Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 16.03.2026 | Accepted: 17.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
বাংলাভাষার প্রথম সার্থক কল্পবিজ্ঞানকাহিনি: একটি পর্যালোচনা অমৃতেন্দু রায়, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, রবীন্দ্র ভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
The First Successful Science Fiction Story in the Bengali Language: A Review Amritendu Roy, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, Rabindra Bharti University, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
The establishment of Hindu School and Hindu College in 1817, followed by Calcutta Medical College in 1835 and the University of Calcutta in 1857, paved the way for the Bengali Renaissance to flourish through scientific temperament and rationalism. Following the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus’, world literature grew increasingly interested in science fiction, with that novel being recognized as the pioneer of the genre in the modern era. Similarly, when the question arises as to which is the first science fiction story written by a Bengali in the Bengali language, one encounters diverging opinions. Confusion persists over whether the title belongs to Jagadish Chandra Bose’s ‘NiruddesherKahini’ published in 1896; Hemlal Dutta’s ‘Rahasya’ published in the magazine ‘Vigyan-Darpan’ in 1882; or Jagadananda Roy’s ‘Shukra-Bhraman’. This essay attempts to resolve these contradictions and establish the historical truth in detail. | ||
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