https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Achyut_Charan_ChoudhuryAchyut Charan Choudhury - Revision history2026-07-30T22:07:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Achyut_Charan_Choudhury&diff=84552&oldid=prev>Citation bot at 17:01, 8 April 20212021-04-08T17:01:31Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Achyut Charan Choudhury <br />
| caption = Achyut Charan Choudhury seated next a stone fragment from the [[Pratapgarh Kingdom]], {{circa}}1900s <br />
| image = Achyut Charan Choudhury.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|2|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|9|25|1866|2|5|df=y}}<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| genres = History, religion<br />
| notableworks = ''Srihatter Itibritta''<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Achyut Charan Choudhury''' ({{lang-bn|অচ্যুৎচরণ চৌধুরী}}; 5 February 1866&nbsp;– 25 September 1953) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] writer and historian. Though he wrote several books regarding [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnav]] [[Hinduism]], Choudhury is most well known for his monumental work on the history of the [[Sylhet region]], the ''Srihatter Itibritta''.<br />
<br />
==Life==<br />
Born in the village of Moina in [[Karimganj]] (then part of the [[Sylhet Division|District of Sylhet]]), he was the son of Aditya Charan Choudhury and his wife Kotimoni.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Nandalal |year=2014 |chapter= Choudhury, Achuyatcharan |chapter-url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Choudhury,_Achuyatcharan |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Through his father, Choudhury was a descendant of the [[Zamindar]]s of Jafargarh.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Sujit|last1=Choudhury|title=The Mutiny Period in Cachar|publisher=Tagore Society|year=1960|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99952/page/n65 53]|url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99952}}</ref><br />
<br />
As a child, while he received some primary education, Choudhury also taught himself history and religion, with a special focus on literature and [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnav]] theory. The latter proved of particular importance in adulthood when he converted to the faith, performing pilgrimages to holy sites in places such as [[Puri]], [[Vrindavan]] and Dhakadakkhin. In the last of these, he established a temple out of his own expenses.<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
<br />
In 1897, he began his career as a teacher in Girish Middle English School in Sylhet, before later being appointed treasurer of the landed estate in [[Patharkandi]]. In 1897, Choudhury establish a monthly newspaper called ''Srihatter Durpun'', though this ceased publication after only two years.<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
<br />
A decade later, he began his magnum opus, an extensive work on the history of Sylhet, termed the ''Srihatter Itibritta''. The text was published in two volumes. The first, released in 1910, focused its early chapters on the geography of Sylhet before chronicling the development of the region. This continued on in the second volume, published six years later, which also included the genealogies of prominent Sylheti families, as well as over a hundred short biographies of notable personages. The work was widely praised at the time of its release, with the contemporary historian [[Jadunath Sarkar]] applauding its "ideal technique" in chronicling regional history. The ''Srihatter Itibritta'' remains a lauded and popular work to the present-day.<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
<br />
Choudhury maintained an extensive personal library composed of three thousand books and manuscripts regarding history and religion. He also wrote a series of books on Vaishnav theology, with his devotion to the faith leading him to be regarded by local people as a ''[[guru]]''. He died on 25 September 1953, aged eighty-seven.<ref name=Banglapedia/><br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
*''Vokti Niryash'' (1893) <br />
*''Srigopal Bhatta Goswamir Jibancharit'' (1896)<br />
*''Prem Prosongo'' (1898)<br />
*''Srimot Haridas Thakurer Jibancharit'' (1900)<br />
*''Oviram Charit'' (1902)<br />
*''Srimat Shyamananda Charit'' (1902)<br />
*''Sripad Ishwarpuri'' (1903)<br />
*'''rimat Roop Sanatan'' (1906)<br />
*'''richoitannya Charit'' (1906)<br />
*''Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho'' (1910)<br />
*''Nitai Lila Lohori'' (1913) <br />
*''Sadhucharit'' (1913)<br />
*''Shantilata'' (1914)<br />
*''Srihatter Itibritta: Uttarrangsho'' (1916)<br />
*'''ribalasutramer Padyoanubad'' (1922) <br />
*'''rigouranger Purbavchal Paribhramon ba Assam O Dhakadakkhin Lila Prosongo'' (1928)<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*{{cite wikisource|title=Srihattar Itibritta: Purbangsho|wslink=পাতা:শ্রীহট্টের_ইতিবৃত্ত_-_পূর্বাংশ.pdf/১|last=Choudhury|first=Achyut Charan|authorlink=Achyut Charan Choudhury|year=2000|orig-year=1910|publisher=Kotha|edition=first|location=Kolkata|wslanguage=bn}}<br />
*{{cite wikisource|title=Srihattar Itibritta: Uttarrangsho|wslink=পাতা:শ্রীহট্টের_ইতিবৃত্ত_-_উত্তরাংশ.pdf/১|last=Choudhury|first=Achyut Charan|authorlink=Achyut Charan Choudhury|year=1917|publisher=Kotha|edition=first|location=Kolkata|wslanguage=bn}}<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Achyut Charan}}<br />
[[Category:Bengali historians]]<br />
[[Category:Historians of South Asia]]<br />
[[Category:1866 births]]<br />
[[Category:1953 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian historians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Karimganj district]]</div>>Citation bot