Kshitimohan Sen

Kshitimohan Sen (2 December 1880 – 12 March 1960) was an M.A. in Sanskrit from Queen's College, Benares, Indian scholar, writer and a Sanskrit professor. He started his working life at the Department of Education, Chamba State. In 1908, at the call of Rabindranath Tagore, he joined Brahmacharyashram. Later he performed responsibility of Adhyaksha of Vidyabhaban. He was the first Deshikottam (1952) of Vishwa Bharati. He was an acting Upacharyas of Visva-Bharati University (1953–1954).[1][2] He is the maternal grandfather of Amartya Sen.[3]

Kshitimohan Sen
Born(1880-11-30)30 November 1880
Benaras United Province, British India
Died12 March 1960(1960-03-12) (aged 79)
NationalityIndian
OccupationProfessor, writer

Books
  • Kabir (1910–11)
  • Bharatiya Madhyayuger Sadhanar Dhara (1930)
  • Bharater Sangskrti (1943)
  • Banglar Sadhana (1945)
  • Yuga Guru Rammohan (1945)
  • Jatibhed (1946)
  • Banglar Baul (1947)
  • Hindu Sangskrtir Svarup (1947)
  • Bharater Hindu-Mussalman Yukta Sadhana (1949)
  • Prachin Bharate Nari (1950)
  • Chinmay Banga (1957)
  • Hinduism(1961)
  • O Sadhana (2003)

References
  1. "Kshitimohan Sen (1880-1960)". munshigonj.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "Kshitimohan Sen (1880-1960)". Visva-Bharati University. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. "Honorary Degree Citation: Amartya Sen". University of Witswatersrand. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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