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  Son  of Nandalal Sarkar, a native of   Jaynagar , he was born in the house of his maternal uncle in   Netra   village of   South 24 Parganas   district, on 28 October 1866. His father came from an impoverished family in   Jessore   and later settled in   Jaynagar . Doctor and philanthropist Sir   Nilratan Sircar   was Jogindranath's elder brother. Jogindranath was a member of the   Brahmo Samaj . Jogindranath studied at Deoghar High School and was admitted to  City College , but was unable to complete his degree. Career and writings Edit He then began teaching at City Collegiate School, Kolkata, and became interested in writing children's literature at around the same time. He was adept at  nonsense verse . His work was published in various Bengali children's magazines, including  Sandesh . He was also the editor of the children's magazine  Mukul . Popular books include  Hasi Khushi  (1897),...

 

 

 Painter Gaganendranath Tagore was born in the year 1867, on this day, so, today is the154th birthday of this eminent painter of Jorasanko Thakur Bari. He was died on 14 February, 1938.         Gaganendranath Tagore was born at  Jorasanko  into a family whose creativity defined Bengal's cultural life. Gaganendranath was the eldest son of Gunendranath Tagore, grandson of Girindranath Tagore and a great-grandson of Prince  Dwarkanath Tagore . His brother Abanindranath was a pioneer and leading exponent of the Bengal School of Art. He was a nephew of the poet  Rabindranath Tagore  and the paternal great-grandfather of actress  Sharmila Tagore .               Gaganendranath received no formal education but trained under the watercolourist Harinarayan Bandopadhyay. In 1907, along with his brother Abanindranath, he founded the Indian Society of Oriental Art which later published the influential journal ...