Vivekananda Mukhopadhyaya

Bibekananda Mukhopadhyay (বিবেকানন্দ মুখোপাধ্যায়) was an Indian writer of Bengali literature. He was the author of Dwitiya Mahajuddher Itihas (দ্বিতীয় মহাযুদ্ধের ইতিহাস,) a three volume book on World War II. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1970. ==

Early life
He was born in Chaogaon, Madaripur, Faridpur district of present-day undivided Bengal. Father's name is Kuldananda Mukhopadhyay, mother is Manomohan Devi. In 1923 he passed his matriculation with letter marks in Bengali and Sanskrit and was admitted to the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. His career started in Anandabazar newspaper in 1925. Before that, he wrote poems in the Inauguration newspaper. At that time, he came in contact with the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for writing poetry.

Career
From 1937 to 1962 he was the editor of Dainik Jugantar Patrika (যুগান্তর পত্রিকা). Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay re-established this traditional paper which was suffering from financial crisis. Edited Dainik Basumati, Satyajug, Bharat Katha magazine (Bengali: দৈনিক বসুমতী, সত্যযুগ, ভারতকথা পত্রিকা). In the same sense, he took over the responsibility of editing financially stricken Dainik Basumati and started the magazine. This magazine gradually became extremely popular due to his achievements. His, probably, the most notable authored work was a three-volume history-oriented omnibus, based on World War II, Dwitiya Mahajuddher Itihas/দ্বিতীয় মহাযুদ্ধের ইতিহাস (1, 2 and 3) Apart from journalism, he became famous for writing about war. His various writings were published on the liberation war of Bangladesh where he highlighted the importance of India's recognition and military assistance to Bangladesh. He wrote the description of the liberation war in various papers including Jugantar, which played an important role in forming public opinion in favour of Bangladesh. After Bangladesh became independent, Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay went there at the invitation of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was the president of Indo-Soviet Suhrid Sangh. Anti-war journalist Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay was associated with the World Peace Council. In opposition to nuclear testing, he wrote the editorial 'Tejoshkriyo Puishank' (Bengali: তেজস্ক্রিয় পুঁইশাক). His fearless well-thought-out emotional discussions and sharp insights into all kinds of crises in the life of the country and the nation, from documentary analysis of the world situation, have a profound impact on the reading society. At the last stage, he was the editor-in-chief of two new newspapers, 'Dainik Satyajug' and 'Bharat Katha'. His oratory was as popular as his writing.

Editorials
Vivekananda Mukhopadhyay initiated the debate and state debate in Bengali. Authored four research books. They are –


 * 1) 'The Russo-German Struggle' ('রুশ জার্মান সংগ্রাম')
 * 2) 'Japanese War Diaries' (জাপানি যুদ্ধের ডায়রী)
 * 3) 'Unlocking West Asia' (পশ্চিম এশিয়ার বন্ধন মুক্তি)
 * 4) 'Russian US Foreign Policy'  (রুশ মার্কিন পররাষ্ট্র নীতি')

His concentrated pursuit of World War II and its international consequences over several decades resulted in the epic "History of the Second World War" (published in two volumes), a unique achievement in Indian languages. In his own words - "Most of my journalistic and editorial career has been spent dealing with armistice and international conflict. During and after World War II, as editor of the daily 'Jugantar', I published many articles on war and international politics. 'Japanese War Diary' and ' "Russo-German Struggle" is a work of that distant period. After those two books were well received by the readership, I decided to write a comprehensive history of the Second World War. His book of poetry is the music of the century.