1. Bharatchandra Ray Gunakor was an 18th-century Bengali and Sanskrit Sakta court poet and song composer.
11 Facts About Bharatchandra Ray
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Bharatchandra Ray is mostly known for his poetic work, Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal.
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Bharatchandra Ray's father entered a property dispute with the Raja of Bardhaman, and in the process disrespected Raja Kirti Chandra Ray's mother Rani Bishnukumari.
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Bharatchandra Ray had to leave his ancestral home because of property disputes and marriage of his own choice.
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Bharatchandra Ray passed some time in Cuttack, Orissa in the domain of the Maratha power.
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When Bharatchandra was residing in the house of Indranarayan Chaudhury, the Diwan of the French government at Chandernagore, his talent was noticed by Maharaja Krishnachandra of Krishnanagar and Bharatchandra became his court poet.
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Bharatchandra Ray was bestowed with the title Raygunakar and received huge amount of land in Mulajore from Krishnachandra.
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Bharatchandra Ray was the first poet in the Bengali language to be identified as a people's poet, and lent a new grace and beauty to the language.
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The most notable work of Bharatchandra Ray is Annadamangal or Annapurnamangal.
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Bharatchandra Ray's another work, Rasamanjari is a Bengali-language adaptation of a Maithili work of the same name written by Bhanudatta.
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Bharatchandra Ray borrowed from the lyrics composed by Bharatchandra for the musical composition of the two translated plays he stage in Kolkata.