Several of his novels are set in Bongaon, including Pather Panchali, Adarsha Hindu Hotel, Ichamati, and Bipiner Sansarm while his Aranyak is set in a forest in Bhagalpur. He wrote and published Pather Panchali while staying at Ghatshila, a town in Jharkhand.īandyopadhyay's works are largely set in rural Bengal, with characters from that area. He started working as a teacher in the Gopalnagar Haripada Institution, which he continued alongside his literary work, until his death. Eventually, Bandyopadhyay returned to his native place. He also taught at the Khelatchandra Memorial School. He became involved with Khelatchandra, a prominent name in music and charity, while tutoring his family. His first job was as a teacher, but he also served as a travelling publicist for Goraksini Sabha, and later as a secretary for Khelatchandra Ghosh, a role that included the management of his Bhagalpur estate. Career īandyopadhyay worked in a variety of jobs to support both himself and his family before becoming a writer. He was admitted to the master's degree (MA) and Law classes, but could not afford to enroll for the postgraduate course at the University of Calcutta, and joined as a teacher in a school in Jangipara, Hooghly. Following a first division placement in the Entrance and Intermediate Arts examinations, Bandyopadhyay completed his undergraduate degree in economics, history, and sanskrit at the Surendranath College (then Ripon College) in Kolkata. His childhood home was at Barrackpore in West Bengal.īandyopadhyay studied at Bongaon High School, one of the oldest institutions in British India, and was considered as a talented student. Bandyopadhyay was the eldest of the five children of Mahananda and his wife Mrinalini.
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His father, Mahananda Bandyopadhyay, was a Sanskrit scholar and story-teller by profession. However, Bandyopadhyay was born in Muratipur village, near Kalyani in Nadia, at his maternal uncle's house. Bandyopadhyay's great-grandfather, who was an Ayurvedic physician, eventually settled in Barackpore village, near Gopalnagar, Banagram (now Bangaon), North 24 Parganas. The Bandyopadhyay family originated in the Panitar village near Basirhat, located in the North 24 Parganas district of modern-day West Bengal.