Jadav Chandra Chakravarti (1855 – 26 November 1920) was a prominent Bengali

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. He was famous for his two books named ''Arithmetic'' and ''Algebra''.

Early life

Chakravarti was born in 1855 at the village of Tatulia in Kamarkhanda, just few miles from Sirajganj city of the then

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(now

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) to Krishna Chandra Chakravarti and Durga Sundari. He moved to Kolkata for higher education and obtained his M.A. degree in mathematics from Presidency College at the University of Calcutta in 1882. While he was a student of Presidency, he taught physics and chemistry at St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College to pay for his University degree.

Career

Chakravarti started his career as a mathematics teacher at Kolkata City College. Then he joined at Aligarh Muslim College on 1 January 1888 at 200

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salary. In 1905, his salary was increased to 300 rupees. One of the famous students of his was Ziauddin Ahmad. He retired from Aligarh College on 28 February 1916. His first book ''Arithmetic'' was published in 1890 and his second book ''Algebra'' was published in 1912. His books were translated into a number of languages including

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, Assamese and Nepali. In 1901, he came back to his home town Sirajganj and founded a school for local children. After his retirement in 1916, he was also elected as the Chairman of Sirajganj Municipality. Before joining to Aligarh Univ. He was a high-level British officer, in the princely state of Cooch Behar. He was instrumental in fixing the match between Maharajah Nripendra Narayan of Cooch Behar and Sunity Devi D/O Sri Keshub Ch. Sen, the founder of the new dispensation. Jadav Babu served cooch behar for some years.

Death

Chakravarti died at the age of 69 on 26 November 1920 at his Kolkata residence.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chakravarti, Jadav Chandra 1855 births 1920 deaths Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University Indian mathematics educators People from Sirajganj District University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Mathematicians from British India People from the Bengal Presidency