Upendrakishore roy chowdhury biography of barack

Bengali writer and illustrator

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury (12 May ^[1] – 20 December ) was a Bengali writer, painter and entrepreneur.

One of the books he wrote is Chotoder Shera Bigyan Rochona Shongkolon. He was the son-in-law of reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly. He was also an entrepreneur. He was the first person who introduced color printing in Bengal.

He started the first colour children's magazine Sandesh in ^[2]

Family history

According to the history of the Ray family, one of their ancestors, Shri Ramsunder Deb, was a native of Chakdah village in Nadia district of present-day West Bengal, India.

Upendrakishore roy chowdhury biography of barack

In search of fortune he migrated to Sherpur in East Bengal. There he met Raja Gunichandra, the zamindar of Jashodal, at the zamindar house of Sherpur. King Gunichandra was immediately impressed by Ramsunder's beautiful appearance and sharp intellect and took Ramsunder with him to his zamindari estate.

He made Ramsunder his son