P. C. Sorcar

Protul Chandra Sorcar
P. C. Sorcar
Born(1913-02-23)23 February 1913
Tangail, Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh)
Died6 January 1971(1971-01-06) (aged 57)
Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
NationalityIndian
OccupationMagician
SpouseBasanti Devi
Children3 sons, Manick Sorcar, P. C. Sorcar Jr., P. C. Sorcar, Young
RelativesPiya Sorcar, Maneka Sorcar, Moubani Sorcar, Mumtaz Sorcar (grandchildren)

Protul Chandra Sorcar (23 February 1913 – 6 January 1971) was an Indian magician.[1] He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, on 6 January 1971, where he was performing.[2] P.C. Sorcar is known also as P.C. Sorcar Senior (as his son P.C. Sorcar Jr. also performs under the same name), is renowned as "Father of Modern Indian Magic".[3]

  1. ^ Parvez, Md Masud (2012). "Sorcar, PC". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ "PC Sorcar: India's 'maharajah of magic' who terrified the UK". BBC.
  3. ^ "Father of modern magic remembered". The Times of India. 24 February 2009. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 September 2023.