Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das (Bengali: গোবিন্দচন্দ্র দাস) (1855–1918), was a Bengali poet and writer. Das was born in Gazipur of Bengal province. He was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to Haripada Bhowmik and was the mother of three children. Her son was Dilip Bhowmik(1948-1998). In the last part of his life, Das was in very poor health. Gobindachandra Das was a ‘Swavabkobi’, ‘A poet by nature’. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh.