath Tagore • Kazi Nazrul Islam • Satyendranath Tagore • Ram Chandra Vidyabagish   


 

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