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'''Tushar Kanjilal''' (born 1 March 1935)<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Awards" /> |
'''Tushar Kanjilal''' (born 1 March 1935)<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Awards" /> was an Indian social worker, political activist, environmentalist, writer and a former headmaster of Rangabelia High School.<ref name="Zoom Info profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Tushar-Kanjilal/136232518 | title=Zoom Info profile | publisher=Zoom Info | date=2015 | accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> He was the founder of a non governmental organization, which merged with the Tagore Society for Rural Development, a social organization working for the upliftment of the rural people in [[Sunderbans]] region, in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="The Hungry Tide: A Novel">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2r8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA332&lpg=PA332&dq=Tushar+Kanjilal&source=bl&ots=Tw6EdUSQMh&sig=LCfB-fg9XWx6o-SnL9_1_JeiRso&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgKahUKEwiPqrO4-bLHAhWEhywKHcanASo#v=onepage&q=Tushar%20Kanjilal&f=false | title=The Hungry Tide: A Novel | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | author=Amitav Ghosh | year=2014 | pages=352 | isbn=9780547525204}}</ref> |
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Born to Dwigendralal Kanjilal<ref name="Board of Management">{{cite book | url=http://www.tsrd.org/board.html | title=Board of Management | publisher=TSRD | authorlink=2015}}</ref> in [[Noakhali]], in the present day Bangladesh, Kanjilal's family migrated to West Bengal before the Indian independence.<ref name="Rural vision">{{cite book | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Rural+vision/1/10435.html | title=Rural vision | publisher=India Today | authorlink=7 July 2008}}</ref> He was attracted to Marxist ideologies from a young age and had a frequently disrupted education due to his activism. After his marriage to Bina, he settled in Rangabelia, a small hamlet in the Sunderbans region, where he stayed with his family of three children, Tanima, Tania and Tanmoy, and worked as the headmaster of the local high school.<ref name="Rural vision" /> There, he started his social service, founding an organization, which was later merged with the ''Tagore Society for Rural Development''. He has also been involved in environmental activism<ref name="Sea’s Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life">{{cite web | url=http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?p=3&tc=pg&AID=/20070411/ZNYT03/704110309&cachetime=5 | title=Sea’s Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life | publisher=The Dispatch.com | date=11 April 2007 | accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> and has written a book, ''Who Killed the Sunderbans?'', which deals with the issue of the destruction of the [[mangrove forest]]s of Sunderbans.<ref name="Who Killed the Sunderbans?">{{cite book | title=Who Killed the Sunderbans? | publisher=PA | author=Tushar Kanjilal | year=2000 | asin=B00BP0IMRM}}</ref> |
Born to Dwigendralal Kanjilal<ref name="Board of Management">{{cite book | url=http://www.tsrd.org/board.html | title=Board of Management | publisher=TSRD | authorlink=2015}}</ref> in [[Noakhali]], in the present day Bangladesh, Kanjilal's family migrated to West Bengal before the Indian independence.<ref name="Rural vision">{{cite book | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Rural+vision/1/10435.html | title=Rural vision | publisher=India Today | authorlink=7 July 2008}}</ref> He was attracted to Marxist ideologies from a young age and had a frequently disrupted education due to his activism. After his marriage to Bina, he settled in Rangabelia, a small hamlet in the Sunderbans region, where he stayed with his family of three children, Tanima, Tania and Tanmoy, and worked as the headmaster of the local high school.<ref name="Rural vision" /> There, he started his social service, founding an organization, which was later merged with the ''Tagore Society for Rural Development''. He has also been involved in environmental activism<ref name="Sea’s Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life">{{cite web | url=http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?p=3&tc=pg&AID=/20070411/ZNYT03/704110309&cachetime=5 | title=Sea’s Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life | publisher=The Dispatch.com | date=11 April 2007 | accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> and has written a book, ''Who Killed the Sunderbans?'', which deals with the issue of the destruction of the [[mangrove forest]]s of Sunderbans.<ref name="Who Killed the Sunderbans?">{{cite book | title=Who Killed the Sunderbans? | publisher=PA | author=Tushar Kanjilal | year=2000 | asin=B00BP0IMRM}}</ref> |
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Tushar Kanjilal | |
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| Born | March 1, 1935 Noakhali, British India |
| Died | January 29, 2020 |
| Occupation | Social worker |
| Spouse | Bina Kanjilal |
| Children | Three children |
| Parent | Dwigendralal Kanjilal |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Tushar Kanjilal (born 1 March 1935)[1] was an Indian social worker, political activist, environmentalist, writer and a former headmaster of Rangabelia High School.[2] He was the founder of a non governmental organization, which merged with the Tagore Society for Rural Development, a social organization working for the upliftment of the rural people in Sunderbans region, in the Indian state of West Bengal.[3]
Born to Dwigendralal Kanjilal[4] in Noakhali, in the present day Bangladesh, Kanjilal's family migrated to West Bengal before the Indian independence.[5] He was attracted to Marxist ideologies from a young age and had a frequently disrupted education due to his activism. After his marriage to Bina, he settled in Rangabelia, a small hamlet in the Sunderbans region, where he stayed with his family of three children, Tanima, Tania and Tanmoy, and worked as the headmaster of the local high school.[5] There, he started his social service, founding an organization, which was later merged with the Tagore Society for Rural Development. He has also been involved in environmental activism[6] and has written a book, Who Killed the Sunderbans?, which deals with the issue of the destruction of the mangrove forests of Sunderbans.[7]
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1986.[8] He received the Jamnalal Bajaj Award in 2008.[1] Kanjilal is in the process of founding an institute, Interpretation Complex, which is aimed at dealing with the problems of the Sunderbans region.[5] He resides in Kolkata, West Bengal.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tushar Kanjilal - Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2008 Recipient - Application of Science & Technology for Rural Development". Jamnalal Bajaj Awards. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Zoom Info profile". Zoom Info. 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Amitav Ghosh (2014). The Hungry Tide: A Novel. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 352. ISBN 9780547525204.
- ^ Board of Management. TSRD.
- ^ a b c d Rural vision. India Today.
- ^ "Sea's Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life". The Dispatch.com. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Tushar Kanjilal (2000). Who Killed the Sunderbans?. PA. ASIN B00BP0IMRM.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Further reading
- Tushar Kanjilal (2000). Who Killed the Sunderbans?. PA. ASIN B00BP0IMRM.
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