Poet, translator, linguist and educationist Prof. Prabhas Chandra Dhar hailed from a remote village of Kishoreganj district now in Bangladesh. He taught both English language and literature in Maharaja Bir Bikram College, Agartala and Tripura University. After an illustrious teaching career of 32 years Prof. Dhar retired in 2000.

As a linguist, Prof. Dhar’s major contribution was to construct the first grammar of Kokborok, the native language of the Tripuri people. Apart from writing the first grammar of Kokborok based on modern linguistics, Prof. Dhar also edited a trilingual dictionary of the ethnic language and translated the famous Bengali Krittibasi Ramayan into it. To him also goes the credit of translating the third volume of Tripura Rajmala into English verse. Besides writing numerous essays, travelogues and a novel, Prof. Dhar wrote many text books for students.

Among his published works the most notable ones are:

Sarab Chintan, Sri Sri Sarada Mangal Kavya, Ulat Puraner Desh Americar Katha, Deshe Bideshe Pathe Prabase, Ganga- Devi O Nadi, Doctor Kantani, Kakbarak Swrwngma, Ramayan Prabhaschandrani, Kakkuthumma, Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Dharma Jijnasa, Jyotirmay, Abhiramayan, Rajmala III, etc.

Even in his retired life, Prof. Dhar continues to remain occupied with his reading and rereading of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana and other scriptures.