Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

      "Letter Town" (অক্ষর শহর) is another name of Serampore. This town and its 'Serampore College' is the witness of nineteenth centuries renaissance.             Serampore Mission Press - the effort of Mahatma William Carey and obviously the second oldest college of Asia 'Serampore College' played unforgettable role in the history of India's educational culture. It was the beginning of India's book printing history. Not only the Sanskrit translation of Bible, text books in Bengali and in other regional languages, dictionaries and other kind of books used to first publish from Serampore and circulated in the whole country. Oldest periodicals of India like 'Samachar Darpan', 'Dik Darshan' and 'The Friend of India' used to publish from this small town too. Indian epics like 'Ramayan' by Krittibas, 'Mahabharat' by Kashiram Das too published for the first time from Serampore. Bengali letter invento...

In the year 1834 on this day, William Carey died at Serampore near Kolkata. This is the tomb of him in the graveyard at Serampore. -- A. B.

In the year 1818, on this day, the first Bengali Weekly was published by William Carey and John Clark Marshman. -- A. B.

On this day, in the year 1801 printing of the last page of first Bengali New Testament "Susamachar" written by William Carey was completed at Serampore Mission Press.-- A. B.