Suniti Kumar Chatterjee ( Chattopadhaya)
Renowned writer, linguist and national professor Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (Chattopadhaya) was born on 26th November 1890 AD in Calcutta. His father's name is Haridas Chattopadhaya.
Sunitikumar's life history is indeed a series of fascinating history of discovery of new knowledge. He was truly an ascetic and his quest for knowledge continued till death. Apart from Linguistics and Linguistics, he also had a background in music, painting etc. Rabindranath Sunitikumar with the title of “Bhashacharya”.
was awarded Sunitikumar had to study hard in his childhood. 1907 AD obtained sixth position in the entrance examination from Motilal Sheel Free School. The third place was taken by Scottish Church College in the F.A Examination. 1911 AD English M.A with Honors exam, he got first place in the first division.
This achievement in the pursuit of knowledge earned him subsequent success and glory.
Career begins after passing his M.A Examination. Joined Vidyasagar College as Professor of English Language. Joined Calcutta University in the next year. Here he taught English in the postgraduate department till 1919 AD.
In 1918 AD Suniti Kumar Chatterjee passed the Sanskrit Intermediate Examination and received the “Premchand-Raichand scholarship” and the “Jubilee Research Award”. In this year he went to Europe with a scholarship from the Government of India on phonetics.
Diploma in Phonetics from University of London and D-Litt in 1921 AD. Bengali linguistics was his research subject. Here he studied phonetics, Indo-European linguistics, French literature, Old Irish, English and Gothic languages under various experts.
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee then joined the Sorbonne University in Paris as a student. Here he studied and researched various subjects.
Suniti Kumar's interest and inquisitiveness is proved by the diversity of the subject. They are — Indian Aryan Linguistics, Ancient Sogdian and Motani languages, Greek and history of the Latin language etc. Thus he became a polyglot scholar.
In 1922 AD he was appointed as the first Professor of Indian Linguistics in the University of Calcutta at the interest of Sir Ashutosh. After retiring from this post, he was appointed Emeritus Professor in 1952 AD.
Linguist and polyglot Suniti Kumar's fame had already spread abroad. That fame increased further after the publication of two volumes of his famous book ODBL i.e. Origin and Development of the Bengali Language. After that some of his books were published from London. They are Indo-Aryan and Hindi, Kirat Janakriti, Bengali Phonetic Reader etc.
Rabindranath visited Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Shyam in 1927 AD. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee also accompanied him and lectured on Indian culture and art at various places. “Dwipamay Bharat” was written with this travelogue of his.
On the occasion of various conferences and seminars of linguistics, sometimes invited by foreign countries, sometimes as a representative of India, he visited Europe, America, Australia, He traveled to various countries in Africa and Asia to give speeches and participate in discussions accepted.
He was awarded the “Sahitya Bachspati” title by the Allahabad Hindi Literary Conference for his contribution to the Hindi language.
He also received honors from many universities in the country and abroad. He taught as visiting professor in some universities.
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee 1950-51 AD on Braille Committee organized by UNESCO joined.
He was the Principal of the Legislative Council from 1952-68 AD. The Government of India honored him with the title of “Padma Vibhushan” in 1963 AD. He was awarded the National Professorship for his research and achievements in humanities. 1969 AD: He was elected as the “President of Sahitya Academy”.
Suniti Kumar's notable contribution to Bengali literature was the compilation and editing of the canonical version of “Chandidas's Padavali”. The judicious analysis of “Rabindra's literature against the background of world literature gained the respect of the Saraswat Mahal”.
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee wrote more than 300 scholarly works throughout his life. On May 29, 1977 AD, the career of this world-renowned linguist and thinker ended.
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