Santosh Chandra Majumdar (21 February 1886 – 3 November 1926) was one of the first five students of Brahmaviyalaya at Santiniketan, and was associated with Santiniketan most of his later life. Santosh Chandra Majumdar was born on 21 February 1886 at

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

. His father, Srish Chandra, was a deputy magistrate and a close friend and associate of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

. He was one of the first five students of Brahmavidyalaya at

Santiniketan Shantiniketan (IPA: Help:IPA/Bengali, �antiniketɔn is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendra ...

. He passed the Entrance examination in 1904, and proceeded to USA, along with the poet's son

Rathindranath Tagore Rathindranath Thakur (anglicised as Rathindranath Tagore, 27 November 1888 – 3 June 1961) was an Indian educationist, Agronomy, agronomist, painter, in leathercraft, and a woodworker. He served as the first vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati Un ...

, to study agriculture at the

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.Bose, Anjali (editor), 2004, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol 2, , p 560, (set) and (Vol 2). He graduated in agriculture and animal husbandry, and set up a dairy farm on return to India. The business venture failed and Rabindranath absorbed him as a teacher in Santiniketan. He was nominated as a member of the Executive Council of Visva-Bharati in 1919. When the

Palli Samgathana Vibhaga Palli Samgathana Vibhaga (Institute of Rural Reconstruction), of Visva-Bharati University, was established at Sriniketan in 1922, by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Leonard Knight Elmhirst was its first director. This department was clo ...

(Institute of Rural Reconstruction) was set up at Sriniketan in 1922, he was posted there. In the absence of the director,

Leonard Knight Elmhirst Leonard Knight Elmhirst (6 June 1893 – 16 April 1974) was a British philanthropist and agronomist who worked extensively in India. He co-founded with his wife, Dorothy, the Dartington Hall project in progressive education and rural reconstruc ...

, he was given administrative charge of Sriniketan. He was given charge of

Siksha Satra Siksha Satra is a school at Sriniketan town in Birbhum district, West Bengal. Established in 1924, it functions under Visva Bharati University. History Siksha Satra established in 1924 in Santiniketan and later shifted to Sriniketan in 19 ...

in 1924. He was a successful actor and participated in Tagore's plays. He collected many Santali songs and translated them into Bengali and English.

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