Nabinchandra Sen

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Nabinchandra Sen (Bengali: নবীনচন্দ্র সেন)(1847-1909), was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong.

Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2.1 Epics 2.2 Poetry 2.3 Biographies 2.4 Autobiography 2.5 Poetic translations 2.6 Poetic novel 3 References

[edit] Life

Nabinchandra studied at Chittagong Collegiate School. In 1868, he passed BA and joined in the government service as a Deputy Magistrate. Being a student, he was one of bengal's greatest writers and poets.

[edit] Works

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

[edit] Epics

His epic trilogy was based on New Mahabharata.

• Rolbotok
• Kurukkhetra
• Provash

[edit] Poetry

• Abakash Ranjani
• Polashir Juddho (The Battle of Palashi, this gave him fame)

[edit] Biographies

• Amitav (Biography of Vagaban Buddha)
• Khirastha (Biography of Jesus Christ)

He also planned to write biography of Muhammad.

[edit] Autobiography

• Probasher Potro
• Amar Jibon

[edit] Poetic translations

• Geeta
• Chandi

[edit] Poetic novel

• Vanumoti

[edit] References

• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national text book of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.

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