Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das (Bengali: গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস) (1855–1918), was a Bengali poet and writer.

Gobindachandra Das
Poet by nature Gobindrachandra Das
Born	Gobindachandra Das January 16, 1855 Dhaka District, Bengal Province, British India
Died	October 1, 1918 Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India
Occupation	poet
Children	3

Life

The house where Gobinda Chandra Das was born

Das was born in Gazipur of Bengal province. He was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to Haripada Bhowmik and was the mother of three children. Her son was Dilip Bhowmik(1948-1998). In the last part of his life, Das was in very poor health.

Works

Excerpt from one of the poet's greatest works "Moger Muluk".

Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’.

His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh.

Some works

• Kunkum
• Kastury
• Prem O Ful
• Boijointi
• Moger Muluk

References

• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.
• Das, Govindachandra at Banglapedia

External links

• Das, Govindachandra at Banglapedia
• Gobindachandra Das at the West Bengal Public Library Network