Nabinchandra Sen | |
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| Born | (1847-02-10)10 February 1847 |
| Died | 23 January 1909(1909-01-23) (aged 61) |
| Occupation | Poet |
Nabinchandra Sen (Bengali:নবীনচন্দ্র সেন; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was aBengali poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] He commented on the battle of Plassey and the arrival of British Rule in India as "A night of Eternal Gloom".[3]
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Nabinchandra was born in Noapara,Raozan Upazila inChittagong on 10 February 1847[4] in aBaidya family.[5] He studied at theChittagong Collegiate School, clearing the school leaving Entrance examination in 1863, In 1865, he passed the FA exam from Presidency College, Calcutta. In 1868, he earned his BA from General Assembly's Institution (nowScottish Church College), and after teaching for a brief period atHare School, he joined the colonial administrative services as aDeputy Magistrate. Sen retired in 1904, and died on 23 January 1909. He has been considered one of Bengal's greatest writers and poets.[1][2]
Sen's earliest poems were published in theEducation Gazette edited by Peary Charan Sarker, and his first volume of poetry,Abakash Ranjani, was published in 1871. A second volume ofAbakash Ranjani was published in 1877.Palashir Juddha (1875), a long epic poem lamenting the betrayal ofSiraj ud-Daulah by his followers and his defeat at the Battle ofPlassey, was an evocative expression of Bengali nationalism in literature, and it established his reputation as a powerful Bengali poet. A contemporary toMichael Madhusudan Dutt, Nabichandra is also known for popularizing the epic narrative in the Bengali language through his reinterpretations of theMahabharata in a three-volume epic:Raivatak (1887),Kuruksetra (1893) andPrabhas (1896), where Krishna serves as the protagonist and adventurer during the fall of kingdoms. He wrote biographies ofJesus,Buddha, andCleopatra in the Bengali language, and made verse translations of theBhagavad Gita and theMarkandeya Purana. Nabindrachandra'sBhanumati (a novel-in-verse) and "Prabaser Patra" (a memoir of his travels) also brought him fame. His five-volume autobiography,Amar Jiban (My Life), is an important document chronicling the politics and social aspirations of the Bengali literati in the late nineteenth century.[1][2]
His epic trilogy was based on New Mahabharata.
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