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			{{Short description\|Bengali novelist}}
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	{{Infobox writer		{{Infobox writer
	\| name = Taradas Bandyopadhyay		\| name = Taradas Bandyopadhyay
	\| native_name = তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়		\| native_name = তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
	\| birth_date = 15 October 1947		\| birth_date = 15 October 1947
	\| death_date = 18 July 2010 ~~(aged 63)~~		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|18 July 2010\|15 October 1947\|df=y}}
	\| occupation = Short story writer, Novelist		\| occupation = Short story writer, Novelist
	\| language = Bengali		\| language = Bengali
	\| nationality = Indian		\| nationality = Indian
	\| image = ~~Taradas Bandyopadhyay.jpg~~		\| image =
	\| death_place = [[Barrackpore]], ~~[[Kolkata]]~~ [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], India
	\| alma_mater = [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] <br/> [[Maulana Azad College]] <br/> [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School <br/> [[Maulana Azad College]] <br/> [[University of Calcutta]]
	\| birth_place = [[Barrackpore~~]], [[Calcutta~~]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
			\| children = Tathagata Bandyopadhyay
	}}		}}
	'''Taradas Bandyopadhyay''' (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] novelist, short story writer and editor.		'''Taradas Bandyopadhyay''' (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] novelist, short story writer and editor.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Bandyopadhyay was the son of late legendary writer [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Writers-angry-at-being-cheated-by-publishers/articleshow/469248.cms\|title=Writers angry at being 'cheated' by publishers\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com~~/states~~/jharkhand/museum-plans-for-literary-icon-abode/cid/738745\|title=Museum plans for literary icon abode\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> He was born in 1947 at his maternal grandparent's home at [[Barrackpore~~]], a suburb of [[Kolkata~~]] in [[North 24 Parganas]] and finished his schooling at the [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] in [[Rahara, Kolkata\|Rahara]]. Bandyopadhyay passed B.A. (Honours) in [[English language\|English]] from [[Maulana Azad College]] and completed post-graduation from the [[Calcutta ~~University~~]]. He worked in [[Government of West Bengal~~\|West Bengal government~~]] in the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/bengali-writer-taradas-bandopadhyay-passes-away/20100718.htm\|title=West Bengal: Writer Taradas Bandyopadhyay passes away\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> He spent his childhood at his paternal village-home in [[Bongaon]] ~~in a place which was incidentally called Barakpur again~~.		Bandyopadhyay was the son of late legendary writer [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Writers-angry-at-being-cheated-by-publishers/articleshow/469248.cms\|title=Writers angry at being 'cheated' by publishers\|newspaper=The Times of India\|date=2 February 2004\|access-date=2 January 2019\|archive-date=7 January 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107232534/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Writers-angry-at-being-cheated-by-publishers/articleshow/469248.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/museum-plans-for-literary-icon-abode/cid/738745\|title=Museum plans for literary icon abode\|access-date=2 January 2019\|archive-date=16 September 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916152800/https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/museum-plans-for-literary-icon-abode/cid/738745\|url-status=live}}</ref> He was born in 1947 at his maternal grandparent's home at [[Barrackpore]] in [[North 24 Parganas]] and finished his schooling at the Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School in [[Rahara, Kolkata\|Rahara]]. Bandyopadhyay passed B.A. (Honours) in [[English language\|English]] from [[Maulana Azad College]] and completed post-graduation from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He worked under [[Government of West Bengal]] in the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/bengali-writer-taradas-bandopadhyay-passes-away/20100718.htm\|title=West Bengal: Writer Taradas Bandyopadhyay passes away\|access-date=2 January 2019\|archive-date=15 January 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115001441/https://www.rediff.com/news/report/bengali-writer-taradas-bandopadhyay-passes-away/20100718.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> He spent his childhood at his paternal village-home in [[Bongaon]].{{citation needed\|date=March 2023}}

	==Literary career==		==Literary career==
	Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266882\|title=Kajal\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Taradas\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''[[Taranath Tantrik]]'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985)<ref>{{Citation\|last=তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়\|title=তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1}}</ref> and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited [[Aranyak]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com~~/states~~/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348\|title=Real address for fictional tantric\|website=telegraphindia.com\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his death in 2010.		Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266882\|title=Kajal\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Taradas\|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''[[Taranath Tantrik]]'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985)<ref>{{Citation\|last=তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়\|title=তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1\|access-date=2 January 2019\|archive-date=24 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924043533/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1\|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited [[Aranyak]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348\|title=Real address for fictional tantric\|website=telegraphindia.com\|access-date=2 January 2019\|archive-date=27 January 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127111411/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348\|url-status=live}}</ref> In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his death in 2010.{{Citation needed\|date=January 2025}}

	==Books==		==Books==
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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			==External links==
			* {{IMDb name\|12103679}}

	{{Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay}}		{{Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay}}
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:~~Bandopadhyay~~, Taradas}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandyopadhyay, Taradas}}
	[[Category:1947 births]]		[[Category:1947 births]]
	[[Category:2010 deaths]]		[[Category:2010 deaths]]
	~~[[Category:Bengali writers]]~~
	~~[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]~~
	[[Category:Indian male novelists]]		[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
	[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]		[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
	[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]		[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]
	[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]		[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]
			[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]
	[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]		[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]
			[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
	[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]		[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]
	[[Category:Bengali novelists]]		[[Category:Bengali-language novelists]]
	[[Category: Writers from Kolkata]]		[[Category:Writers from Kolkata]]
			[[Category:Indian novelists]]
	~~==External links==~~		[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
	* {{IMDb name\|12103679}}		[[Category:20th-century Bengali people]]
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			[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
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			{{distinguish\|Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay}}
	{{Infobox writer		{{Infobox writer
	\| name = Taradas Bandyopadhyay		\| name = Taradas Bandyopadhyay
	\| native_name = তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়		\| native_name = তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
	\| birth_date = 15 October, 1947		\| birth_date = 15 October 1947
	\| death_date = 18 July, 2010 (~~Aged~~ 63)		\| death_date = 18 July 2010 (aged 63)
	\| occupation = Short story writer, Novelist		\| occupation = Short story writer, Novelist
	\| language = Bengali		\| language = Bengali
	\| nationality = Indian		\| nationality = Indian
	\| image = Taradas Bandyopadhyay.jpg		\| image = Taradas Bandyopadhyay.jpg
	\| death_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[Kolkata]] [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	\| alma_mater = [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] <br/> [[Maulana Azad College]] <br/> [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] <br/> [[Maulana Azad College]] <br/> [[University of Calcutta]]
	\| birth_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| birth_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[Calcutta]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	}}		}}
	'''Taradas Bandyopadhyay''' (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] novelist, short story writer and editor.		'''Taradas Bandyopadhyay''' (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] novelist, short story writer and editor.
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	==Literary career==		==Literary career==
	Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266882\|title=Kajal\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Taradas\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''[[Taranath Tantrik]]'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985)<ref>{{Citation\|last=তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়\|title=তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1}}</ref> and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited [[Aranyak]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348\|title=Real address for fictional tantric\|website=telegraphindia.com\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his ~~untimely demise~~ in 2010.		Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266882\|title=Kajal\|last=Bandyopadhyay, Taradas\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''[[Taranath Tantrik]]'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985)<ref>{{Citation\|last=তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়\|title=তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1}}</ref> and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited [[Aranyak]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348\|title=Real address for fictional tantric\|website=telegraphindia.com\|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his death in 2010.

	==Books==		==Books==
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	[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]		[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]
	[[Category:Bengali novelists]]		[[Category:Bengali novelists]]
			[[Category: Writers from Kolkata]]

			==External links==
			* {{IMDb name\|12103679}}

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{{Infobox writer
| name = Taradas Bandyopadhyay
| native_name = তারাদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
| birth_date = 15 October, 1947
| death_date = 18 July, 2010 (Aged 63)
| occupation = Short story writer, Novelist
| language = Bengali
| nationality = Indian
| image = Taradas Bandyopadhyay.jpg
| death_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] <br/> [[Maulana Azad College]] <br/> [[University of Calcutta]]
| birth_place = [[Barrackpore]], [[North 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
}}
'''Taradas Bandyopadhyay''' (15 October 1947 – 18 July 2010) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] novelist, short story writer and editor.

==Biography==
Bandyopadhyay was the son of late legendary writer [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Writers-angry-at-being-cheated-by-publishers/articleshow/469248.cms|title=Writers angry at being 'cheated' by publishers|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/states/jharkhand/museum-plans-for-literary-icon-abode/cid/738745|title=Museum plans for literary icon abode|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> He was born in 1947 at his maternal grandparent's home at [[Barrackpore]], a suburb of [[Kolkata]] in [[North 24 Parganas]] and finished his schooling at the [[Rahara Ramakrishna Mission Boys' Home High School]] in [[Rahara, Kolkata|Rahara]]. Bandyopadhyay passed B.A. (Honours) in [[English language|English]] from [[Maulana Azad College]] and completed post-graduation from the [[Calcutta University]]. He worked in [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal government]] in the Information and Cultural Affairs Department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/bengali-writer-taradas-bandopadhyay-passes-away/20100718.htm|title=West Bengal: Writer Taradas Bandyopadhyay passes away|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> He spent his childhood at his paternal village-home in [[Bongaon]] in a place which was incidentally called Barakpur again.

==Literary career==
Taradas wrote number of short stories and novels like ''Kaal Nirabadhi'', ''Saptarshir Alo'', ''Kakkhopath''. His novel ''Kajol'' was a sequel to ''Aparajito'', written by his father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.266882|title=Kajal|last=Bandyopadhyay, Taradas|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> Taradas had started writing ''Kajol'' immediately after passing his Higher Secondary examination. Bandyopadhyay's most notable contribution was ''[[Taranath Tantrik]]'', an occult practitioner. The character was created by Bibhutibhushan and continued by him. Those stories were published in two books namely ''Taranath Tantrik'' (1985)<ref>{{Citation|last=তারাদাস বন্দোপাধ্যায়|title=তারানাথ তান্ত্রিক|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3I9BqS3az5wakVtX0RPYUZWN00/edit?pli=1}}</ref> and ''Awlatchokro'' (2003). Bandyopadhyay also edited [[Aranyak]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/real-address-for-fictional-tantric/cid/1390348|title=Real address for fictional tantric|website=telegraphindia.com|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref> In the year 2008, Taradas started writing his interpretation of Bibhutibhusan's life in a biography-styled series called ''Pita Nohsi'' for Udbodhan magazine, but couldn't complete it because of his untimely demise in 2010.

==Books==
* ''Saptarshir Alo''
* ''Kakkhopath''
* ''Bandhu, Raho Raho''
* ''Kaal Nirabodhi''
* ''Kajol''
* ''Tritiya Purush''
* ''Awlatchakra''
* ''Taranath Tantrik''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandopadhyay, Taradas}}
[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali writers]]
[[Category:Bengali-language writers]]
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]
[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Novelists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali novelists]]