Biharilal Sarkar

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Biharilal Sarkar
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Biharilal Sarkar in the photograph of his book Titumir (1897)
Born18 October 1855
Died1921 (9 Phalgun, 1328 Bangabda)
Varanasi
Occupation
  • Editor
  • Historian
  • Writer
Notable works
  • Bange Borgi
  • Bharatpur Judhdho
  • Bidyasagar [1]
  • Maharani Swarnamayee
  • Shakuntala Rahasya [2]
  • Titumir [3]

Biharilal Sarkar (18 October 1855 - 1921) was an Indian Bengali editor, historian and writer. He is known for his book Titumir.

Life

Biharilal was born in Howrah District's Andul in 1855. His father's name was Umacharan Sarkar. He read up to F.A. in Calcutta General Assemblies Institution (now Scottish Church College) and worked as Press-Inspector in Calcutta Press. He also worked for 30 years in the editorial department of "Bangabasi" newspaper. He is known as the biographer of Vidyasagar. [1] He also practised musical instruments. For Bangabasi magazine, he got Rai Sahib on 3 June 1915. [4] He died in 1921 in Varanasi (9 Phalgun, 1328 Bangabda). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bihari Lal Sarkar (1895). Bidyasagar [বিদ্যাসাগর] (in Bengali). Kolkata: Bani Nath Nandi.
  2. ↑ Bihari Lal Sarkar (1896). Shakuntala Rahasaya [শকুন্তলা রহস্য] (in Bengali). Kolkata.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 Bihari Lal Sarkar (1897). Titumir[তিতুমীর] (in Bengali).
  4. ↑ "Biharilal Sarkar- Wikisource, a free library". bn.wikisource.org (in Bengali).
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