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Amlan Datta

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'''Amlan Datta''' ({{lang-bn|অম্লান দত্ত}}) (Born:-17 June, 1924 – Death :- 18 February, 2010) was an economist and educationist from [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Noted economist Amlan Datta passes away in Kolkata|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Noted-economist-Amlan-Datta-passes-away-in-Kolkata/articleshow/5590722.cms|work=[[The Economic Times]]|accessdate=31 May 2010|date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='How Many of Us Would Take Our Knowledge to the Villages?|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Bu230607punditspeak_10.asp|work=[[Tehelka]]|access-date=31 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405075513/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Bu230607punditspeak_10.asp|archive-date=5 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Biography==
Amlan Datta was an intellectual and scholar, born 17 June 1924 at [[Bagichagaon]] in the [[Comilla]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). His father was Ashwini Kumar Datta and mother was Sunitibala Devi. He finished his school at the Ishwar Pathshala at Comilla, took 1st class first in B.A (Hons.) in economics from the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]] and earned a first class fourth in MA from the same university, both with distinction. His wife Mrs Kitty Datta was a professor of English at the [[Scottish Church College]]. His eldest brother Anil Datta was University topper, an economist, went on to become IAS officer and was the man behind India's 1st five-year Plan. His only sister, Geeti Sen, was topper among the woman in Matriculate exam. Another brother, Anindya Datta was Professor Emeritus, Economics, Plymouth State College, New Hamspshire.His youngest brother Arghya Datta is editor of a multi disciplinary Bengali Magazine Samatat.

After finishing his education in 1946, he started as a lecturer in [[Asutosh College]], of the [[University of Calcutta]], and went on to be a lecturer at the University of Calcutta in 1948. Though the youngest of the professors of Economics department, he took classes of three of the twelve compulsory half-papers. His three half-papers were Public Finance, Economic Development of selected countries and Thoughts of three Eminent Economists, one of them being Marx. Subsequently, he was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University during 1972–74. He also served as the Vice Chancellor of the [[University of North Bengal]] (1974–77). Then he joined the [[Gandhian Institute of Studies]] as director in 1978 and thereafter, as vice chancellor of [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Santiniketan]]. He also taught as visiting lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] and the [[Université libre de Bruxelles|University of Brussels]].

As a writer on socioeconomic, political and philosophical subjects, Datta's works drew inspiration from Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru. His ideas on the Soviet enigma, the riddle of [[Gandhism]], east–west blended Nehru's contribution to democracy and secularism and Tagore's aesthetic mysticism and universalism. However, his writings fall to note the grave global danger of thanatological terrorism as another aspect of post Marxian [[materialist dialectics]].{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} His collected essays attempt to assess their merits in many proposition and make positive suggestions. He begins: "In theory, Marxist give primacy to economics; in practice, to politics. This, they will protest, is a mechanical distinction; what matters is political economy. How far does that take us? The Indian economy is not homogeneous whole. Nor far that matter are the industrially developed economics one whole".{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

An opponent of parochialism and dogmatism, Datta evaluated prevailing political and economic doctrines including Marxist communism. He wrote along these lines for ''The Radical Humanist'', ''The Economic Weekly'', and ''Thought''. One of the stalwarts of the Radical [[Humanism|Humanist]] movement he was also one of the last survivors of those who had been in the company of [[M N Roy]] and Ellen.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

He lectured in the United States of America, talked about Mahatma Ghandhi in Australia and lectured about Rabindranath Tagore in China. He talked about economic development and education challenges at many forums in India and abroad (Japan, Denmark and the West Indies). He also represented India at the [[United Nations Social Development Commission]] in 1979. He was invited to the Kamala Lecture Series in 1982 by the University of Calcutta.

Amlan Dutta's field of study and research encompassed economics, literature, politics, sociology and education, although his views and opinions often became the subject of heated arguments and controversies.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}

His first book was published in 1953, titled "For Democracy" and copies of the book were sent to Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russel who were then busy preparing the anti-war resolution which was later circulated among the heads of the States. Russell sent a congratulatory letter to the young lecturer. Professor Datta authored 21 books in English and Bengali. He was the joint editor of Quest magazine along with Abu Sayeed Ayub. He was conferred the Ananda Puraskar (1972), Jagattarini Award, Kamala Award and Vidyasagar Award (1999), Desikottam Award (2008).

He died of a heart attack at his Salt Lake residence on 18 February 2010.

==Awards and recognitions==
*Desikottam Award from Visva Bharati University
*Jagattarini Award and Kamala Award from Calcutta University
*Ananda Puraskar from Anandabazar Group

==Bibliography==

===Bengali===
*{{cite book
| last = Datta
| first = Amlan
| title = Probondho Shangroho 2
| publisher = [[Ananda Publishers]]
| year = 2005
| isbn = 81-7756-452-8 }}
*Ganatantra O Ganayug (1967, Ananda Publishers)
*Teen Diganta (1978, Ananda Publishers)
*Byakti, Yukti, Samaj (1978, Ananda Publishers)
*Kamala Baktrita O Anyanya Bhashan (1984)
*Gandhi O Rabindranath (1986, Ananda Publishers)
*Dwanda O Uttaran (1989, Ananda Publishers)
*Bikalpa Samajer Sandhane (1994, Ananda Publishers)
*Anya Ek Biplab (1999, Ananda Publishers)
*Je Katha Balite Chai (2009, Ananda Publishers)
*Mukti Tore Petei Hobe

===English===
*Religion, Education and Development (1968)
*The Third Movement (1987, Ananda Publishers)
*A New Radicalism and Other Essays (1989, Minarva – Calcutta)
*For A Quiet Revolution (1997, Papyrus – Calcutta)
*On The Edge of A Century (1999, Subarnarekha – Santiniketan)
*Towards The Good Life (Subarnarekha – Santiniketan)
*Socialism, Democracy and Industrialization (Allen & Unwin)
*Perspectives of Economic Development (Macmillan)
*Beyond Socialism (Popular Prakashan)
*The Gandhian Way (North Eastern Hill University)
*Transitional Puzzles (Sage Publication)
*Towards an Alternative Economic Order (Aksharmudra – Pune)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{YouTube|J_DPSnXa6Ow|A film on Amlan Datta}}
*[http://jijnasa-kolkata.blogspot.com/2010/12/jijnasa-amlan-datta-special-issue-is.html Jijnasa – Special Issue on Amlan Datta]
*[https://www.bondhu.in/2020/09/quotes-by-amlan-dutta.html Quotes By Amlan Dutta – Bangla Quotes by Amlan Datta]

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Hem Chandra Bose

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{{short description|Indian police officer}}
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'''Rai Bahadur Hem Chandra Bose''' ({{lang-bn|হেমচন্দ্র বোস}}) with [[Azizul Haque (police officer)|Azizul Haque]], the two Indian employees of the [[Calcutta]] Anthropometric Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau), working under the supervision of [[Edward Henry]] have been credited with the primary development of the fingerprint classification system eventually named after their supervisor, and is known as the [[Henry Classification System]] of [[fingerprint]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071028/asp/opinion/story_8476638.asp|title=MAPS AND MUGSHOTS- How visual aids became an essential tool of imperial control|publisher=www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate=26 February 2009|date=28 October 2007|last=Karlekar|first=Malavika }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|url=http://ncrb.nic.in/cfpb.htm |title=NCRB - Empowering Indian Police with IT |publisher=ncrb.nic.in |accessdate=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409225453/http://ncrb.nic.in/cfpb.htm |archivedate=9 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cidwestbengal.gov.in/special-units-finger-print-bureau.php |title=Finger Print Bureau - CID, West Bengal, India |publisher=cidwestbengal.gov.in |accessdate=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312071049/http://cidwestbengal.gov.in/special-units-finger-print-bureau.php |archivedate=12 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Life and career==

Bose was born in 1867 in [[Damurhuda Upazila]] of the then [[Nadia District]] of Bengal Presidency, currently [[Chuadanga District]] of [[Bangladesh]], in a Kayastha family. His father was a postman. After topping the matriculation examination in the year 1883 from [[Jessore Zilla School]], he studied [[Mathematics]] at the [[Sanskrit College]] of Calcutta on a Scholarship from the [[Natore Raj]], and completed his Bachelor of Science in 1888. He joined the Bengal Police Service as a [[sub inspector]] in 1889. Between 1889 and 1894 he was posted as an investigating officer in police stations in districts including [[Madhubani District|Madhubani]], [[Saharsa District|Saharsa]], [[Pabna District|Pabna]] and [[Narail District|Narail]] of the then United Bengal. His keen detective work was noticed and in 1894 he was posted at the Directorate Headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department, or CID, of Bengal Police in Calcutta. There he worked on the fingerprinting system, and remained posted at the CID headquarters, except for a short stint as Instructor at the Sardah Police Training School in 1914–1917, until his retirement as a [[Deputy Superintendent of Police|DySP]] in 1925. After his retirement he lived in a small apartment in [[Maniktala]] in Calcutta with his family, till his death from natural causes in 3/1 April 1949. His grandson Amiya Bhusan Bose joined the West Bengal Police Service in the 1952 batch of the WBCS, and retired as a [[Deputy Inspector General|DIG]] of West Bengal Police in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071028/asp/opinion/story_8476638.asp|title=MAPS AND MUGSHOTS – How visual aids became an essential tool of imperial control|publisher=www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate=26 February 2009|date=28 October 2007|last=Karlekar|first=Malavika }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web|url=http://ncrb.nic.in/cfpb.htm |title=NCRB – Empowering Indian Police with IT |publisher=ncrb.nic.in |accessdate=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409225453/http://ncrb.nic.in/cfpb.htm |archivedate=9 April 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cidwestbengal.gov.in/special-units-finger-print-bureau.php |title=Finger Print Bureau – CID, West Bengal, India |publisher=cidwestbengal.gov.in |accessdate=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312071049/http://cidwestbengal.gov.in/special-units-finger-print-bureau.php |archivedate=12 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Haque & Bose (1897)==
On 12 June 1897, the Council of the [[Governor General]] of [[India]] approved a committee report that fingerprints should be used for classification of criminal records. After that year, the [[Kolkata]] Anthropometric Bureau became the world's first Fingerprint Bureau. He was working in the Calcutta Anthropometric Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau) with [[Azizul Haque (police officer)|Azizul Haque]]. He and Haque were the two Indian fingerprint experts credited with primary development of the [[Henry Classification System]] (named for their supervisor, [[Edward Richard Henry]]). The [[Henry Classification System]] is still used in all English-speaking countries (primarily as the manual filing system for accessing paper archive files that have not been scanned and computerized).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onin.com/fp/fphistory.html|title=The History of Fingerprints|publisher=www.onin.com|accessdate=26 February 2009|last=|first=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inspirationline.com/Brainteaser/fingerprints.htm|title=INSPIRATION LINE Trivia and Facts: First Fingerprints|publisher=www.inspirationline.com|accessdate=26 February 2009|last=|first=}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*''Finger Print Companion'' (1927) <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0P2-GwAACAAJ&q=hem+chandra+bose+finger+print|title=Finger Print Companion: [a Practical Handbook]|accessdate=26 February 2009|last1=Bose|first1=Hem Chandra|year=1927}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Azizul Haque (police officer)|Azizul Haque]]
* [[Edward Henry]]
* [[Henry Classification System]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/modabber/Detective.pdf&date=2009-10-26+02:56:00 The Detective]

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