Bangiya Sahitya Parishad is a literary society

Literary society

A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of literature or a specific writer. Modern literary societies typically promote research about their chosen author or genre, publish newsletters, and hold...

 in Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

. Established during the time of the Raj

British Raj

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, its goal is to promote Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 literature, both by translating works in other languages to Bengali and promoting the production of original Bengali literature.

History

The organisation was founded by L. Leotard and Kshetrapal Chakraborty in 1893. 1894 saw the first officers, with Romesh Chunder Dutt

Romesh Chunder Dutt

Romesh Chunder Dutt, CIE was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.- Formative years :...

 as the first president and Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

 and Navinchandra Sen

Nabinchandra Sen

Nabinchandra Sen was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Life:Nabinchandra studied at Chittagong Collegiate School. In 1868, he earned his BA from General Assembly's Institution and joined the government service as a Deputy Magistrate...

 as vice presidents. That same year saw the first publication of the society's journal, previously in English as most business of the society was, in Bengali. 1900 saw Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

's brother, Satyendranath Tagore

Satyendranath Tagore

Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. He was an author, song composer, linguist and made significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj.-Formative years:...

, made President. The society, which moved into its permanent home in 1909, rapidly expanded to over 30 branch offices. Its notable members have included Debendra Prasad Ghosh

Debendra Prasad Ghosh

Debendra Ghosh was a prominent 19th century Bengali writer. He was a major figure in the Vangiya Sahitya Parishad .-External links:* - Boimela.ocm...

, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE , born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya , was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance....

 and Romesh Chunder Dutt

Romesh Chunder Dutt

Romesh Chunder Dutt, CIE was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer, and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.- Formative years :...

.