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{{Infobox person
| name = Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode
|native_name = ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1863
| birth_place = [[Khardah]], [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1927
| death_place = [[Khardah]], [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]
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| occupation = Dramatist, novelist, poet
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'''Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode''' ({{langx|bn|ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ}} ''Kṣīrōda prasāda bidyābhinōḍa'') (12 April 1863 – 4 July 1927), born ''Kshirode Chandra Bhattacharya'' was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian poet, novelist, dramatist and nationalist.<ref name=Playwrights_bust>{{cite web
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120415/jsp/calcutta/story_15374533.jsp#.UTd2DV1TCSo
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120419140108/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120415/jsp/calcutta/story_15374533.jsp#.UTd2DV1TCSo
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 19 April 2012
| title = Playwright's bust
| access-date = 2013-03-06 | last = | first = | work = The Telegraph, Calcutta | publisher = The Telegraph, 15 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ |url=https://sobbanglay.com/sob/kshirode-prasad-vidyavinode/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=সববাংলায় |language=bn-BD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kshirod Prasad Vidyavinod - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kshirod_Prasad_Vidyavinod |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=নাট্যকার ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ (ভট্টাচার্য) বিদ্যাবিনোদ |url=https://www.banglasahitto.in/2022/02/nattokar-kshirode-prasad-vidyavinode.html |access-date=2022-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=amaderbharat.com |date=2020-12-28 |title=বাঙালির দশে কার্যহানি! খড়দহে নাট্যচর্চার প্রেরণা ক্ষীরোদপ্রসাদ বিদ্যাবিনোদ |url=https://www.amaderbharat.com/kshirodprasad-vidyabinod-is-the-inspiration-for-drama-in-kharadha/ |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=AmaderBharat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born as Kshirode Chandra Bhattacharya in [[Khardaha|Khardah]] on 12 April 1863, to a [[Bengali Brahmins|Brahmin]] family. He had joined Khardah Banga Vidyalaya and passed his upper primary examination in 1874. Later he joined the [[Barrackpore Government High School|Barrackpore Government School]], after changing his middle name and became known as ''Kshirode Prasad Bhattacharya''. He passed his entrance examination under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1881, and joined [[Vidyasagar College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/focus-on-vidyasagar-college-in-kolkata-after-clashes-between-tmc-bjp-activists-5728605/lite/|title = Focus on Vidyasagar College in Kolkata after clashes between TMC, BJP activists|date = 15 May 2019}}</ref> and afterwards the General Assembly's Institution, (now known as the [[Scottish Church College]]). After earning his postgraduate degree from the [[University of Calcutta]], he joined the [[Chandernagore Government College|Chandernagore Dupleix College]] as its chemistry teacher, and subsequently taught at his alma mater, the General Assembly's Institution.<ref name=Playwrights_bust/><ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 589</ref>

==Later life==
After adopting a different surname ''Vidyavinode'', he embarked on a long and distinguished literary career, and wrote stories, dramas, novels and poems. The thespian on the Bengali stage, [[Sisir Bhaduri]] began his professional career with Kshirode Prasad’s play ''Alamgir''. Some of his notable plays were ''[[Ali Baba]]'', ''Banger Pratap Aditya'' ([[Pratapaditya]] of Bengal), ''Palashir Prayashchitta'' (The Remorse of [[Battle of Plassey|Plassey]]), ''Nabanarayan'' and ''Dada Didi'' (Brother and Sister). He also edited the journal ''Aloukik Rahasya'' (Tales of the Supernatural).<ref name=Playwrights_bust/>

The British colonial regime banned ''Palashir Prayashchitta'' and ''Dada Didi'' because of their anti-colonial stances. He had joined the movement protesting the [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|partition of Bengal]] in 1905.

He lived in [[Bagbazar]], north Calcutta, and died on 4 July 1927 in [[Bankura]].<ref name=Playwrights_bust/>

==Commemoration==
The road ''Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue'' in Bagbazar commemorates his name. Also his bust was installed on the premises of Sri Guru library on the initiative of this library in Khardah, the Khardah municipality and Sutanuti Boimela Committee on 12 April 2012.<ref name=Playwrights_bust/>

==References==
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== External links ==

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