Bijay Chandra Majumdar
October 27, 1861 –December 30, 1942
Poet, Writer, Translator, Linguist, Historian, Archaeologist
Lived 81 years
- Born in
- Faridpur District
Bijay Chandra Majumdar (Bengali: বিজয়চন্দ্র মজুমদার) (27 October 1861 – 30 December 1942) was an Indian Bengali poet, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist and researcher known for his linguistic studies on the Charyapada. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937 and 1939 as Bensadhar Majumdar.
Notable works: The History of the Bengali Language, Orissa in the Making
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijay_Chandra_Majumdar