Panchanan Barma | |
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| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 1935 |
| Nationality | British Indian |
| Occupation | Social reformer |
| Known for | Upliftment of the Rajbanshi (Koch) community. |
Panchanan Barma (1866–1935), also known as Thakur Panchanan or Panchanan Sarkar, was a Rajbanshi leader and social reformer from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.[citation needed] He dedicated his life for the improvement of backward class people, specifically for his own backward Rajbanshi community.[citation needed] He established a Kshatriya Sabhā (caste association) to instill Brahminical values and practices in people of his own caste.[1] He was popularly known as the father of the Rajbanshi society.[citation needed]
- ^ Chatterji, Joya (2002) [First published 1994]. Bengal divided: Hindu communalism and partition, 1932-1947. Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–199. ISBN 978-0-521-52328-8.
This strategy was well suited to Bengal, where many low castes were already trying to 'purify' or Brahminise their own practices. In the early twenties, for instance, the Rajbangshi leader Panchanan Barman had established a 'Kshattriya Sabha' in order to inculcate Brahmanical values and practices among his caste-fellows.