Bangiya Sahitya Parishat Explained

Bangiya Sahitya Parishat
Other Name:বঙ্গীয় সাহিত্য পরিষৎ
Focus:Study and development of the Bengali Language and Literature.
President:Baridbaran Ghosh
Former Name:Bengal Academy of Literature
City:Kolkata
State:West Bengal
Country:India
Address:243/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700006

Bangiya Sahitya Parishat is a literary society in Maniktala of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Established during the time of the British Raj, its goal is to promote Bengali literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali and promoting the production of original Bengali literature.

The organisation was founded by L. Leotard and Kshetrapal Chakraborty in 1893. Then it was known as The Bengal Academy of Literature.[1] On 29 April 1894, the name of the society itself was changed to Bangiya Sahitya Parishat.1894 saw the first officers, with Romesh Chunder Dutt as the first president and Rabindranath Tagore and Nabinchandra Sen as vice presidents.[2]

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  1. Web site: 2020-08-06. bn:সম্পাদক সমীপেষু: ঐতিহ্যের ইতিহাস. https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/letters-to-the-editor/the-128th-birthday-of-the-bengal-literary-council-passed-in-silence-due-to-covid-crisis-1.1186009. 2020-09-26. anandabazar.com. bn.
  2. Book: Mozammel, Md Muktadir Arif . 2012 . Vangiya Sahitya Parishad . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vangiya_Sahitya_Parishad . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.