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'''Priyanath Mukhopadhyay''' (1855-1947) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] writer and [[Inspector]] of [[Calcutta Police]] in detective Department. He was known for his detective book Darogar Daptar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite webbook|last=Roy|first=Pinaki|url=https://scrollbooks.ingoogle.com.au/article/863960/one-of-indias-earliest-crime-fiction-stories-was-about-a-delicious-scam-involving-books?id=cF3WegP2WzAC&pg=PA99&dq=Priyanath+Mukhopadhyay&hl|title=OneThe ofManichean India’sInvestigators: earliestA crimePostcolonial fictionand storiesCultural wasRereading aboutof athe deliciousSherlock scamHolmes involvingand booksByomkesh Bakshi Stories|websitedate=Scroll.in|languagepublisher=enSarup & Sons|accessyear=2008|isbn=978-date81-7625-849-4|location=2020|pages=98-02-2299|language=en}}</ref> was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] writer and policeman in Calcutta. He is considered as a pioneer in the field of detective fiction in Bengali literature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/news-detail-646960
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== Career ==
Priyanath Mukhopadhyay was an inspector of [[Lalbazar]] Police Station in the detective department of the [[Calcutta Police]]. He served in the Police department for 33 years, from (1878- to 1911). He was a detective of [[Calcutta Police]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/detective-dead-whodunnit/cid/1288901|title=Detective dead, whodunnit?|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref>
 
In 1889 he began writing accounts of some of his cases in the journal ''Anusandhaan,''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=Shampa|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jNQkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Priyanath+Mukhopadhyay&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIyMWyl5npAhUTxDgGHS7GAeoQ6AEIQjAD#v=onepage&q=Priyanath%20Mukhopadhyay&f=false|title=Gender and Criminality in Bangla Crime Narratives: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries|date=|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=978-1-137-51598-8|location=|pages=29-30|language=en}}</ref> before moving in 1892 to ''Darogar Daptar'' (The Inspectors files) devoted solely to his stories,<ref>{{Cite web|title=One of India’s earliest crime fiction stories was about a delicious scam involving books|url=https://scroll.in/article/863960/one-of-indias-earliest-crime-fiction-stories-was-about-a-delicious-scam-involving-books|website=Scroll.in|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/various/2013/05/17/169240
== Work ==
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From his 33 years of experience in the detective department, he wrote the detective book Darogar Daptar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/detective-dead-whodunnit/cid/1288901|title=Detective dead, whodunnit?|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref>
▲|website=Bangladesh Pratidin|language=bn|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref> writing 206 stories<ref name=":0" />over the next 11 years.
 
== References ==
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