Akinchan Chakrabarty

[1][2] He was greeted by the Brahmins as Kavindra ("Great Poet")[3] and lived at Bengaral village near Ghatal in modern-day Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of Paschimbanga (West Bengal).

[3] Akinchan's version of Chandimangalkavya was greatly influenced by that of Mukunda Chakrabarty.

[1] This vast work has two khandas (Cantos) further divided into 16 palas (Books).

[1] Ganga-Mangal, a small narrative of Descent Of Ganga composed in 1776,[3] was his last work.

[1] Not much of Akinchan's personal or family life is known except that his father Purushottam lived at Atghara-Srirampur village near Ghatal and Akinchan had three sons: Ramchand, Ramdulal and Shibananda.