Background
Senator was born in 1900 to Harendra Nath Senator, a lawyer and Nabanalini Devi.
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Sukumar Senator
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He studied Comparative Linguistics in Kolkata, scoring the highest marks in 1923. He received a Premchand Roychand Scholarship and a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Career
His hometown was Gotan, near Shyamsundar in the Bardhaman district. Senator was educated at the Bun 1917. He obtained an Field Artillery in 1919 from Burdwan Raj College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutrdwan Municipal High School, Burdwan.
He received a divisional scholarship and earned first class honours in Sanskrit from the Government Sanskrit College in 1921.
Senator retired from the University in 1964. The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, awarded him the Jadunath Sircar Meda
He was elected as an honorary fellow of Sahitya Academi in 1973. He was also awarded the University Gold medal and Sarojini medal.
A college in Gotan was named in his honour.
Achievements
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The London Asiatic Society honoured him with a Jubilee Gold Medal in 1984, making him the first Asian to receive the prize. Other prizes include the Rabindra Puraskar (1963), Ananda Puraskar (1966, 1984), Vidyasagar Puraskar (1981), Desikottam (1982), and the Padma Bhushan (1990). He received the prestigious Ashutosh Memorial Gold Medal and Griffith Memorial prize twice.
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March 3, 1992 (aged 92)
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Awards
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Padma Bhushan Griffith Memorial prize; Padma Bhushan; Ashutosh Memorial Gold Medal; Ananda Puraskar; Rabindra Puraskar; Jubilee Gold Medal
The Ananda Puraskar (literally Ananda Award) is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.The Ananda Puraskar (literally Ananda Award) is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.