Ashutosh Deb Explained

Ashutosh Deb
Birth Date:1803
Death Date:1856
Occupation:Musician, priest, lexicographer

Ashutosh Deb (1803—1856) commonly known as A. T. Deb was an Indian lexicographer, publisher and musician. He was the producer of an early Bengali dictionary.[1] He was also a sitar player and composed many popular tappa and other songs.[2] Deb was also a Hindu priest as well as notable academic of Bengal. He started his career as a publisher and uplifted his father's publishing company BMR. Deb founded Deb Sahitya Kutir publishing house in Kolkata, a famous publications for children literature.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Ashutosh Deb - আশুতোষ দেব Archives - Granthagara. 2021-12-20. granthagara.com. en-US.
  2. Chakrabarty, Ramakanta. Nidhu Babu and his Tappā. Published in Banerjee, Jayasri (ed.), The Music of Bengal. Baroda: Indian Musicological Society, 1987.
  3. Book: Gooptu, Sarvani. Knowing Asia, Being Asian: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Bengali Periodicals, 1860–1940. 2021-12-09. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-000-48948-4. en.

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