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|name=Jyotsna Biswas<br />
|occupation=Actress<br />
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|awards=[[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
|spouse=[[Amalendu Biswas]]<br />
|children=[[Aruna Biswas]]<br />
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'''Jyotsna Biswas''' is a Bangladeshi stage actress specialized in [[Jatra (theatre)|jatra pala]] genre.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 1, 2006|accessdate=February 25, 2016|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/07/01/d607011401148.htm|title=Jyotsna Biswas : Jatra queen's endeavour for the welfare of artistes|author=Ershad Kamol}}</ref> She was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2011 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 14, 2011|title=13 named for Ekushey Padak |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/02/14/13-named-for-ekushey-padak |newspaper=bdnews24.com|accessdate=February 25, 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Biswas was married to [[Amalendu Biswas]]. Amalendu was also an Ekushey Padak winning jatra actor. Together they have a daughter, [[Aruna Biswas]]<ref name=aruna>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/05/28/d605281402117.htm|title=Aruna Biswas : Changing tracks|date=May 28, 2006|accessdate=March 17, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> who is an actress and television drama director.<ref name=aruna/><br />
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[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]</div>167.176.36.241https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Amalendu_Biswas&diff=369661Amalendu Biswas2021-11-18T09:33:09Z<p>167.176.36.241: </p>
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<div>{{short description|Bangladeshi actor}}<br />
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|name=Amalendu Biswas<br />
|occupation=Actor<br />
|birth_date=29 May 1925<br />
|death_date={{death year and age|1987|1925}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Yangon]], [[Burma]]<br />
|spouse=[[Jyotsna Biswas]]<br />
|children=[[Aruna Biswas]]<br />
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'''Amalendu Biswas''' (1925{{snd}}1987) was a Bangladeshi stage actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=192255|title=Memorial programme on Amalendu Biswas at BSA|date=July 1, 2011|accessdate=January 26, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> Calling ''Jatra Samrat'', he specialized in ''[[Jatra (theatre)|jatra pala]]'' genre. He won ''Sequence of Merit Award'' by [[Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy]] in 1980.<ref name=bio>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/31/d412311403100.htm|title=Our Talents|date=December 31, 2004|accessdate=January 26, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] posthumously in 1989.<ref name=bio/><br />
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==Career==<br />
Biswas started his career at the [[Royal Air Force|British Royal Airforce]]. He left the service during World War II and formed a jatra troupe ''Charanika Jatra Shamaj''.<ref name=tribute>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=109873|title=Tribute to Amalendu Biswas|date=October 16, 2009|accessdate=January 26, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He performed with the troupe ''[[Natta Company]]'' while he was in Kolkata.<ref name=bio/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Biswas was married to [[Jyotsna Biswas.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/28/d609281402101.htm|title=Q & A : "It's embarrassing to go begging for my own money from producers" -- Aruna|date=September 28, 2006|accessdate=January 26, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> They had a daughter [[Aruna Biswas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d409241402102.htm|title=Serial Biraj Bou conveys a powerful message --Aruna Biswas|date=September 24, 2004|accessdate=January 16, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
In 2003, annual ''Amalendu Biswas Memorial Award'' was launched by Bangladesh Jatra Shilpa Unnayan Parishad (BJSUP) to award notable theater actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=12892|title=Amalenndu Biswas Memorial Award '07 announced|date=November 25, 2007|accessdate=January 26, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref name=tribute/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Hitler''<br />
* ''Janoar''<br />
* ''Sirajuddaulah''<br />
* ''Ekti Paisa'' <br />
* ''Michel Modhushudan''<br />
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[[Category:Date of death missing]]</div>167.176.36.241https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Guhathakurta_family_of_Barisal&diff=205878Guhathakurta family of Barisal2021-03-25T02:34:29Z<p>167.176.36.241: </p>
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<div>{{short description|Bengali family}}<br />
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|surname = Guhathakurta<br />
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| name = Borobari Guhathakurta<br />
| image = House_of_‘Borobari_Guhathakurtas%27.jpg<br />
| alt = Building with central courtyard and the facade of a courtyard in 19th Century Bengali townhouse with arches<br />
| caption = Main Courtyard of the Borobari Guhathakurta<br />
| architectural_style = [[Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture]]<br />
| location = [[Banaripara]], [[Barisal]]<br />
| location_country = [[Bangladesh]]<br />
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'''Guha Thakurta''' or '''Guhathakurta''' (pronounced {{IPA-bn|ˈɡuhoʈʰakuɾta|}}) is a [[British Raj]] era [[Zamindar]] family from [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Guhathakurta|first=Meghna|date=1998-01-01|title=Family Histories of the Bengal Partition|jstor=23005609|journal=India International Centre Quarterly|volume=25|issue=1|pages=126–143}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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In 1889, Basanta Guhathakurta founded Banaripara Union Institution and requested his brother Rajoni Kanto Guhathakurta to take over the administration of the school. Rajoni Kanta agreed and joined the school as the first headmaster, resigning from the post of District Magistrate with the Government of [[British India]]. Currently, the school complex has been selected as a Model School by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barisalboard.gov.bd/100606|title=Banaripara Union Secondary School|website=www.barisalboard.gov.bd|access-date=2017-09-16}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Banaripara]]<br />
*[[Bengali Hindus]]<br />
*[[Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta]]<br />
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