Rai Bahadur Jaladhar Sen was a Bengali writer, poet, editor and a philanthropist, traveler, social worker, educationist and litterateur.
19 Facts About Jaladhar Sen
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Jaladhar Sen was awarded with the title Ray Bahadur by the British Government.
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Jaladhar Sen was born in the Kumarkhali village of Nadia District in a Dakshin-Rarhiya Kayastha family.
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Jaladhar Sen's great-grandfather migrated to Kumarkhali to work as a Diwan under the East India Company.
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Jaladhar Sen's father, Sri Haladhar Sen, was an eminent person of the society.
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Jaladhar Sen's father died when Jaladhar was only three years old.
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Jaladhar Sen appeared in the Minor Examination in 1871 from Goalanda Bengali school and received scholarship.
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In 1878 Jaladhar passed Entrance Examination from Kumarkhali English High School, and got admission to the General Assembly Institution in Calcutta in First Arts course.
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In 1883 Jaladhar Sen joined Goalanda High School in Rajabari, Faridpur in the post of third teacher with a salary of 25 rupees.
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Unable to bear with the grief, Jaladhar Sen left for Himalayas and became a Paribrajak Sadhu.
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Jaladhar Sen left Calcutta for a brief period and worked in the estate of Zamindar of Santosh in Tangail, Bangladesh firstly as a home tutor, and then as manager.
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Jaladhar Sen wrote about 42 books, including novels, travelogues, social messages, books for children and biographies.
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Jaladhar Sen's was acquainted with Lalan Shah through his mentor Kangal Harinath.
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Harinath had remarkable influence in Jaladhar Sen's life, starting from the moment of his birth, when Harinath attributed the name Jaladhar Sen to him.
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Jaladhar Sen had only a "Dhuti and Chador" as his dress, did neither have a shirt nor shoes.
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Dwijendralal went to England for higher studies, and after return joined the government service, while Jaladhar Sen continued as a school teacher.
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Dwijendralal was posted in Tamluk as the Settlement Officer and Jaladhar Sen was the school teacher of Mahishadol that time.
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Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly on 17 May 1913, and Jaladhar Sen was appointed as the editor along with Amulya Charan Bidya Bhushan in the first year.
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Jaladhar Sen continued as the editor of for twenty two years.