Bibhutibhushan Galpa Samagra 1 / বিভূতিভূষণ গল্প সমগ্র ১

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay 12 September 1894 – 1 November 1950 was an Indian writer in the Bengali language. His best known work is the autobiographical novel, Pather Panchali (The Song of the Road), Chader Pahar, Aranyak.
The Bandyopadhyay family originated in the Panitar village near Basirhat, located in the North 24 Parganas district of modern-day West Bengal. Bandyopadhyay’s great-grandfather, who was an Ayurvedic physician, eventually settled in Barakpur village, near Gopalnagar, Banagram (now Bangaon), North 24 Parganas.However, Bandyopadhyay was born in Muratipur village, near Kalyani in Nadia, at his maternal uncle’s house. His father, Mahananda Bandyopadhyay, was a Sanskrit scholar and story-teller by profession. Bandyopadhyay was the eldest of the five children of Mahananda and his wife Mrinalini. His childhood home was at Barakpur village, near Gopalnagar,bongaon.
Bandyopadhyay studied at Bongaon High School, one of the oldest institutions in British India, and was considered as a talented student. 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. 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.