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Mukhopadhyay, Rajib Lochon pandit at the Department
of Bangla, fort
william college, and prose writer, was born in Kharadaha village
of Hughli district, west
bengal. His only work Krishnachandrarayasya Charitrang
(1805), narrating the life and greatness of Maharaja Krishnachandra of
Burdwan, is historically significant as an example of early Bangla prose
and as the first biography in Bengal. It was written to please the English.
william carey
had inspired him to write it and, on his recommendation, Rajib Lochan
received an honorarium of one hundred rupees from the Fort William College
Council. Rajib Lochan's prose style is simple and easy. [Wakil Ahmed] |
