Shantidas Gosai or Shantidas Goswami, also known as Shantidas Adhikari, was a
Hindu
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preacher from
Sylhet
Sylhet (; ) is a Metropolis, metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as o ...
,
Bengal
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.
He composed the ''Vijay Panchali'' (also spelt ''Bijoy Panchali'' in Bengali), in which he projected the land of
Manipur
Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...
in
northeast India
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as the
Manipur of the ''Mahabharata'' and claimed
Babruvahana
In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Babruvahana () is the son of Arjuna, a Pandava prince, and Chitrangada, the princess of Manipur (Mahabharat). Babruvahana was adopted as the heir of Manipura by his maternal grandfather, Chitravahana, and ...
(
Arjuna
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's son) as the father of
Meitei king Nongda Lairen Pakhangba. His work identified Nongda Lairen Pakhangba as ''"Yavistha"''.
See also
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Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh
Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh (14 September 1924 – 8 January 2021) was an Indian writer, historian, Gandhian and academic. He was known for his book, ''"A Short History of Manipur"'', which was banned from publishing or selling by his own family m ...
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People from Sylhet District
Indian Hindu missionaries
Gaudiya religious leaders
Year of death unknown
Bengali Hindus
Year of birth unknown
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