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
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| children = 3
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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}}
External links
- {{Banglapedia|Das,_Govindachandra|Das, Govindachandra}}
- [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=DAS,+GOBINDACHANDRA Gobindachandra Das] at the West Bengal Public Library Network
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Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:Bengali-language poets