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{{Short description|Bengali poet and writer (1847–1909)}}
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'''Nabinchandra Sen''' ({{langx|bn|নবীনচন্দ্র সেন}}; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite web|last1=Guha|first1=Bimal|title=Sen, Nabinchandra|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sen,_Nabinchandra|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=26 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=CalU>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/About%20the%20university/Some%20of%20the%20Alumni.htm|url-status=dead|title=Distinguished alumni of the University of Calcutta|website=University of Calcutta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121002631/http://caluniv.ac.in/About%20the%20university/Some%20of%20the%20Alumni.htm|archive-date=21 November 2011}}</ref> He commented on the battle of Plassey and the arrival of British Rule in India as "A night of Eternal Gloom".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historydiscussion.net/british-india/british-occupation-of-bengal-indian-history/6337|title=British Occupation of Bengal Indian History|date=24 August 2016}}</ref>

==Life==
[[File:Nabinchandra Sen grave (2).jpg|right|thumb|Nabinchandra Sen's tomb]]
Nabinchandra was born in Noapara, [[Raozan Upazila]] in [[Chittagong]] on 10 February 1847<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sen, Nabinchandra |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Sen,_Nabinchandra |publisher= [[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> in a [[Baidya]] family.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Amiya P. |author-link=Amiya Prosad Sen |year=1993 |title=Hindu Revivalism in Bengal, 1872–1905: Some Essays in Interpretation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCwpDwAAQBAJ&q=nabin+chandra+sen+baidya |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=132 |isbn=978-0-19-563140-1 |language=en}}</ref> He studied at the [[Chittagong Collegiate School]], clearing the school leaving Entrance examination in 1863, In 1865, he passed the FA exam from Presidency College, Calcutta. In 1868, he earned his BA from General Assembly's Institution (now [[Scottish Church College]]), and after teaching for a brief period at [[Hare School]], he joined the colonial administrative services as a [[Deputy Magistrate]]. Sen retired in 1904, and died on 23 January 1909. He has been considered one of Bengal's greatest writers and poets.<ref name=Banglapedia/><ref name=CalU/>

==Works==
Sen's earliest poems were published in the ''Education Gazette'' edited by Peary Charan Sarker, and his first volume of poetry, ''Abakash Ranjani'', was published in 1871. A second volume of ''Abakash Ranjani'' was published in 1877. ''Palashir Juddha'' (1875), a long epic poem lamenting the betrayal of [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] by his followers and his defeat at the Battle of [[Plassey]], was an evocative expression of Bengali nationalism in literature, and it established his reputation as a powerful Bengali poet. A contemporary to [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], Nabichandra is also known for popularizing the epic narrative in the Bengali language through his reinterpretations of the [[Mahabharata]] in a three-volume epic:''Raivatak'' (1887), ''Kuruksetra'' (1893) and ''Prabhas'' (1896), where Krishna serves as the protagonist and adventurer during the fall of kingdoms. He wrote biographies of [[Jesus]], [[Buddha]], and [[Cleopatra]] in the Bengali language, and made verse translations of the [[Bhagavad Gita]] and the [[Markandeya Purana]]. Nabindrachandra's ''Bhanumati'' (a novel-in-verse) and "Prabaser Patra" (a memoir of his travels) also brought him fame. His five-volume autobiography, ''Amar Jiban'' (My Life), is an important document chronicling the politics and social aspirations of the Bengali literati in the late nineteenth century.<ref name=Banglapedia/><ref name=CalU/>

==Bibliography==

===Epics===
His epic trilogy was based on New Mahabharata.
* ''Raivatak''
* ''Kurukkhetra''
* ''Provash''<ref name=CalU/>

===Poetry===
* ''Abakash Ranjani'' (1871)
* ''Palashir Juddha'' (1875)

===Biographies===
* ''Amitabha'' (biography of the [[Buddhahood|Buddha]])
* ''Khrishta'ra Jibani'' (biography of [[Jesus Christ]])
* ''Cleopatra'' (biography of Cleopatra)<ref name=CalU/>

===Autobiography===
* ''Probasher Potro''
* ''Amar Jiban'', in 5 volumes<ref name=CalU/>

===Poetic translations===
* ''Geeta''
* ''Chandi''

===Poetic novel===
* ''Bhanumoti''<ref name=Banglapedia/>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{OL author|449A|Nabin Chandra Sen}}
* [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in:8080/jspui/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Sen,+Nabin+Chandra Sen, Nabin Chandra] at the West Bengal Public Library Network
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