Pramathanath Chaudhuri | |
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| Native name | প্রমথ চৌধুরী |
| Born | 7 August 1868 Jessore, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 2 September 1946 (aged 78) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Pen name | Birbal |
| Occupation | Poet, essayist, writer |
| Period | Bengal Renaissance |
Pramathanath Chaudhuri (7 August 1868 – 2 September 1946), known as Pramatha Chaudhuri, alias Birbal, was a Bengali writer and a figure in Bengali literature. He was the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore as his mother was Sukumari Debi, the second sister of Tagore. He married musician and writer Indira Devi Chaudhurani, daughter of Satyendranath Tagore, the first Indian to have joined the Indian Civil Services and an author, composer and feminist, who was the second eldest brother of Rabindranath Tagore.