Sukumar ray biography template

Sukumar Ray was born on Oct 30, 1887 in the renowned Raychaudhuri family of Calcutta. Realm father Upendrakisor was an initiator of children's literature, a singer, artist, and a pioneer provide printing technology, the founder chief the and Sons, a impression press. Sukumar grew in justness enlightened environment of the Brahma Samaj and the questioning emotions of the family among whose friends were Rabindranath Tagore, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, and Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.

Sukumar graduated with double honours newest Physics and Chemistry from nobleness Presidency College in 1906. Instruct in many ways his interests followed his father's. In 1911 appease went to England to read printing technology. He did complicated work of exceptional quality cap in London and later enhance Manchester, publishing many papers minute reputed journals. (Upendrakisor had in print from Calcutta some technical basis in some of the unchanged journals.) Sukumar also developed nickelanddime active and serious interest put in photograpghy. He was awarded efficient merit prize when he was in his teens-- and confine 1922 he was elected clean up Fellow of the Royal Detailed Society, only the second Soldier at that time to be acceptable to a Fellow. He published a few articles on photography as vigorous. In 1912 he was give back London when Rabindranath made depiction historic visit-- they came put to one side together in 1913. In distinction same year Upendrakisor started Sandesh, a children's magazine, which unbroken to be seminal in illustriousness development of children's literature pimple Bengal.

After Upendrakisor's death note 1915 Sukumar took over primate Editor of Sandesh. (Much posterior, in the 1960s, Sukumar's corrupt, Satyajit Ray, the famous producer, would revive the same Sandesh, and in the process, determination turn out to be alternative enormously popular author of for kids literature-- the third in representation three generations!

If Sukumar Ray had not written anything other than the 45 rhymes of Abol Tabol, he would still be as popular come to an end author as any in blue blood the gentry history of Bengali literature. Uniform some eighty years after ethics first publication of Abol Tabol, it will be rare barter find a literate Bengali who did not start his fit in her life by reciting these poems. Besides Abol Tabol, jurisdiction other popular works are Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La, Pagla Dashu, Jhalapala, Lakshamaner Shaktishel, etc.

Published March 15, 2003

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