Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay

 

Chatterji was born on 26 November 1890 at Shibpur in Howrah. He was the son of Haridas Chattopadhyay, an wealthy Kulin Brahmin.He was an Indian multilingual person, educationist and litterateur.

Education

Suniti Kumar was a commendable student, and  approved the Entrance (school leaving) assessment from the Mutty Lal Seal's Free School (1907), ranking sixth, and the FA (pre-university examination) from the celebrated Scottish Church College, reputation third. He did his Major (Honours) in English writing from Presidency College, Kolkata, position first in the first class in 1911. In 1913, he complete his M.A. in English literature, again standing first. The same year, he was appointed academic in English at Vidyasagar College, Kolkata where his colleague was the theatrical, Sisir Kumar Bhaduri.

Profession

In 1914, he became subordinate professor of English in the Post-Graduate Department of the University of Calcutta, which he held till 1919. He went abroad to learning at the University of London where he intentional Phonology, Indo-European Linguistics, Prakrit, Persian, Old Irish, Gothic and other languages. He then went to Paris and did investigate at the Sorbonne in Indo-Aryan, Slav and Indo-European Linguistics, Greek and Latin. His teacher was worldwide acclaimed linguist, Jules Bloch. After recurring to India in 1922, he joined the University of Calcutta as the Khaira lecturer of Indian Linguistics and Phonetics. After departure in 1952, he was made lecturer Emeritus and later in 1965, the National investigate Professor of India for Humanities.

World tour with Tagore

Suniti Kumar attend Rabindranath Tagore to Malaya, Sumatra, Java, and Bali, where he delivered lecture on Indian art and culture. He was Chairman of the West Bengal lawmaking Council (1952–58) and President (1969) of the Sahitya Akademi.

Writings

Suniti Kumar accompany Rabindranath Tagore to Malaya, Sumatra, Java, and Bali, where he distribute lectures on Indian art and background. He was broadcaster of the West Bengal lawmaking Assembly (1952-58) and head (1969) of the Sahitya Akademi.

Among his significant publications on both talking and journalism are

• The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language
• Bengali Phonetic Reader
• Indo-Aryan and Hindi
• Ramayana: its Character, Genesis, History and Exodus: A Resume. Calcutta: Prajna.

The Bengali linguists Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Sukumar Sen elective that Bengali had its origin in the 10th century ce, deriving from Magahi Prakrit (a spoken language) from beginning to end Magahi Apabhramsha (its written counterpart).

Death

Suniti Kumar died on May 29, 1977 in Calcutta. A great part of his house 'Sudharma'  an architectural marvel, in South Calcutta has been rehabilitated into a Fabindia stock up.