Maniklal Sinha

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Maniklal Sinha
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Born13 January 1916 (1916-01-13)
Joykrishnapur, Bankura district, British India
Died21 March 1994 (1994-03-22) (aged 78)
Bishnupur, Bankura district, West Bengal, India
OccupationTeacher
SpouseJui Rani Sinha
Children5

Maniklal Sinha, also Maniklal Singha; (13 January 1916 -21 March 1994) [1] was an Indian archaeologist, [2] writer, [3] poet, [4] folk-culture scholar [1] (Lokasangskritibid), novelist [5] and assistant teacher at Bishnupur High School. He was the main entrepreneur and founding director of Acharya Jogesh Chandra Pura Kirti Bhavan [2] (museum) and Bangiya Sahitya Parishad – Bishnupur Branch [2] [6] in 1951 at Bishnupur. He was awarded an honorary D.Litt. degree by the University of Burdwan in 1989 for his contribution as an archaeologist, writer and novelist.

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Biography

Maniklal Sinha, son of Amulyaratan Singha and Narayani Debi was born on 13 January 1916 at Joykrishnapur, near Bishnpur. [1] In 1934, he passed Matriculation from Bishnupur High School (English Medium) and then completed I.S.C from Bankura Christian College. On 16 June 1936, Sinha was arrested from his home in Joykrishnapur on charges of sedition for the crime of Swadeshi. On that day he was kept in Bishnupur Jail, but the next day i.e. 17 June, Sinha was transferred to Mednipur Central Jail [1] [7] after that on fourth of September, he was again transferred to Madarganj, Mymensingh . Finally, on 22 December 1937, he was released from jail. In 1938, he married Jui Rani Sinha and later in 1942, he completed a Bachelor's and a master's degree (1945) from Calcutta University and joined Bishnupur High School as an assistant teacher. He took up teachers training i.e. B.T training from David Hare training college [1] in 1952.

At the age of 78, Maniklal Sinha died [1] due to physical ailments of old age at home. In 2016, S.D.O, Bishnupur and D.M, Bankura, organised few events to celebrate his 101 years of birth day at Bishnupur and Bankura. [8]

Maniklal Sinha and Jui Rani Sinha have five sons. Among of them Pradip Kumar Sinha [9] and Pranab Kumar Sinha [10] are eminent writer, Sukanta Sinha is a publisher, [11] Dr. Srikanta Sinha [12] is a scientist, ISRO, Satellite Center, Bangalore, India and Srikrishna Sinha [13] is an independent researcher.

Works

In the 1970s, Maniklal Sinha discovered a Chalcolithic emplacement at Dihar [2] [14] [15] north of Bishnupur, on the north bank of Dwarakeshwar river. Coins, beads, semiprecious stone jewellery, and pottery were excavated. Sinha wrote to the archaeological department, University of Calcutta to take charge of it.

Furthermore, his archaeological research was embodied through these books which are Kasai Sabhyata, [16] Paschim Rarh Tatha Bankura Sanskrti, [3] Rarher Jati o Kristi, [11] Subarnarekha hoite Mayurakshi, [17] Rarher Mantrayan [18] etc. These books are the products of the author's lifelong hard work and so much affection for Rarh region . [19] Moreover, he highlighted the Jhumur song. [20] [21]

Accolades

Publications

Poetry books

Novel

Drama

Little magazine

Criticism book

Books on Rarh Region

See also

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Chakrabarty, Rakhi (20 June 2015). "Relic Hunter". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Singha, Maniklal (1977). Paschim rarh tatha Bankura sanskriti. Bisnupur: Chittaranjan Dasgupta.
  4. 1 2 Sinha, Maniklal (1939). Deep Shika (in Bengali). Bankura: Sudhir Kumar Palit. pp. 1–51.
  5. 1 2 Sinha, Maniklal. "(PDF) শাল-ফুল | Shal-fhul | Maniklal Singha – মানিকলাল সিংহ". KiTabpdf. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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  7. ↑ Sinha, Pradip (1999). Ja Dekhechi Ja Sunechi (in Bengali). Ekabinsati Magazine: Achintya Biswas. p. 82.
  8. ↑ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "মানিকলাল জন্ম শতবর্ষ". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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  10. ↑ Sinha, Pranab (1999). Prachin o Madhyayayuger Sahitye Bangali Samaj O Sanskriti (in Bengali). Banngiya Sahitya Parishad.
  11. 1 2 3 Sinha, Maniklal (1982). Rarher Jati O Kristi (in Bengali) (3rd ed.). Bishnupur: Sukanta Sinha; Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. pp. 1–154.
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  16. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal (1954). Kansai Sabhyata (in Bengali). Bishnupur: Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. pp. 1–102.
  17. 1 2 Sinha, Maniklal (1988). Subrnarekha Hoite Mayurakshi (in Bengali). Published by Radhamohan Sinha (3rd ed.). Bishnupur: Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. pp. 1–175.
  18. 1 2 Singha, Maniklal (1979). Rardher Mantrajan (in Bengali). Bishnupur: Sri Chittaranjan Dasgupta. pp. 1–191.
  19. ↑ "A Medley of Faiths: Towards a Composite Religious Culture in Early Medieval Rāḍh". Sahapedia. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  20. 1 2 Sinha, Manik Lal (1974). "Jhumar of the West Bengal highlands". Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
  21. ↑ Basu, Arun Kumar (1 December 1986). "Folksongs of Bengal". Journal of the Indian Musicological Society. 17 (2): 93.
  22. ↑ Sinha, Maliklal (1947). Anabasayaka Kabayagrantha (in Bengali) (1st ed.). Bishnupur: Apratul. pp. 1–47.
  23. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal (1982). Anabasayaka Kabayagrantha (in Bengali) (2nd ed.). Bishnupur: Chattaranjan Dasgupta, Bangiya Sahitya Parisad.
  24. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal (1948). Hammer (in Bengali and Hindi). Howrah: Bhim Chandra Mahindra. pp. 1–52.
  25. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal (1950–1952). Shilpi (in Bengali). Bishnupur: Bangiya Sahitya Parisad.
  26. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal. Rarh Upabhasar Bhumika. Vol. 30. Vishwavani Magazine.
  27. ↑ Sinha, Maniklal (1954). Kansai Sabhyata (in Bengali). Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. pp. 1–102.

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