Bangiya Sahitya Parishat


  • Bangiya Sahitya Parishat situated at 243, 1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Manicktala was established on 23rd July 1893. 
  • Its objective was to study and develop the Bengali Language and Literature. Cultural, historical, archaeological, sociological and other scientific studies and researches with special reference to Bengal are also carried out. 
  • At the time of its establishment at the residence of Raja Benoy Krishna Dev of Sovabazar, it was named ‘Bengal Academy of Literature’. The Institution was renamed as Bangiya Sahitya Parishat in 1894.  
  • Romesh Chunder Dutt was the first president and Rabindranath Tagore and Nabinchandra Sen were the first vice presidents. 
  • The building has been declared as a Heritage property.
  • Bangiya Sahitya Parishat Picture Gallery known as
  • Bangiya Sahitya Parisat Chitrasala’ was founded in 1908.
  • Bangiya Sahitya Parishat Museum of Old Manuscripts, called ‘Bangiya Sahitya Parishat Puthisala’, was established in 1894 (1301 B.S.) as per the proposal of Jatindranath Roychowdhury and Rajanikanta Gupta. The museum boasts a collection of 9427 manuscripts in Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, Assamese, Oriya, Tibetan, Persian and Ceylonese including manuscripts written on ancient writing materials like palm-leaf, paper made of cotton pulp, bark of trees etc. 
  • Regular publications, seminars, workshops are held. Stalwarts of the Bengal renaissance were associated with this organization.

https://bangiyasahityaparishat.org/

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