Gyanendra prasad goswami biography
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Famous literatteur and scholar. Translated Vedas. Editor of 'Swadesh' and 'Indian Mirror'. Professor of the University of Calcutta. Penned many plays and essays.
Renowned musician of the Bishnupur Gharana. He was the court musician of Ramkrishna Singhadev. Known as "Sangeet Kashari" was the first teacher of the residential music school of Bishnupur.
Noted freedom fighter. Gave up his professorship during Civil disobedience movement. He was the associate of Netaji and Rishi Aurobinda.
Discovered the long lost manuscript of 'ShriKrishnaKirtan'. Lacked formal education but took profound interest in ancient texts and curios. Turned into a scholar of Bangla Literature later on and appointed as a lecturer of Bangla in Calcutta University. Bangiya Sahitya Pari
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Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy
Musical artist
Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy (Bengali: আচার্য জ্ঞানেন্দ্র প্রসাদ গোস্বামী) (25 December 1902 – 29 October 1945) (a.k.a. Jnan Gossain Bengali: জ্ঞান গোসাই), from Bengal, was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical music tradition.
A renowned exponent of the Bishnupur gharana, he was known for the Khayal, Dhrupad, Thumri and Tappa, along with Raga-pradhan songs.[1]
Early life
[edit]Jnanendra's journey to the world of Indian classical music was initiated at his home under the guidance of his father Bipin Chandra Goswamy, who was a noted esraj player. His next guru was his uncle, Pandit Radhika Prasad Goswamy, a great vocalist of his times. He also got his training form eminent vocalists such as Pandit Girija Shankar Chakrabarty and Ustad Faiyaz Khan.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Jnanendra Prasad was instrumental in popularizing Indian Classical music and created an audience of its own. In B
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| Told by | Somjit Dasgupta |
| Obtained by | Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta |
| Date | 14 July, 2015 |
| Place | Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092 |
| About Somjit Dasgupta | Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc. |
| Tags | Jnanendra Prasad Goswami, 1934-38, Radhika Mohan Maitra, Suresh Chakraborty, Bhismadev, Vishmadev Chatterjee, Amiya Nath Sanyal, Deba Prasad Garg, Vishnupur, Mallick Bazar Telephone Exchange, Atta Hussein Khan, Fayyaz Khan, Rathin Chattopadhyay, |
| Language | Bengali |
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