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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Satikanta Guha<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|6|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|8|1910|6|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| occupation = Educator<br />
}}<br />
'''Satikanta Guha''' was an Indian educator who founded the [[South Point School]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ku4QAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=Satikanta+Guha&article_id=4852,6060756&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwji6cn-5rGRAxW0FVkFHRYkOmwQ6wF6BAgIEAE#v=onepage&q=Satikanta%20Guha&f=false |title=New Sunday Times |publisher=New Sunday Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Guha was born on 1 June 1910, in [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]], [[British India]], now [[Bangladesh]]. He started his schooling first at [[Dhaka Collegiate School]] and later at [[Hare School]] in [[Calcutta]]. He graduated from [[Presidency College Calcutta]]. Later, he stood first in the [[LLB]] examination of the [[University of Calcutta]]. From childhood, he was drawn to literature. From the age of 15, he started editing children's journals called ''Benu'' and ''Chitra''. He also edited the magazine ''Rangmashal''.<ref>South Point School Magazine 2013</ref> <br />
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==Career==<br />
He founded various publishing houses. He published books including [[Abanindranath Tagore|Abanindranath Thakur]]'s ''Rajkahini'', [[Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder]]'s ''First Boy'' and ''Last Boy'' and also [[Shibram Chakraborty]]'s ''Baadi Thekey Paliye''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://skgf.org/|title=Charitable Society {{!}} Kolkata {{!}} Satikanta Guha Foundation|website=Satikanta Guha Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-14}}</ref><br />
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He founded the [[South Point School]] in 1954, located in the [[Ballygunge]] area of [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. His son, Indranath Guha, and his wife, Prity Lata Guha, who were members of the Trust established by Satikanta Guha — The South Point Education Society — continued to play important roles in the management of the school after his death. Prity Lata Guha was the Secretary, while Indranath Guha was the Principal of South Point School. Indranath Guha was the Principal-Secretary of South Point High School till he resigned from all his posts in South Point School and High School on 3 May 1995. After the accused murder, of Indranath's wife, Surupa, in 1976, Satikanta, Prity Lata, Indranath, Ramendranath Lahiri, and Jhantu Charan Dutt were accused of murder. No charge was framed against Ramendranath by the Sessions Judge, and all charges against Satikanta and Prity Lata were quashed by the Honorable [[High Court of Calcutta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen |first=Sumanta |date=2013-10-29 |title=Surupa Guha murder case: Who is the culprit? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime-stories/story/19811031-surupa-guha-murder-case-who-is-the-culprit-773384-2013-10-29 |access-date=2025-12-10 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Satikanta Guha had received numerous awards for literature, such as the Mouchak Award for children's literature, and the [[Rabindra Puraskar]] for his novel ''Natyakar''.<ref name=":1" /> His son, Indranath Guha, is the current Founder-Rector of [[Garden High School]], Garden High International School and [[Garden High School#Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus|Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus]], [[Mohanpur, Nadia|Mohanpur]]. Satikanta Guha died on 8 January 1991, aged 80.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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