Sarat Chandra Pandit: Difference between revisions

| death_place = [[Jangipur, Murshidabad|Jangipur]], [[Murshidabad]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]

'''Sarat Chandra Pandit''' (27 April 1879 – 27 April 1968),<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Murshidabad|url=http://murshidabad.nic.in/history2.htm|access-date=8 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204043332/http://murshidabad.nic.in/history2.htm|archive-date=4 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sarat Chandra Pandit|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680428&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=16 February 2018|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=28 April 1968|page=7}}</ref> better known as ‘Dada Thakur’ (দাদাঠাকুর), was a well-known composer of humorous rhymes, writer, publisher and social critic. He had his ancestral house at Dafarpur<ref>{{cite web|title=Dafarpur|url=http://wikimapia.org/#lat=24.463972&lon=88.0648881&z=19&l=0&m=b|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> in [[West Bengal]], India. However, the ancestral seat of the Pandits were originally at ''Dharmapur'', a village in [[Rampurhat subdivision]], [[Birbhum District]] of [[West Bengal]]. ''Sarat Chandra Pandit's'' grandfather ''Ishan Chandra Pandit'' left his ancestral village ''Dharmapur'' and settled in ''Dafarpur'' following a family conflict.''<ref>''Sera Manush Dadathakur (Bengali)'', Mitra, Nirmalranjan, Rupa & Co., Calcutta, 1951, p. 26 & 34</ref>

He was known for his ability to memorise, ability to compose at will rhymes and songs full of puns and wit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rebellion in times of caution, The Telegraph, Kolkata|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101205/jsp/calcutta/story_13258453.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915123953/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101205/jsp/calcutta/story_13258453.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2012|access-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> [[Sarat Chandra Chatterjee]] gave him the name 'Bidushak Sarat Chandra' in recognition of his very popular humorous compositions. His keen knowledge of both the Bengali, Hindi and English languages made him a unique composer of multilingual rhymes and witticisms. He created much Bengali [[Palindrome]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chapar Ghanto (Bengali)|last=Ramkrishna Bhattacharya|publisher=Sristisukh Prakashan|year=2015|location=Kolkata|pages=79}}</ref> TheOne localof Britishhis administratorsfamous alsopalindromes becameinclude:<ref>{{Cite awareweb of|title=Bongodorshon him|url=https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/palindrome-day and|access-date=2023-07-22 his|website=Bongodorshon criticism.{{Citation!}} needed|date=বাংলার Mayযা 2022কিছু উৎকৃষ্ট আর ভালো তাকেই সামনে আনছে}}</ref>

The Bengali film ''[[Dada Thakur (film)|Dada Thakur]]'' (1962) was made in his lifetime commemorating his life, with [[Chhabi Biswas]] playing the titular role of Dadathakur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dada Thakur (1962) |url=https://indiancine.ma/KGP |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref> This film Dadathakur was also awarded president award in the year 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141239/http://164.100.60.104/Attachments/Documents/104_10thNfacatalogue.pdf |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>

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