Charu Chandra Bhattacharya
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Charu Chandra Bhattacharya (1883–1961) (Bengali
: চারুচন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য) was a prominent science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla. His writings are even popular today.
[হরিনাভি], South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
, India
. From childhood, he was an extraordinary student. He passed the "Entrance Examination" with first class from Metropolitan Institution, Calcutta in 1899. In 1901, Bhattacharya stood 12th place in the F. A. examination. He did his graduation (B. A.) with an Honours from Presidency College
in 1903 and Masters (M. A.) from Calcutta University in 1905 in Physics
.
His professional career was started through the post of a Demonstrator at Physics
department of Presidency College
, later he joined the faculty there. Till 1940, he performed this duty for nearly 35 years.
He got Jagadish Chandra Bosu [জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] as a teacher when he was a student; and Meghnad Saha
[মেঘনাদ সাহা], Satyendra Nath Bosu [সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ বসু], Shishir Kumar Mitra [শিশিরকুমার মিত্র] & Prashanta Chandra Mahalnabish [প্রশান্তচন্দ্র মহালনবিশ] as students when he was a teacher of Presidency College
. Another student, Pratul Chandra Gupta [প্রতুল চন্দ্র গুপ্ত] once told that, "...he could explain complex matters in a very simple way."
Bhattacharya died on August 26, 1961.
) and finally did it with Prashanta Chandra Mahalnabish, though these books were not of much demand.
Later, when Rabindranath Tagore
planned to publish BishwaVidyaSongroho [বিশ্ববিদ্যাসংগ্রহ] and LokShiksha [লোকশিক্ষা] series of books to promote literacy, Bhattacharya performed this task. First book of LokShiksha was BishwaPorichoy by Tagore
himself, which the poet dedicated to Satyendra Nath Bosu. In 1943, after two years of death of Tagore
, Bhattacharya started writing more books of the BishwaVidyaSongroho series. His first book was about the great scientist: Jagadish Chandra Bosu [জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] and named as JagadishChandrer Abishkar [জগদীশচন্দ্রের আবিষ্কার] (ভাদ্র, ১৩৫০ in Bangla calendar). LokShiksha series was consisted of 10 books, out of which 5 were of science, and out of nearly 150 books of BishwaVidyaSongroho, around 50 books were of science.
Pulin Bihari Sen [পুলিনবিহারী সেন], who was among the pioneers of Bengali
publication
, once told that,
He can be thought of as a successful successor to Jagadananda Roy
[জগদানন্দ রায়] & Ramendra Sundar Tribedi
[রামেন্দ্রসুন্দর ত্রিবেদী]. His first book on popular science was Nabya Bijnan [নব্য বিজ্ঞান] (১৩২৫ in Bangla calendar). Later, in 1926, his second book Ban(g)alir Khadyo [বাঙালীর খাদ্য] was published.
He had a deep connection with Bongiya Bijnan Parishad [বঙ্গীয় বিজ্ঞান পরিষদ], founded by Satyendra Nath Bosu. He was an active member of the first executive committee. He was elected the vice-president from 1949 to 1958, president during 1960-61. His article, Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu [আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] was published in the first issue of the famous magazine, Jnan O Bijnan [জ্ঞান ও বিজ্ঞান], published from the organization. Like Visva Bharati, this organization also had LokBijnan [লোকবিজ্ঞান] and Bijnan Probesh [বিজ্ঞান প্রবেশ] series. First book of LokBijnan series was Bhattacharya's Toriter Avyutthan [তড়িতের অভ্যুত্থান] in 1949. The first 4 books of the Bijnan Probesh series were also written by him: Praromvo [প্রারম্ভ], PodarthoVidya [পদার্থবিদ্যা] in 3 volumes; all of these were published in 1949. In 31 December 1956, he was included in the trustee of Bongiya Bijnan Parishad.
After the demise of Rajshekhar Bosu [রাজশেখর বসু], he delivered the First Rajshekhar Bosu Memorial Lecture, which later is published in a book entitled Poromanur Neucleus in 1962. A few more books in this context are: Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu [আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] (1938), Boijnanik Abishkarer Kahini [বৈজ্ঞানিক আবিষ্কারের কাহিনী] (1953), Bishwer Upadan [বিশ্বের উপাদান] (১৩৫০ in Bangla calendar), Byadhir Porajoy [ব্যাধির পরাজয়] (১৩৫৬), PodartoVidyar NoboJug (১৩৫৮) [পদার্থবিদ্যার নব যুগ].
.
[পশ্চিমবঙ্গ মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা পর্ষৎ]. Bhattacharya contributed in making Bangla terminology
a lot. Calcutta University once established a committee regarding this, where Rajshekhar Bosu was the president and Bhattacharya was the secretary. He also helped the Central Government of India regarding various measurement and terminologies of science.
His articles are often found in many school level textbooks of literature in West Bengal
.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
: চারুচন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য) was a prominent science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla. His writings are even popular today.
Early Life & Career
He was born to Basanta Kumar Bhattacharya [বসন্তকুমার ভট্টাচার্য] (father) and Menaka Devi [মেনকা দেবী] on 29 June 1883 (১৬ আষাঢ়, ১২৯০ in Bangla calendar). His ancestral house was at HarinaviHarinavi
Harinavi is a town and a municipality under Sonarpur police station of Baruipur subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. While they form a common municipality both the places are also identified individually....
[হরিনাভি], South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. From childhood, he was an extraordinary student. He passed the "Entrance Examination" with first class from Metropolitan Institution, Calcutta in 1899. In 1901, Bhattacharya stood 12th place in the F. A. examination. He did his graduation (B. A.) with an Honours from Presidency College
Presidency College
Presidency College could refer to the following Indian institutions:* Presidency College, Chennai* Presidency College, Kolkata*Presidency College, Bangalore...
in 1903 and Masters (M. A.) from Calcutta University in 1905 in Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
.
His professional career was started through the post of a Demonstrator at Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
department of Presidency College
Presidency College
Presidency College could refer to the following Indian institutions:* Presidency College, Chennai* Presidency College, Kolkata*Presidency College, Bangalore...
, later he joined the faculty there. Till 1940, he performed this duty for nearly 35 years.
He got Jagadish Chandra Bosu [জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] as a teacher when he was a student; and Meghnad Saha
Meghnad Saha
Meghnad Saha FRS was an Indian astrophysicist best known for his development of the Saha equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars.-Early life:...
[মেঘনাদ সাহা], Satyendra Nath Bosu [সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ বসু], Shishir Kumar Mitra [শিশিরকুমার মিত্র] & Prashanta Chandra Mahalnabish [প্রশান্তচন্দ্র মহালনবিশ] as students when he was a teacher of Presidency College
Presidency College
Presidency College could refer to the following Indian institutions:* Presidency College, Chennai* Presidency College, Kolkata*Presidency College, Bangalore...
. Another student, Pratul Chandra Gupta [প্রতুল চন্দ্র গুপ্ত] once told that, "...he could explain complex matters in a very simple way."
Personal life
He woke up every day in 4 a.m. in the morning and was very punctual. This tall, thin man with a spectacles, though seemed to be profound from outside, but in a close surroundings, he was different. All of his writings are in a simple dialect. He preferred Chalit Bhasha [চলিত ভাষা] than Sadhu Bhasha [সাধু ভাষা] while writing.Bhattacharya died on August 26, 1961.
As a Writer & Publisher
In 1939, he joined in the publication department of Visva Bharati [বিশ্বভারতী], Shantiniketan. At that time, the world was terrified by the Second World War & the department had not sufficient money. But, even in this situation, Bhattacharya dared to publish the Rabindra Rochonaboli [রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী] (Collected works by RabindranathRabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
) and finally did it with Prashanta Chandra Mahalnabish, though these books were not of much demand.
Later, when Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
planned to publish BishwaVidyaSongroho [বিশ্ববিদ্যাসংগ্রহ] and LokShiksha [লোকশিক্ষা] series of books to promote literacy, Bhattacharya performed this task. First book of LokShiksha was BishwaPorichoy by Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
himself, which the poet dedicated to Satyendra Nath Bosu. In 1943, after two years of death of Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, Bhattacharya started writing more books of the BishwaVidyaSongroho series. His first book was about the great scientist: Jagadish Chandra Bosu [জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] and named as JagadishChandrer Abishkar [জগদীশচন্দ্রের আবিষ্কার] (ভাদ্র, ১৩৫০ in Bangla calendar). LokShiksha series was consisted of 10 books, out of which 5 were of science, and out of nearly 150 books of BishwaVidyaSongroho, around 50 books were of science.
Pulin Bihari Sen [পুলিনবিহারী সেন], who was among the pioneers of Bengali
Bengali
Bengali may refer to something of, from, or related to Bengal, the region roughly divided between West Bengal, Tripura and Bangladesh.* Bengali people, a major linguistic group in South Asia* Bengali Hindu people, the ethnic group native to eastern India....
publication
Publication
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, once told that,
He can be thought of as a successful successor to Jagadananda Roy
Jagadananda Roy
Jagadananda Roy was an eminent scientific article writer as well as Bangla science fiction writer in the 19th century. He wrote mainly for teens.Roy was among one of the first science teachers of Rabindranath Tagore established Visva Bharati....
[জগদানন্দ রায়] & Ramendra Sundar Tribedi
Ramendra Sundar Tribedi
-Life:He was born at Jemo situated at Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad. From the very first class, Ramendra Sundar Tribedi stood first. After obtaining his B.Sc...
[রামেন্দ্রসুন্দর ত্রিবেদী]. His first book on popular science was Nabya Bijnan [নব্য বিজ্ঞান] (১৩২৫ in Bangla calendar). Later, in 1926, his second book Ban(g)alir Khadyo [বাঙালীর খাদ্য] was published.
He had a deep connection with Bongiya Bijnan Parishad [বঙ্গীয় বিজ্ঞান পরিষদ], founded by Satyendra Nath Bosu. He was an active member of the first executive committee. He was elected the vice-president from 1949 to 1958, president during 1960-61. His article, Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu [আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] was published in the first issue of the famous magazine, Jnan O Bijnan [জ্ঞান ও বিজ্ঞান], published from the organization. Like Visva Bharati, this organization also had LokBijnan [লোকবিজ্ঞান] and Bijnan Probesh [বিজ্ঞান প্রবেশ] series. First book of LokBijnan series was Bhattacharya's Toriter Avyutthan [তড়িতের অভ্যুত্থান] in 1949. The first 4 books of the Bijnan Probesh series were also written by him: Praromvo [প্রারম্ভ], PodarthoVidya [পদার্থবিদ্যা] in 3 volumes; all of these were published in 1949. In 31 December 1956, he was included in the trustee of Bongiya Bijnan Parishad.
After the demise of Rajshekhar Bosu [রাজশেখর বসু], he delivered the First Rajshekhar Bosu Memorial Lecture, which later is published in a book entitled Poromanur Neucleus in 1962. A few more books in this context are: Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu [আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু] (1938), Boijnanik Abishkarer Kahini [বৈজ্ঞানিক আবিষ্কারের কাহিনী] (1953), Bishwer Upadan [বিশ্বের উপাদান] (১৩৫০ in Bangla calendar), Byadhir Porajoy [ব্যাধির পরাজয়] (১৩৫৬), PodartoVidyar NoboJug (১৩৫৮) [পদার্থবিদ্যার নব যুগ].
As an Editor
In first life, Bhattacharya edited a magazine, Beporoya [বেপরোয়া]. Later he edited Bosudhara [বসুধারা] for a long time. Bhandar [ভাণ্ডার], the journal of Samabay Samiti [সমবায় সমিতি] was edited by him (during the Bangla calendar years: ১৩৩৩- ১৩৩৯). This magazine was also edited by TagoreRabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
.
As a Preceptor
Besides writing on popular science, he wrote 2 textbooks of science for classes VI & VIII of West Bengal Board of Secondary EducationWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 10th standard is called the Madhyamik Pariksha or secondary examination...
[পশ্চিমবঙ্গ মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা পর্ষৎ]. Bhattacharya contributed in making Bangla terminology
Terminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. The discipline Terminology studies among other...
a lot. Calcutta University once established a committee regarding this, where Rajshekhar Bosu was the president and Bhattacharya was the secretary. He also helped the Central Government of India regarding various measurement and terminologies of science.
His articles are often found in many school level textbooks of literature in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
.
List of Articles
- Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu [আচার্য জগদীশচন্দ্র বসু]: Acharya JagadishChandra Bosu.
- Alo Aar Ron(g): BhangaGorar Khela [আলো আর রং: ভাঙ্গাগড়ার খেলা]: PodarthoVidya (2nd vol.), Bijnan Probesh series.
- Chokh [চোখ]: -do-
- Taper NanaKotha [তাপের নানাকথা]: -do-
- Tap Cholachol [তাপ চলাচল]: -do-
- JenarEdward JennerEdward Anthony Jenner was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire...
O Basonter Tika [জেনার ও বসন্তের টিকা]: Byadhir Porajoy, LokShiksha series. - PasteurLouis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...
O Rogjibanu [পাস্তুর ও রোগজীবাণু]: -do- - PasteurLouis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies and anthrax. His experiments...
er Porobortigon [পাস্তুরের পরবর্তীগণ]: -do- - Galileo [গ্যালিলিও]: Boijnanik Abishkarer Kahini.
- NewtonNewtonNewton is a contraction of "New Town", the name of many places in English-speaking countries. It may refer to:-People:* Isaac Newton , English mathematician, philosopher and scientist* Newton , lists of notable people with the surname...
[নিউটন]: -do- - Thomas Alva Edison [টমাস আলভা এডিসন]: -do-
- Marie CurieMarie CurieMarie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry...
[মেরি কুরি]: -do- - Ronald RossRonald RossSir Ronald Ross KCB FRS was a British doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria. He was the first Indian-born person to win a Nobel Prize...
[রনাল্ড রস]: -do- - Ex-Roshmi Abishkar [এক্স-রশ্মি আবিষ্কার]: PodarthoVidyar Nobojug, LokShiksha series.
- AtomAtomThe atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
-Anko [অ্যাটম অঙ্ক]: -do- - RadiumRadiumRadium is a chemical element with atomic number 88, represented by the symbol Ra. Radium is an almost pure-white alkaline earth metal, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, becoming black in color. All isotopes of radium are highly radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226,...
er Prokriti [রেডিয়ামের প্রকৃতি]: -do- - AtomAtomThe atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
Bhan(g)a [অ্যাটম ভাঙা]: -do- - AtomAtomThe atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
Boma O HydrogenHydrogenHydrogen is the chemical element with atomic number 1. It is represented by the symbol H. With an average atomic weight of , hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant chemical element, constituting roughly 75% of the Universe's chemical elemental mass. Stars in the main sequence are mainly...
Boma [অ্যাটম বোমা ও হাইড্রোজেন বোমা]: -do- - Upadaner Prokriti [উপাদানের প্রকৃতি]: Bishwer Upadan, BishwaVidya Songroha.
- ElectronElectronThe electron is a subatomic particle with a negative elementary electric charge. It has no known components or substructure; in other words, it is generally thought to be an elementary particle. An electron has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton...
O ProtonProtonThe proton is a subatomic particle with the symbol or and a positive electric charge of 1 elementary charge. One or more protons are present in the nucleus of each atom, along with neutrons. The number of protons in each atom is its atomic number....
[ইলেকট্রন ও প্রোটন] - Electroner Prokriti [ইলেকট্রনের প্রকৃতি]
- Keno Rokomari Khabar [কেন রকমারি খাবার]: Ban(g)alir Khadyo.
- Khabar Bachhai, Bachhai Khabar [খাবার বাছাই, বাছাই খাবার]: -do-
- Amar Pathddoshar Kale [আমার পাঠদ্দশার কালে]: Juganatar, Annual issue, 1950.