Manomohan Bose was a Bengali journalist, poet, and playwright.

Early life

Bose was born in 1831 in Nishchintapur,

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at his maternal Uncle's house. He belonged to the famous Bose family of

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of present-day

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.''Manomohan Basur Aprakashita Diary'', Das, Sunil, Sahityalok, Calcutta, 1957, p. 140 He studied at the Sanskrit school in Jessore and

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in Calcutta. He then went onto to study at 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 Asia. ...

. He was inspired to write by

Ishwar Chandra Gupta Ishwar Chandra Gupta (; 6 March 1812 – 23 January 1859) was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in Kanchrapara, in Bengal. Early life Ishwar Chandra Gupta was born in a Baidya family. He was brought up in his uncle's house after the d ...

Career

Bose wrote for Ishwar Chandra Gupta's Sambad Prabhakar. His writings were also published in

Akshay Kumar Datta Akshay Kumar Datta (also spelt Akshay Kumar Dutta) () (15 July 1820 – 18 May 1886) was a Bengali writer from India. He was one of the initiators of the Bengal Renaissance. Early life He was born as the son of Pitamber Dutta in Chupi villag ...

's Tattvabodhini. He wrote in and edited Madhyastha in 1872 and Sambad Bibhakar in 1852. He wrote a number of plays based on history and mythology. His plays were nationalist in nature. He supported the

Hindu Mela The Hindu Mela () was an annual political and cultural festival ( mela) that took place in India during the late 19th century. Initially established in 1867 by Nabagopal Mitra, Rajnarayan Basu, and Manomohan Bose as the Chaitra mela, it was i ...

, a nationalist organization. In 1896 he was the Vice-President of

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Bangiya Sahitya Parishat is a literary society in Maniktala of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Established during the time of the British Raj, its goal is to promote Bengali literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali a ...

Selected bibliography

*Sati (1873) *Ramabhisek (1867) *Pranayapariksa (1869) *Harishchandra (1875) *Parthaparajay (1881) *Raslila (1889) *Anandamay (1889) *Hindur Achar-byabahar (1873) *Baktrtamala (1873) *Dulin (1891). *Manomohan Gitabali

Death

Bose died in 1912.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bose, Manomohan 1831 births 1912 deaths 20th-century Bengali poets Bengali Hindus People from Jessore District Scottish Church College alumni Dramatists and playwrights from British India People from the Bengal Presidency Dramatists and playwrights from West Bengal