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Suresh Biswas was born in 1861 in Nathpur in Nadia district in West Bengal.He ran away from home as a teen and worked as a timber camp care taker in the Taungoo forest for a while.
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Biswas had travelled to England as a stowaway at age fifteen. After he arrived in England he drifted through several occupations, before becoming an animal trainer in a circus in Kent. He travelled with the circus to Hamburg.
After that, he migrated to Brazil (probably one of the first Indians to do so), and fought valiantly in the Brazilian army (late 19th century).
He was made a Lieutenant in the army (and a Colonel too, later). Colonel Biswas however settled down in Brazil as he was enchanted by the natural beauty of the country.
He died there in 1905. Not too many written records remain of the legendary adventurer, but he was mentioned in Satyajit Ray"s novel "Chhinnamastar Abhishap" (Transport: The Curse of the Goddess), featuring the famous fictional detective, Feluda and also in "Du Chakay Duniya" by first Indian globe trotter Bimal Mukherjee.
Famous Bengali Comics strip creator Mayukh Chowdhury created a Bengali comics named "Bangadesher Ranga" on him featuring him in the midst of the jungles in Brazil.
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India