Background
Son of Madhab Choudhury of Nagarpur in Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh, was born in the month of Bhadro, 1277 Bengali era.
Son of Madhab Choudhury of Nagarpur in Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh, was born in the month of Bhadro, 1277 Bengali era.
University of Calcutta.
Attracted towards philosophy and religion from a young age, he started contributing philosophical articles in Brahmatattwa. He joined the Theological Society while he was a college student. During the days of Swadeshi movement in the early part of the twentieth century, his house at Cuttack was the meeting place of many activists.
As a missionary, he travelled extensively to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai on lecture tours.
He was conferred the title of Vedantabagish for his vast erudition in the Vedas and philosophy. Amongst the books he wrote were: Sanskar O Sanrakshan, Mahapurush Prasanga, Dharmer Tattwa O Sadhan, Maitrupanishad and In Search of Jesus Christ.
After serving for four years, he handed over responsibility of the position to another great missionary, Manmathanath Gupta. In those days, Hazaribagh had a lively Brahmo community with such local devotees as Braja Kumar Niyogi, Kharga Singha Ghosh and Khsitish Chandra Ghosh, and a host of people from Kolkata who went and stayed there or visited regularly.
The latter included the poet Kamini Roy, Doctor.P.K.Roy, Sarala Roy and Jnananjan Niyogi.
He died on 17th Baisakh (April–May), 1345 Bengali era.