[block id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-1 rel_id=1] [.bbox] 0.116, 0.18933333; 0.182, 0.19066666; 0.182, 0.20133333; 0.114, 0.2 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-1.pr-1 rel_id=1] 420 [.bbox] 0.116, 0.18933333; 0.182, 0.19066666; 0.182, 0.20133333; 0.114, 0.2 [block id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-2 rel_id=2] [.bbox] 0.492, 0.14666666; 0.79, 0.148; 0.79, 0.16; 0.492, 0.15866667 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-2.pr-1 rel_id=1] tourd and boniumoxwood aboues [.bbox] 0.492, 0.14666666; 0.79, 0.148; 0.79, 0.16; 0.492, 0.15866667 [block id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-3 rel_id=3] [.bbox] 0.23, 0.19466667; 0.674, 0.19466667; 0.674, 0.228; 0.23, 0.228 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-3.pr-1 rel_id=1] BIO - DATA OF KSHETRESA CHANDRA [.bbox] 0.23, 0.19466667; 0.674, 0.19466667; 0.674, 0.208; 0.23, 0.208 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-3.pr-2 rel_id=2] CHATTOPADHYAYA [.bbox] 0.334, 0.216; 0.574, 0.216; 0.574, 0.228; 0.334, 0.228 [block id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-4 rel_id=4] [.bbox] 0.118, 0.23866667; 0.808, 0.24; 0.806, 0.8986667; 0.116, 0.8973333 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-4.pr-1 rel_id=1] Pt . Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya of late Sri Atula Chandra Chattopadhyaya and Srimati Surasundari Devi , of Village Nimta , District 24 Parganahs of Bengal , was born on October 27 , 1896 , in a family of Kulina Brahmaṇas , descended from Avasathya Gangananda Chattopadhyaya of Deshmukho in District Hoogly of Bengal . His mother was a deeply religious lady and his father , an assistant in the Government of India Secretariat , a good scholar of English . He had two sisters , Abha Devi and Praubha Devi . He married Srimati Jagat Lakshmi Devi , daughter of Professor Jyotish Chandra Banerjee . [.bbox] 0.118, 0.23866667; 0.802, 0.24; 0.802, 0.43733335; 0.116, 0.436 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-4.pr-2 rel_id=2] Pt . Chattopadhyaya studied in a number of schools and passed the Matriculation Examination of the Calcutta University in 1913 from the Hindu School of Calcutta . He then studied in the Presidency College of Calcutta for the Intermediate Examina- tion in Arts and passed in 1915. He then migrated to the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and passed the B. A. Examination of the Allahabad University from the Muir Central College , Allahabad , in 1917 , and the M. A. Examinations in Sanskrit ( Philosophy Group ) from the Queen's College Benares , in 1919 . He also passed the M. A , Examinations in Sanskrit ( Veda Group ) of Calcutta University in 1921 and ( Vedanta Group ) in 1922. He had also passed the First Examination in Paṇinian Grammar of the Bengal Sanskrit Association in 1913 . [.bbox] 0.122, 0.44; 0.806, 0.44; 0.806, 0.6933333; 0.122, 0.6933333 [paragraph id=l.ekosha.ig_0438c.pg-7.b-4.pr-3 rel_id=3] While he was a young child , his mother read out to him and his sisters a Bengali drama on the life of Sri Sankaracharya . This early created in his mind a deep interest in Vedanta Philosophy . From his father and his Head Master in the Hindu School , Rai Bahadur Rasamay Mitra , he got interested in linguistic studies . While in School in Bengal , the young boy felt sad that Bengali Pandits of the Orthodox School , though well - versed in other branches of Sanskrit learning , practically knew nothing of the Vedas . He decided that he would himself try to make good this deficiency and specialise in Vedic studies . Study of the Vedas in all their [.bbox] 0.124, 0.70266664; 0.804, 0.704; 0.802, 0.8986667; 0.124, 0.896