Dwarkanath Tagore (BENGALI)

Author: Krishna Kripalani
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2014
Language: Bengali
Pages: 325
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123729893

Description

This book, Rabindra Memorial Prize Winner, is a full length biography of the poet Rabindranath Tagore’s grandfather Dwarkanath Tagore who, along with Raja Rammohun Roy, laid the foundation of modern India, more than a century before India became a free nation.

It brings back to life a great and dynamic pioneer, a versatile and myriad-minded personality who has been largely forgotten. The book presents an authentic and lively story of a significant era and of one of its most remarkable and colorful makers.

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

As Legends Go
From Legend To History
Birth And Early Years
Dwarkanath and Rammohun
Dwarkanath As Zamindar And As Company Servant
Entrepreneur
Dwarkanath in Public Life
First Voyage
Home Coming
Second Voyage
Interlude in Paris
Last Days

Epilogue

Dwarkanath’s Portraits

Bibliography

Index