Bagol, Jogesh Chandra (1903-1972) researcher and writer, was born on 27 May 1903 in his maternal uncle's house at Kumirmara village in pirojpur district. His paternal home was in Chalisha village. After completing his primary education, he studied at Kadamtala George English High School, passing the Entrance Examination in 1922. He passed the IA Examination in 1924 from Bagerhat College (at present Prafulla Chandra College) and BA in 1926 from City College. He took admission in Calcutta University, but could not continue his studies due to financial constraints.

While still a student, Jogesh Chandra met aswini kumar datta and Kamakhya Charan Nag and was influenced by their nationalistic ideas. In 1928 he started working as a proofreader for the prabasi and Modern Review. He was then appointed sub-editor. During this time he became intimate with Brajendra Nath Das, Ramananda Chattopadhyay, Sajanikanta Das and nirad c chaudhuri. From 1935 to 1941 he was involved with the Desh.

Jogesh Chandra was a fairly prolific writer, writing 21 books in Bangla and 4 in English. He wrote about 19th century Bengal after considerable research among old documents, records, and proceedings of different institutes and journals. Among his historical writings are Bharater Muktisandhani (1940), Unavingsha Shatabdir Bangla (1941), and Banglar Navyasangskrti (1958). He also wrote a book on iswar chandra vidyasagar, Vidyasagar Parichay (1959), and Kolkata, Kalikatay Sangskrtikendra (1959). He also wrote considerably on national and social issues, for example in Hindumelar Itivrtta (1945), The History of the Indian Association (1953), and Jagrti O Jatiyata (1959). He was also interested in women's education, writing in both Bangla and English on the subject in Banglar Strishiksa (1950) and Women's Education in Eastern India (1956). He also wrote for children, for example, Sahasir Jayayatra (1938) and Jatir Baraniya Yara (1943). He also wrote an autobiography, Baraniya (1959).

Till 1961, when he became handicapped by blindness, he was involved with writing and research. However, his blindness did not end his active life. Hindumelar Itivrtta and Sahitya Sadhak Charitamala were written after he had lost his vision. He also edited a book on the hundred years of Indian Art College at this time. In 1958 he gave a speech commemorating Vidyasagar and in 1968 he did the same on sharat chandra chattopadhyay.

For his uncommon contributions in the fields of literature and research he was given the Rampran Gupta Award of the bangiya sahitya parishat (1956), Sarojini Basu Gold Medal (1962) of Calcutta University and Shishir Kumar Award (1966) of Amritabazar magazine. He died on 7 January 1972 in Kolkata. [Saumitra Sekhar]