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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Jagadananda Roy<br />
| image = Jagadananda Roy.jpg<br />
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| caption = Jagadananda Roy<br />
| native_name = জগদানন্দ রায<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|09|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (<small>now in [[Nadia district]], West Bengal</small>) <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|06|25|1869|09|18|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Shantiniketan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| occupation = professor, Writer<br />
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| nationality = [[British India]]n<br />
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| subject = Science fiction<br />
| movement = [[Bengali Renaissance]]<br />
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'''Jagadananda Roy''' ({{langx|bn|জগদানন্দ রায}}; 1869–1933) was a scientific article writer as well as [[Bengali science fiction]] writer. His works were primarily written for teens.<br />
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Born in an aristocratic family from Krishnanagar, Nadia, he went to teach in a missionary school and wrote popular articles on science. He met [[Rabindranath Tagore]] who edited a journal called Sadhana and Roy later joined to become a teacher at Rabindranath Tagore's [[Visva Bharati]].<br />
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He also wrote numerous books on science including such as Prakrtiki Paricay, Vijnanacarya Jagadis Basur Abiskar, Vaijnaniki, Prakrtiki, Jnanasopan, Grahanaksatra, Pokamakad (on insects), Vijnaner Galpa, Gachpala, Mach-byang-sap, sabda, Pakhi (on birds), Naksatracena (on stars).<ref>{{cite journal| author1=Bhattacharya, D| author2=Chakravarty, R| year=1989| title=A survey of Bengali writings on science and technology 1800-1950| journal=Indian Journal of History of Science| volume=24| issue=1| pages=8–66| pmid=11612558|url=http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b60_8.pdf| access-date=25 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910145109/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b60_8.pdf| archive-date=10 September 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Roy wrote one of the earliest science fiction stories in Bengali, ''Shukra Bhraman'' (''Travels to Venus'') in 1892, later published in his book ''Prakritiki'' (1914).<ref>[http://kalpabiswa.com/kalpa-archive/thirdissue/content/10 বাংলা সায়েন্স ফিকশনের ঐতিহ্য] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703220233/http://kalpabiswa.com/kalpa-archive/thirdissue/content/10 |date=3 July 2018 }}, Siddhartha Ghosh, ''Kalpabiswa Webmag''</ref> This described [[interplanetary travel|travel to Venus]] and conjured up [[List of extraterrestrials in fiction|alien]] creatures on [[Uranus]]. His humanoid aliens are described as resembling apes, with dense black fur, large heads and long nails. This imaginative science-fiction preceded that of [[H. G. Wells]]' somewhat similar ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (1898) by about a decade.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sadhanbabu's Friends. Science Fiction in Bengal from 1882-1961|author=Sengupta, Debjani|pages=76–82|journal=Sarai Reader|year=2003|url=http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/03-shaping-technologies/076_082_dsengupta.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717171027/http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/03-shaping-technologies/076_082_dsengupta.pdf|archivedate=17 July 2007}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Bengali science fiction]]<br />
*[[Charu Chandra Bhattacharya]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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3.[https://irabotee.com/bengali-science-fiction/ কল্পবিজ্ঞানের ছোটগল্প 'শুক্র ভ্রমণ'প্রোফেসর শঙ্কুরও আগে]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101204080839/http://visva-bharati.ac.in/GreatMasters/Contents/jagadanandaroy.htm Biography]<br />
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