Gobindachandra Das

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{{Infobox person

| name = Gobindachandra Das

| image = Gobinda_Chandra_Das.jpg

| caption = Poet by nature Gobindrachandra Das

| birth_name = Gobindachandra Das

| birth_date = January 16, 1855

| birth_place = Dhaka District, Bengal Province, British India

| death_date = October 1, 1918

| death_place = Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India

| occupation = poet

| years active =

| children = 3

| partner(s) =

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Gobindachandra Das ({{langx|bn|গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস}}) (1855–1918), was a Bengali poet and writer.

Life

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Das was born in Gazipur of Bengal province. He was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to Haripada Bhowmik and was the mother of three children. Her son was Dilip Bhowmik(1948-1998). In the last part of his life, Das was in very poor health.

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Works

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Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh.

Some works

  • Kunkum
  • Kastury
  • Prem O Ful
  • Boijointi
  • Moger Muluk

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References

  • Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
  • {{Banglapedia|Das,_Govindachandra|Das, Govindachandra}}