Madanmohan Tarkalankar

Madanmohan Tarkalankar
Born(1817-01-03)January 3, 1817
Bilwagram, Nakashipara, Bethuadahari, Nadia district, Bengal presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)[1][2]
Died9 March 1858 (1858-03-10) (aged 41)
Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India(now West Bengal, India)
MonumentsAsannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College,[3] Post Graduate in Sanskrit Department of Krishnanath College
Other namesMadan Mohan Tarkalankar
EducationCalcutta Presidency College
MovementBengali Renaissance
ChildrenBhuvanmala and Kundamala
FatherRamadhan Chattopadhyay

Madanmohan Tarkalankar (3 January 1817 – 9 March 1858) is one of the Sanskrit scholars of the Indian subcontinent in the nineteenth century who has made a special contribution to the development of written Bengali language. He is also considered as one of the pioneers of the Bengali renaissance. He was a professor at Fort William College and authored several textbooks on early childhood education.

  1. ^ "196th Birth Centenary Of Madan Mohon Tarkalankar Observed In Nakashipara - News from Nadia".
  2. ^ কবিবর মদনমোহন তর্কালঙ্কারের জীবনচরিত ও তদগ্রন্থ সমালোচনা. Kolkata: The new Indian Press. 1870.
  3. ^ "Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.