Raychowdhuri, (Acharya) Brajendra Kishore (1874-1957) musician, actor and writer, was born at Balihar in the district of rajshahi and was adopted by the wife of the zamindar of Gouripur. He studied the mrdanga under Ramchandra Charkaborty and Murarimohan Gupta, and the esraj under Abdullah Khan, Imdad Hossain Khan, Shitalchandra Mukherjee and Hanuman Dasji. He was also well-versed in music theory, having studied the theory of classical music with Daksinacharan Sen. He collected a large number of rare books on music and a huge number of dhrupad songs. He translated the Sanggit Parijat, a book on music written by Ahobal and the Sanggit Ratnakar of Sharngadev. He was a member of Bharat Sanggit Samaj. He was also a well-known actor. [Mobarak Hossain Khan]