Nalini Kanta Bhattasali

Nalini Kanta Bhattasali (24 January 1888 – 6 February 1947) was a Bengali Indian historian, archaeologist, numismatist, epigraphist and antiquarian.[1][2]

Nalini Kanta Bhattasali
নলিনীকান্ত ভট্টশালী
Bhattasali
Born(1888-01-24)24 January 1888
Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 February 1947(1947-02-06) (aged 59)
Known forthe first curator of Dhaka Museum

Career

Bhattasali completed his master's degree in 1912. He then joined the Comilla Victoria College as a teacher in history. After that he joined Balurghat High School as its headmaster. In July 1914, he joined Dhaka Museum (later Bangladesh National Museum) as its curator, a position he held until his death in 1947.[3] He wrote reports and research papers on the contribution of important objects to the history and chronology of ancient Bengal. East Bengal (Vanga-Samatata) was his special field of study.[1]

Bhattasali wrote a few books on Bangla literature. A collection of his short stories, "Hashi o Asru" was published in 1915 and his edition of the first book of a unique manuscript of the Krittivasi Ramayan in 1936.[4] He taught Bengali literature, paleography, and history at the University of Dhaka.[1]

References
  1. Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Bhattasali, Nalini Kanta". In Islam, Sirajul; Rashid, Harunur (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. "Bhattasali, Nalini Kanta (1888-1947)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. "Nalini Kanta Bhattasali's 67th death anniversary observed". The Daily Star. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. Nalinikanta Bhattasali (ed.), Ramayana-Adikanda (Dacca: P.C. Lahiri, Secretary, Oriental Texts Publication Committee, University of Dacca, 1936).
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