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Bengal Celebrities PREF AC E. This book as its name m es is an atte m t to brin to th , i pli , p g e not ce of th e wor d th e ves th e character and th e works of he i l , li , t most d st n u sh ed son s of Ben a v n and dead commen c n i i g i g l , li i g , i g o in N o bod i mor c n with H aji Mah ummud M sh . y s e o scious than th e m rf t on s o f th s tt e work ub sh er of th e e ec . He has reasons p li , i p i i li l to fear th at h e has of course un w tt n eft o ut names wh ch had , i i gly, l i a m to be ncor orated in th s record an d h e is fu a ve to a cl i i p i , lly li th e meagren ess o f th e biographical n oti ces that appear in the H arn s h o s h ow v r fo o w n a es . e e e t e e e that h e ma ll i g p g ly p , , y be ard d as hav n made an atte m t in the r ht d rect n reg e i g p ig i io . One of th e fi rst conditions of th e development o f a nation al spi ri t an d nat ona se f- res ect is th e a rec at o n o f th r of a i l l p , pp i i e g eat men A d ct onar o f n at ona b o ra h f of th e n ation . i i y i l i g p y or I n dia has T h u sh er h o s he h yet t o b e written . e p bli pe as made an h umble be n n n wh ch w th due en coura emen t ma en ab e him gi i g, i , i , g , y l or oth ers gradually to build up a full an d accurate record of th e H can onl a h lives of I n dian worthies . e y s y t at he has spared n eith e r pain s n or expen se to collect th e material s which h e n ow laces before th e u b c an d to r n t the i ustrat on s wh ch p p li , p i ll i i , a b e ardon ed for h o n ma deserve to be ook h e m y p pi g , y l ed upon as th e n uc eus o f a n at o na cture a e r for Ben al W l i l pi g ll y g . ith ‘ th ese few words o f introduction he is co n ten t to leave th e f H h m book to speak for itsel . e i self regards it n ot as th e te execution of an dea b ut on as a art a co mm comple i , ly p i l en ce n t I t rests w th th e ub c w th his own co m atr ots in ar me . i p li , i p i p ti cu at to ve him such en coura e men t an d ass stan ce as ma fi l , gi g i y t fo r a full rea sat on of his sch e me name the ro u him li i , ly p d ct ion of of a fai rly full and compreh en si ve record of th e lives o f men wh o have glorified th e coun try . an d ren dered it services that sh ould n ot h r n of th o be forgotten by an y c ild e e s il . ’ Th e publish er s g rateful ackn owledgmen ts are due to BABU M A. B . L . w th w H I R ALAL CHAK RAVARTY . i out hose h elp this work o could n ot h ave been b rought ut . C ONTENTS. MAH AMM UD Mosu m R AM MOHAN R AY R ADHAK AN TA DE B DWAR K AN ATH TAGORE GANGADHAR K AVI R AJ PRASANNA K UMAR TAGOR E TAR AN AT H TAR K ABACHASPAT I RAMTAN U LAHIRI K . M . BANE R J I R AMGOPAL G n osn DE BE N DR AN ATH TAGOR E / I SWAR CHANDRA VI DYASAGUR AK SHAY K UMAR DUTT PE AR YCHAN D MITRA M ICHAE L M ODHUSUDAN DUTT R AJ E N DR ALAL MITRA ! H ARI S CHANDRA MUK E RJ I R AJ N AR AI N BOSE B R UDER M UK E RJ I ABDUL LATI F DI N ABAN DHU M ITRA R AM K RISHNA PAR AM H AN SA DWAR K AN AT H MITRA MOH E N DR ALAL SARK AR BAN K IM CHANDRA CHATTE R ] ! K E SHUB CHANDRA SE N KR I SHN ADAS PAL 1 1 5 HAJ I MOHAMMAD MOHSHIN. There are very fe w i n Be ngal who have n ot heard t he blessed na o sa me of M hshi n . Thou nds o f poor Ma home dan ' st uden ts owe the i r education t o - daf t o t he mun ifi cen cc of t his ’ sa nt l man Th e Madrasa s an d s t uden t s bo d n ouses i y . h ar i g h w c are to b e foun d all ov e r t he coun t r th e ce lebrat ed hi h y , I mam- bara of H u hli w ere n n u me rable oor men e ve g , h i p rec i medicin es and di e t free of costs i n illn ess and are fed and clot ed i n t mes of fest v t —t ese are all due t h i i i y, h o his e n dow men ts Th e n ame f s c a prin cely . o u h man deserves to be celebrat ed all over th e lan d and his example ought t o be he ood of t r placed be fore all w h o desire t g he i coun try . Mah ammad Mohshi n was born at Hu hli in 1 732 g . The Mah omedan pow er was st ill paramou n t in t h e coun try an d H u hli was t en t mes more s len d d an d w ealt t an Calcutt a g i p i hy h , w c was t e n a small t ow n of n o reat ret h hi h h g p en sions . Mo s hin receiv ed his early edu cat ion from a scholar of reput e surnamed raz He soon mb bed from his t eac er a ass on for Shi i . i i h p i Arab c an d Pers an l t erat ure a des re for t ra el and a con i i i , i v , m t em t for w orldl r c es . After co let n his educat on p y i h 1L i g i “ u nder Shiraz i h e wen t t o Moorshidabad t o be fini shed Se veral years were thus spen t in company wit h learn ed Maulavis and sain t ly darwesh es ; an d Mohshi n cain e t o acquire a great ola is all fame for Persian and Arabic sch rship. H c igraphy was n d d n lat er t mes he used t o co out t he very fi n e i ee . I i py oram and resen t co es t o oor be ars who were t us Qu p pi p gg , h e s lv e c n e nabled t o mak e mon ey for t h m e es . A sp ime of his handwriting may still be seen in th e man uscript of t he Qu oran made by Mohshin an d preserved i n th e B aghli College L brar Lu x ur and l cen t ousn ess were the reva l n ces i y . y i i p i i g vi of th e a B ut alt ou the out of Mohshi n was s t d y. h gh y h pe n in Hu h li an d Murs dabad w c w ere th e v er hot - beds of g hi , hi h y , He alw ce his c ract er was abo e . sus c on . a s s en t his vi , ha v pi i y p time i n l med tat ons and i n do n ood t o ot rs H ho y i i i g g he .
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