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	\| name =Girish Chandra Sen		\| name = Girish Chandra Sen
	~~\| native_name = গিরীশ চন্দ্র সেন~~		\| image = Girish chandra sen.JPG
	~~\| native_name_lang = bn~~		\| caption =
	\| image =Girish chandra sen.JPG		\| birth_date = 1835
	\| caption =		\| birth_place = [[Narsingdi District\|Panchdona]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\| birth_date =1835		\| death_date = {{death date\|1910\|8\|15\|df=y}} (aged 74–75)
	\| birth_place =~~Panchdona,~~ [[Narsingdi District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{ death date\|1910\|8\|15}}		\| occupation = [[Scholar]], [[Missionary]]
	\| death_place =[[~~Kolkata~~]], [[~~British India~~]] ~~(now~~ [[India]])		\| father =
	\| occupation = [[~~scholar~~]], [[~~missionary~~]]
	\| father = ~~Madhabram Sen~~
	}}		}}
			'''Girish Chandra Sen''' ({{circa\|1835}} – 15 August 1910) was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] religious scholar and translator. He was a [[Brahmo Samaj]] missionary and known for being the first publisher of the ''[[Qur’an]]'' into [[Bengali language]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite book \|author=U. A. B. Razia Akter Banu \|year=1992 \|title=Islam in Bangladesh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyzqATEDPSgC&pg=PA52 \|publisher=BRILL \|page=52 \|isbn=90-04-09497-0}}</ref>
	'''Girish Chandra Sen''' ({{circa\|1835}} – 15 August 1910) was a [[Bengali people\|Bengali]] religious scholar and translator. He was a [[Brahmo Samaj]] missionary and known for being the first ~~translator~~ of the ''[[Qur’an]]'' into [[Bengali language]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite book \|author=U. A. B. Razia Akter Banu \|year=1992 \|title=Islam in Bangladesh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyzqATEDPSgC&pg=PA52 \|publisher=BRILL \|page=52 \|isbn=90-04-09497-0}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sen was born in a [[Baidya]] family in the village of Panchdona in [[Narayanganj District]] in [[Bengal]] (now part of [[Narsingdi District]] in Bangladesh).<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book \|last=Mohanta \|first=Sambaru Chandra \|year=2012 \|chapter=Sen, Girish Chandra \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sen,_Girish_Chandra \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He studied in [[Pogose School]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news \|author=M H Haider \|date=21 August 2015 \|title=And Shadows Flee Away \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/and-shadows-flee-away-129868 \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>		Sen was born in a [[Baidya]] family<ref>{{Cite journal \|year=1996 \|title=Sri Ramakrishna Touched Them: Girish Chandra Sen \|url=https://ia601304.us.archive.org/11/items/PrabuddhaBharata-July1896-Dec2001/05PB-May1996.pdf \|journal=[[Prabuddha Bharata]] \|publisher=Swami Smaranananda \|volume=101 \|pages=322}}</ref> in the village of Panchdona in [[Narayanganj District]] in [[Bengal]] (now part of [[Narsingdi District]] in Bangladesh).<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book \|last=Mohanta \|first=Sambaru Chandra \|year=2012 \|chapter=Sen, Girish Chandra \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sen,_Girish_Chandra \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He studied in [[Pogose School]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news \|author=M H Haider \|date=21 August 2015 \|title=And Shadows Flee Away \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/and-shadows-flee-away-129868 \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>

	In 1869, Keshub Chunder Sen chose from amongst his missionaries, four persons and ordained them as professors of four old religions of the world. He was selected to study Islam. Others selected to study different religions were [[Gour Govinda Ray]] for Hinduism, [[Protap Chandra Mozoomdar]] for Christianity, and [[Aghore Nath Gupta]] for Buddhism. A firm believer in the basic unity of all religions, he immersed himself in his studies and later went to [[Lucknow]] in 1876 to study [[Arabic]], [[Islamic literature]] and the [[Islamic]] religious texts.<ref name=bpedia/> After five years (~~1881–86~~) of studies, he produced the first Bengali translation of the Quran.<ref name=bpedia/>		In 1869, [[Keshub Chunder Sen]] chose from amongst his missionaries, four persons and ordained them as professors of four old religions of the world. He was selected to study Islam. Others selected to study different religions were [[Gour Govinda Ray]] for Hinduism, [[Protap Chandra Mozoomdar]] for Christianity, and [[Aghore Nath Gupta]] for Buddhism. A firm believer in the basic unity of all religions, he immersed himself in his studies and later went to [[Lucknow]] in 1876 to study [[Arabic]], [[Islamic literature]] and the [[Islamic]] religious texts.<ref name=bpedia/> After five years (1881–1886) of studies, he produced the first Bengali translation of the Quran.<ref name=bpedia/>

	~~Another person bearing~~ the ~~same name~~, ~~Girish Chandra Sen, served as the headmaster~~ of the ~~City Collegiate School (later renamed to~~ [[~~Ananda Mohan College~~]]~~) in~~ [[~~Mymensingh District~~\|~~Mymensingh~~]].<ref>{{~~cite~~ news \|author=~~Aminul Islam~~\|date=~~14 April 2007~~ \|title=~~125 Years~~: ~~City Collegiate School~~ \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/~~starinsight~~/~~2007~~/04/01/~~guru~~.htm \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=2 June 2016~~}}<~~/~~ref> <ref>This appears to refer to a different person~~. The source quoted states that Girish Chandra was Headmaster from 1883 to 1923; however the subject of this article is elsewhere stated to have been working in Lucknow from 1881 to 1886 and to have died in 1910.</ref>		==Works==
			On completion of his studies, he returned to [[Kolkata]] and engaged in the translation of Islamic scriptures. After about five years (1881–1886) of studies, he produced an annotated Bengali version of the [[Qur’an]] via [[Persian language\|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite news \|author=Mustafa Zaman \|date=18 February 2005 \|title=Reading in Translation : A Journey Through History \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/02/03/cover.htm \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=3 June 2016 \|archive-date=5 June 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605095923/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/02/03/cover.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	~~==Works==~~		[[File:girish chandra quran.png\|thumb\|Quran translation of Girish Chandra Sen]]
	~~On completion of his studies, he returned to~~ [[~~Kolkata]] and engaged in the~~ translation of ~~Islamic scriptures. After about five years (1881–1886) of studies, he produced an annotated Bengali version of the [[Qur’an~~]] via [[Persian language\|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite news \|author=Mustafa Zaman \|date=18 February 2005 \|title=Reading in Translation : A Journey Through History \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/02/03/cover.htm \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=3 June 2016}}</ref>

	Sen is also the first known translator of [[Shakespeare\|~~the~~ works of Shakespeare]] in Bengali.<ref>{{cite news \|author=Md. Shafiqul Islam \|date= 28 May 2011 \|title=Hamlet and Ophelia in Dhaka \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-187481 \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> His autobiography, ''Atmajivani'', was published in 1906. Initially, Sen worked at the ''Dhaka Prakash'' and later as an assistant editor at the ''[[Sulava Samachar]]'' and ''Bangabandhu'' and as editor and publisher of the monthly ''Mahila''. While still at school he wrote a book, ''Banitabinodan'', on the importance of women's education and ''Ramakrishna Paramhangser Ukti O Jivani''.		Sen is also the first known translator of the [[List of works by William Shakespeare\|works of Shakespeare]] in Bengali.<ref>{{cite news \|author=Md. Shafiqul Islam \|date= 28 May 2011 \|title=Hamlet and Ophelia in Dhaka \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-187481 \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> His autobiography, ''Atmajivani'', was published in 1906. Initially, Sen worked at the ''Dhaka Prakash'' and later as an assistant editor at the ''[[Sulava Samachar]]'' and ''Bangabandhu'' and as editor and publisher of the monthly ''Mahila''. While still at school he wrote a book, ''Banitabinodan'', on the importance of women's education and ''Ramakrishna Paramhangser Ukti O Jivani''. For his great contributions in translating Islamic literature into [[Bengali language]], Muslims of Bengal often referred to him as ''Bhai Girish Chandra''.<ref name=bpedia />

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist\|2}}		{{reflist}}

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* ~~''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali edited by~~ Subodh Chandra ~~Sengupta and~~ Anjali ~~Bose~~		* {{cite encyclopedia \|editor1-last=Sengupta \|editor1-first=Subodh Chandra \|editor2-last=Basu \|editor2-first=Anjali \|year=1988 \|orig-year=First published 1976 \|script-title=bn:গিরিশচন্দ্র সেন \|trans-title=Girishchandra Sen \|script-encyclopedia=bn:সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান \|encyclopedia=Saṃsada bāṅāli caritābhidhāna \|trans-encyclopedia=Parliament Bengali Biographical Dictionary \|url=https://archive.org/details/Samsad-Bangali-Charitabhidhan-Ed2/page/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%A8/mode/1up \|language=bn \|volume=1 \|edition=2nd \|location=Kolkata \|publisher=Sahitya Samsad \|page=132}}
	* ''History of Brahmo Samaj'' by Pandit Sivanath Sastri		* ''History of Brahmo Samaj'' by Pandit Sivanath Sastri

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{{short description|Bangladeshi missionary}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Girish Chandra Sen
| native_name = গিরীশ চন্দ্র সেন
| native_name_lang = bn
| image =Girish chandra sen.JPG
| caption =
| birth_date =1835
| birth_place =Panchdona, [[Narsingdi District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{ death date|1910|8|15}}
| death_place =[[Kolkata]], [[British India]] (now [[India]])
| occupation = [[scholar]], [[missionary]]
| father = Madhabram Sen
}}

'''Girish Chandra Sen''' ({{circa|1835}} – 15 August 1910) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] religious scholar and translator. He was a [[Brahmo Samaj]] missionary and known for being the first translator of the ''[[Qur’an]]'' into [[Bengali language]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite book |author=U. A. B. Razia Akter Banu |year=1992 |title=Islam in Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyzqATEDPSgC&pg=PA52 |publisher=BRILL |page=52 |isbn=90-04-09497-0}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sen was born in a [[Baidya]] family in the village of Panchdona in [[Narayanganj District]] in [[Bengal]] (now part of [[Narsingdi District]] in Bangladesh).<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Mohanta |first=Sambaru Chandra |year=2012 |chapter=Sen, Girish Chandra |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sen,_Girish_Chandra |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> He studied in [[Pogose School]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=M H Haider |date=21 August 2015 |title=And Shadows Flee Away |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/heritage/and-shadows-flee-away-129868 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>

In 1869, Keshub Chunder Sen chose from amongst his missionaries, four persons and ordained them as professors of four old religions of the world. He was selected to study Islam. Others selected to study different religions were [[Gour Govinda Ray]] for Hinduism, [[Protap Chandra Mozoomdar]] for Christianity, and [[Aghore Nath Gupta]] for Buddhism. A firm believer in the basic unity of all religions, he immersed himself in his studies and later went to [[Lucknow]] in 1876 to study [[Arabic]], [[Islamic literature]] and the [[Islamic]] religious texts.<ref name=bpedia/> After five years (1881–86) of studies, he produced the first Bengali translation of the Quran.<ref name=bpedia/>

Another person bearing the same name, Girish Chandra Sen, served as the headmaster of the City Collegiate School (later renamed to [[Ananda Mohan College]]) in [[Mymensingh District|Mymensingh]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Aminul Islam|date=14 April 2007 |title=125 Years: City Collegiate School |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/starinsight/2007/04/01/guru.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> <ref>This appears to refer to a different person. The source quoted states that Girish Chandra was Headmaster from 1883 to 1923; however the subject of this article is elsewhere stated to have been working in Lucknow from 1881 to 1886 and to have died in 1910.</ref>

==Works==
On completion of his studies, he returned to [[Kolkata]] and engaged in the translation of Islamic scriptures. After about five years (1881–1886) of studies, he produced an annotated Bengali version of the [[Qur’an]] via [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Mustafa Zaman |date=18 February 2005 |title=Reading in Translation : A Journey Through History |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/02/03/cover.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=3 June 2016}}</ref>

Sen is also the first known translator of [[Shakespeare|the works of Shakespeare]] in Bengali.<ref>{{cite news |author=Md. Shafiqul Islam |date= 28 May 2011 |title=Hamlet and Ophelia in Dhaka |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-187481 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> His autobiography, ''Atmajivani'', was published in 1906. Initially, Sen worked at the ''Dhaka Prakash'' and later as an assistant editor at the ''[[Sulava Samachar]]'' and ''Bangabandhu'' and as editor and publisher of the monthly ''Mahila''. While still at school he wrote a book, ''Banitabinodan'', on the importance of women's education and ''Ramakrishna Paramhangser Ukti O Jivani''.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali edited by Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Anjali Bose
* ''History of Brahmo Samaj'' by Pandit Sivanath Sastri

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