Tuesday 22 November 2016

P. C.Sarkar (Senior) the father of magic in India.


p. C. Sarkar was the stage name of Pratul Chandra sarkar. He was widely and very popularly known as P.C.Sarkar.He was internationally famous magician throughout 1950s and 1960s performing his famous Indrajal  show before live audience and Television. He was born on 23rd February,1913 in the small town Tangail in    Mymensing  which is now  in Bangladesh. His father's name was Bhagawan  Chandra Sarkar and mother Kusum Kamini.




Sarkar was a brilliant student. He passed his matriculation examination from Tangail Sibnath High school in1929.In 1931 he  passed I.A.Examination in Arts ,he then joined Ananda Mohan college for B .A.with honours in Mathematics.
From the very childhood he was interested in magic. He became famous from mid 1930S  when he preformed shows in Kolkata and also in Japan and several other countries.
He was awarded padma Shri in January 26, 1964. Sarkar died of a heart attack at the age .of 58  in Japan.

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