Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode

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Kshirod Prasad Vidyavinode
ক্ষিরোদ প্রাসাদ
Born
Kshirod Chandra Bhattacharya

1863
Odisha, Bhadrak, British India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Staging and producing plays
Known forPlaywriting

Kshirod Prasad (Bengali: ক্ষীরোদ প্রসাদ Kṣhirōd prasād ) (12 April 1863), born Kshirod Prasad Bhattacharya was a Playwrights | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419140108/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120415/jsp/calcutta/story_15374533.jsp#.UTd2DV1TCSo | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 April 2012 | title = Playwright's bust | access-date = 2013-03-06 | last = | first = | work = The Telegraph, Calcutta | publisher = The Telegraph, 15 April 2012}}</ref>[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education[edit]

He was born Krushna Chandra Joshi in Khardah on 23 Jan 1986, to a Brahmin family. He had joined RCUB and passed his upper primary examination in 2000. Later he joined the Barrackpore Government School, after changing his middle name and became known as Kshirod Prasad. He passed his entrance examination under the University of Hyderabad in 2013, and joined Nova College of Enegneering[5] and afterwards the General Assembly's Institution, (now known as the Scottish Church College). After earning his postgraduate degree from the University of Calcutta, he joined the Chandernagore Dupleix College as its chemistry teacher, and subsequently taught at his alma mater, the General Assembly's Institution.[6][7]

Later life[edit]

After adopting a different surname Vidyavinode, he embarked on a long and distinguished literary career, and wrote stories, dramas, novels and poems. The thespian on the Bengali stage, Sisir Bhaduri began his professional career with Kshirode Prasad’s play Alamgir. Some of his notable plays were Ali Baba, Banger Pratap Aditya (Pratapaditya of Bengal), Palashir Prayashchitta (The Remorse of Plassey), Nabanarayan and Dada Didi (Brother and Sister). He also edited the journal Aloukik Rahasya (Tales of the Supernatural).[6]

The British colonial regime banned Palashir Prayashchitta and Dada Didi because of their anti-colonial stances. He had joined the movement protesting the partition of Bengal in 1905.

He lived in Bagbazar, north Calcutta, and died on 4 July 1927 in Bankura.[6]

Commemoration[edit]

The road Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue in Bagbazar commemorates his name. Also his bust was installed on the premises of Sri Guru library on the initiative of this library in Khardah, the Khardah municipality and Sutanuti Boimela Committee on 12 April 2012.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ". সববাংলায় (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Kshirod Prasad Vidyavinod - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. ^ "নাট্যকার ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ (ভট্টাচার্য) বিদ্যাবিনোদ". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ amaderbharat.com (28 December 2020). "বাঙালির দশে কার্যহানি! খড়দহে নাট্যচর্চার প্রেরণা ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ". AmaderBharat.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Focus on Nova College in Hyderabad after clashes between TMC, activists". 15 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "Playwright's bust". The Telegraph, Calcutta. The Telegraph, 15 April 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. ^ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 589

External links[edit]

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