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.
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Madan Mohan Tarkalankar
- Name
- Madanmohan Tarkalankar
- Born
- 3 January 1817
- Birthplace
- Bilwagram, Nakashipara, Bethuadahari, Nadia district, Bengal presidency, British India
- Place of death
- Kandi, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Movement
- Bengali Renaissance
- Education
- Calcutta Presidency College
- Died
- 1858. · Kandi.
- Nationality
- British Raj.
- Occupation
- judge, poet, professor and editor.
- Languages
- Bangla.
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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.
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• Name — Madanmohan Tarkalankar • Other Names — Madan Mohan Tarkalankar • Born — 3 January 1817 • Birthplace — Bilwagram, Nakashipara, Bethuadahari, Nadia district, Bengal presidency, British India • Place of death — Kandi, Bengal Presidency, British India • Movement — Bengali Renaissance • Monuments — Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College, Post Graduate in Sanskrit Department of Krishnanath College • Education — Calcutta Presidency College
Birth and family identity
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.
Education
Education
He studied at the Sanskrit College, where he was a classmate of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He later studied at the Presidency University.
Work life
Work life
He was a professor of literature at Fort William College. Later in November 1850, he was appointed as the District Judge of Murshidabad. He was appointed Deputy Magistrate of Murshidabad (in December 1855) and Kandi in 1856.
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Death
Death
On 9 March 1858, he died at Kandi of cholera.
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1817
Madan Mohan Tarkalankar was born on 3 June 1817.
1858
Madan Mohan Tarkalankar died on 9 March 1858.
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)
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- 1.196th Birth Centenary Of Madan Mohon Tarkalankar Observed In Nakashipara - News from Nadia.
- 2.The new Indian Press. 1870.
- 3.Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College.
- 4.Anandabazar Patrika. 1 October 2011.
- 5.Subodh Chandra Sengupta, Anjali Basu. Samsad Bangali Charitbidhan, (First Part). Sahitya Samsad. 2002.
- 6.Bandyopadhyay, Asitkumar. Bangla Sahitye Vidyasagar. Dey's publishing. 84–85. 2005.
- 7.bn:যারা কবি হতে চায় তাদের গীতবিতান পড়তে বলি. dead.
- 8.Majumdar, Swapan, Literature and Literary Life in Old Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, pp112-113, Oxford University Press, .
- 9.Dainik Destiny. 20 October 2012.
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Madan Mohan Tarkalankar is recorded with the occupation professor. Recorded as judge, poet, professor and editor.
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Social reformer
He was one of the founders of the practice of 'Hindu widow marriage'. His contribution to the spread of women's education is undeniable. In 1849, when Bethune founded the Hindu Mahila School, he admitted his two daughters there. He used to teach girls in this school without pay. In 1850, he wrote a groundbreaking essay in favor of wife education in Sarvashubhakari magazine.