Life
Narayan Gangopadhyay matriculated from Dinajpur Zila School in 1933. He then took admission at Rajendra College in Faridpur but had to leave the town on 1 May 1935 on political grounds. He was interned as a 'revolutionary suspect' and could not appear in the college examinations. Later he took admission in the second year at B M College in Barisal and passed Intermediate Arts (IA) as a non-collegiate candidate in 1936. He passed the Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the same college in 1938. In 1941, he completed the MA from Calcutta University, receiving the Brahmamayee Gold Medal for his outstanding results. He earned DPhil from the same university in 1960.
Narayan Gangopadhyay taught at a number of colleges, including Jalpaiguri College (1942-45) and the City College (1945-1955). He started teaching at Calcutta University in 1956.
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