Narayan gangopadhyay biography of william
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Bengali literature
Bengali literature (Bengali: বাংলা সাহিত্য, romanized: Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time and dynastic patronization or non-patronization.[1] Bengali has developed over the course of roughly 1,400 years. If the emergence of the Bengali literature supposes to date back to roughly 650 AD, the development of Bengali literature claims to be 1600 years old. The earliest extant work in Bengali literature is the Charyapada, a collection of Buddhist mystic songs in Old Bengali dating back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The timeline of Bengali literature is divided into three periods: ancient (650–1200), medieval (1200–1800) and modern (after 1800). Medieval Bengali literature consists of various poetic genres, including Hindu religious scriptures (e.g. Mangalkavya), Islamic epics (e.g. works of Syed Sulta
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Pages in category "Biography"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,595 total.
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- Gangadhar Sen Roy
- Gangeshopadhyay
- Gangopadhyay, Jyotirmayee
- Gangopadhyay, Narayan
- Gangopadhyaya, Jamini Prakash
- Ganguly, Kadambini
- Gani, Major Abdul
- Gauhar, Asaduzzaman Khan
- Gazi, Dewan Farid
- Gazi, Pachabdi
- Ghani, M Osman
- Ghani, Nawab Khwaja Abdul
- Ghaseti Begum
- Ghatak, Ritwik Kumar
- Ghaziuddin Haider
- Ghaznavi, Abdul Halim
- Ghaznavi, Abdul Karim
- Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
- Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah
- Ghiyasuddin Balban
- Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- Ghosh, Aurobindo
- Ghosh, Barindrakumar
- Ghosh, Binoy
- Ghosh, Girish Chandra
- Ghosh, Harachandra
- Ghosh, Jogesh Chandra
- Ghosh, Manmohan
- Ghosh, Pannalal
- Ghosh, Rai Bahadur Kaliprosanna
- Ghosh, Rashbehari
- Ghosh, Shishir Kumar
- Ghulam Husain Salim
- Gopal Bhand
- Gopala
- Gopala II
- Gopala III
- Gopinath Kaviraj, Mahamahopadhyay
- Goswami, Bijoy Krishna
- Goswami, Kshetramohan
- Govardhan Ac
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Tagore family
Bengali family known for its contribution in business, literature, art, politics & music.
The Tagore family (from Bengali ঠাকুর, Ṭhākur[2]) has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, India, and is regarded as one of the key influencers during the Bengali Renaissance. The family has produced several people who have contributed substantially in the fields of business, social and religious reformation, literature, art, politics and music.[3][4] The most prominent figures of this family include Dwarkanath Tagore, a pioneering industrialist; Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel laureate in literature; Abanindranath Tagore, a distinguished artist and more.[5]
Family history
[edit]They were BengaliHinduPirali Brahmin ('Pirali' historically carried a stigmatized and pejorative connotation) and originally belonged to a village named Pithabhog in what is now Khulna, Bangladesh. They were the descendants of Deen Kushari