title: Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha
text: # Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha
  
  Mrityunjoy Prasad Guha (26 August 1919 – 26 June 2012) was an Indian scholar, academic. He is noted for his work on Akash O Prithibi for which he was awarded Rabindra Puraskar in 1964.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Mrityunjoy was born to a Bengali Hindu family of Mymensingh, then part of India; now Bangladesh which became a new country in 1971 following its separation from Pakistan which, in turn, was earlier shaped as a result of the partition of British India in 1947.
  
  He completed his intermediate & formal education at Rajshahi College (1934-1938). Later on he pursued Masters in Chemistry at Presidency College, Calcutta University (1938–40).
  
  ## Literary work
  
  * Bijnaner Bichitra Barta (Bengali) fetched him UNESCO Prize from Govt. of India in 1969.
  * Sagarpranider Katha (Bengali)
  * Akash O Prithibi (Bengali)
  * Sonar Bangla Tomai Bhalobasi (Bengali)
  * Stanyapayee Pranider Katha (Bengali)
  * Alor Jharna (Bengali)
  * Aparup Rupkatha (Bengali)
  * Desh Bidesher Rupkatha Ebang Upakatha (Bengali)
  * Chalo Jai Chander Deshe (Bengali)
  * Jiber Kramabikash (Bengali)
  * Petroleum (Bengali)
  * On The Constitution Of Some Oxyacids Of Sulphur (English)
  
  ## Recognition and honours
  
  * B.Sc. (Honors) Chemistry, Rajshahi College, 1938
  * M.Sc (First Class) 3rd Place, Calcutta University, 1940
  * Cunningham Memorial Prize, Presidency College, Calcutta 1940
  * Griffith Memorial Prize, Calcutta University, 1952
  * Ph.D, Calcutta University, 1955
  * Rabindra Puraskar, Govt. of West Bengal, 1964
  * UNESCO Prize for Manuscript entitled 'Bijnaner Bichitra Barta' in Bengali, Govt. of India, 1969
  * Sishu Sahitya Rashtriya Puraskar, 1970
  * Ila Chanda Memorial Prize (Bangiya Bijnan Parishad)
  * Kishore Gyan Vigyan Puraskar, 1993
  * T.M. Das Foundation Award, 2002
  