Girish chandra sen biography sample
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Girish Chandra Sen
Brahmo Samaj missionary and translator (1835–1910)
Girish Chandra Sen (c. 1835 – 15 August 1910) was a Bengali religious scholar and translator. He was a Brahmo Samaj missionary and known for being the first publisher of the Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886.[1] He was praised by Islamic scholars in countries such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Iran for his choice of words.
Early life
Sen was born in a Baidya family[2] in the village of Panchdona in Narayanganj District in Bengal (now part of Narsingdi District in Bangladesh).[3] He studied in Pogose School in Dhaka.[4]
In 1869, Keshub Chunder Sen chose from amongst his missionaries, four persons and ordained them as professors of four old religions of the world.
He was selected to study Islam. Others selected to study different religions were Gour Govinda Ray for Hinduism, Protap Chandra Mozoomdar for Christianity, and Aghore Nath Gupta for Buddhism