Akshay Kumar Maitreya (Bangla: অক্ষয় কুমার মৈত্রেয়) (1861-1930) is one of the most important historians and social workers in Bengal. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Etymology and ethnology The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang He was born in Nadia (now in West Bengal), but much of his education was in Kolkata and Rajshahi (in Bangladesh). West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. Rajshahi ( Bangla: রাজশাহী is a city in Rajshahi District in northwestern Bangladesh. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially He was a friend of Rabindranath Tagore, but famously engaged with him in an argument about whether history based fiction should necessarily represent historical facts correctly. Maitrya, being a historian, called for historical correctitude, while Tagore declared that an artist has freedom to bend historical facts.
Maitreya was instrumetal in creating the Barendra Museum, Rajshahi and also credited for disproving the Black Hole of Calcutta theory used by the colonial British to discredit Siraj Ud Daulah. Varendra Museum (বরেন্দ্র জাদুঘর is located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Rajshahi ( Bangla: রাজশাহী is a city in Rajshahi District in northwestern Bangladesh. The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small Dungeon in Fort William where troops of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, held British Mîrzâ Mohammad Sirâjud Dawla, more popularly known as Siraj ud-Daulah (1733 &ndash July 2, 1757) was the last independent Nawab of
Works
- Aitihasik Chitra (Snapshots of History)
- Gaudalekhamala (The writings of Gaur)
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