Katyayanidas Bhattacharya
Indian scholar
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- PhD Literature Delhi University
- Masters English Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Bachelors English University of Calcutta
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Katyayanidas Bhattacharya was an Indian scholar and philosopher of Indian and Western philosophy. Early life and education Born on 17 October 1917 , to Bhubaneswar Bhattacharya, an Ayurveda physician and Shailaja Devi, Katyayanidas passed his Matriculation Examination from his village school in Chunta and Intermediate Arts Examination from Bridaban College , Habiganj , in 1936 and 1939 respectively. In Intermediate Examination, he stood first in logic in the University of Calcutta and was awarded Saradaprasad Prize by the university. In between, he pursued traditional courses in Sanskrit for a year under Pandit Surendra Chandra Tarka-Sankhya-Vedantatirtha. Though he started studying English literature in the College at Habiganj, his performance in logic and Sanskrit in the Intermediate Examination led him to change course to Philosophy. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, a political figure and educationalist at that time, took interest in the young man and insisted that Katyayanidas shift to Calcutta and take admission to Ashutosh College in BA Course with Honours in Philosophy. Professor Kalidas Sen who was the Principal of Ashutosh College at that time provided support and encouragement to Katyayanidas. As a student of the college he started writing scholarly articles in college magazine viz. "Glimpses in the Psychology of Laughter", "Is Free Will a Fact?". He succeeded in securing first position in first class in the University of Calcutta in 1941 and was awarded Ramtanu Lahiri Gold Medal, Hemanta Kumar Gold Medal and Keshab Chandra Sen Gold Medal by the University. Thereafter he also stood first in first class in the MA Examination of the University of Calcutta in the year 1943, with record marks and was awarded University Gold Medal and some other medals and prizes.
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