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| name = Jogindranath Sarkar<br />
| native_name = যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = শিশু চয়নিকা - যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার (page 9 crop).jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|10|28|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Netra, Diamond Harbour|Netra]], [[24 Parganas]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|6|26|1866|10|28|df=y}}<br />
| occupation = Children's author<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[ British India]]<br />
| genre = <br />
| movement = [[Bengal Renaissance]]<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
| subject = Literature<br />
| alma_mater = [[City College, Kolkata]]<br />
| notableworks = ''Hashi Khushi'' (1897)<br />
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'''Jogindranath Sarkar''' (28 October 1866 – 26 June 1937) was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] children's author.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=শিশুসাহিত্যিক যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/kids/news/bd/14167.details|access-date=2021-06-07|website=banglanews24.com|date=27 October 2010 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=প্রবন্ধ:: ১৫০ বছরে শিশুসাহিত্যের প্রাণপুরুষ: যোগীন্দ্রনাথ সরকার - সমুদ্র বসু|url=https://www.magiclamp.net.in/2016/09/blog-post_19.html|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-GB}}</ref> He wrote more than seventy books.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Son of Nandalal Sarkar, a native of [[Jaynagar Majilpur]], he was born in the house of his maternal uncle in [[Netra, Diamond Harbour|Netra]] village of [[South 24 Parganas]] district, on 28 October 1866. His father came from an impoverished family in [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]] and later settled in Jaynagar. Doctor and philanthropist Sir [[Nilratan Sircar]] was Jogindranath's elder brother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sarkar,_Jogindranath|publisher=Banglapaedia|title=Jogindranath Sarkar}}</ref> Jogindranath was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]].<br />
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Jogindranath studied at Deoghar High School and was admitted to [[City College, Kolkata|City College]], but was unable to complete his degree.<br />
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==Career and writings==<br />
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 (magazine)|Sandesh]]''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} He was also the editor of the children's magazine ''[[Mukul (magazine)|Mukul]]''.<br />
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Popular books include ''Hasi Khushi'' (1897), and his illustrated books of poetry ''Khukumanir Chhada'' (1899) and ''Hasirashi'' (1899). Other books for children include ''Chhabi-O-Galpo'' (1892), ''Ranga Chhabi'' (1896), ''Pashu-Paksi'' (1911), ''Bane-Jangale'' (1929), ''Galpa Sanchay'', ''Shishu Chayanika'', ''Hijibiji'', and others. In addition, he wrote schoolbooks for children, among them ''Gyanamukul'' (1890), ''Charupath'', and ''Shiksa Sanchay''.<br />
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In 1896 Jogindranath established the City Book Society, which published [[Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury]]'s debut book ''Chheleder Ramayana'', an adaptation of the ''[[Ramayana]]'' for young readers.<br />
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Despite suffering from [[hemiparesis|hemiplegia]] from 1923, Jogindranath continued to write and publish until his death in 1937.<br />
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