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poet (1889-1975)

Kalidas Roy

1889–1975, born Karui, writes in Bangla, writer, poet

Kalidas Roy (1889–1975) was a poet of the Tagore era of Bengali literature and a teacher. He was born in Karui village of Bardhaman at West Bengal in a Vaidya (Baidya) family and was from the family lineage of the Vaishnava poet, Lochan Dash. His father was Jogendranarayan Roy. He wrote in both Arabic and Persian. He was the first Head master of Ulipur M.S. High School & College, which one of the oldest school of Bangladesh.He died in the city of Calcutta(Modern day Kolkata).

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Awards

1968Rabindra Puraskar
1963Ananda Puraskar

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Bangla

Shankha Ghosh

1932–2021Bengali poet, literary critic and educator (1932-2021)