Ashok Kumar Sarkar (7 October 1912 – 17 February 1983) was the

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and owner of ''

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'' and

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from 1958 to 1983 after death of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar the inaugural editor of

Early life

Ashok Kumar Sarkar was born in a

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family, the only child of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and Nirjharini Sarkar. He was a graduate of the

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 588 In 1957 he became an editor of the

Desh magazine ''Desh'' ( bn, দেশ) is an esteemed Bengali language literary magazine published by the ABP Group from India on the 2nd and the 17th of every month. This magazine, which is in publication since 1933, has been edited by editors like Saga ...

and a director of

. In 1958 upon the death of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar he became the second

. He was among the first Indian journalists to start offset printing in newspapers. He organised an exhibition on Bengali printing in 1978 on the occasion of 200 yrs anniversary of the publication of first Bengali grammar by

Nathaniel Brassey Halhed Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (25 May 1751 – 18 February 1830) ( bn, হালেদ, "Haled") was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhed was born at Westminster, and was educated at Harrow School, where he began a close friendship with ...

in 1778.

References

External links

″A Centenary Tribute - Ashok Kumar Sarkar (1912-1983)″
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'', 7 October 2012. Retrieved on 29 July 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkar, Ashok Kumar 1912 births 1983 deaths Journalists from West Bengal Scottish Church College alumni Indian magazine editors Bengali people

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He ...

University of Calcutta alumni ABP Group Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 20th-century Indian journalists Indian male journalists