Bishnu Charan Ghosh (24 June 1903 – 9 July 1970) was an Indian bodybuilder and Hathayogi. He was the younger brother of yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, who wrote the 1946 book Autobiography of a Yogi. In 1923, he founded the College of Physical Education, Calcutta. His writings influenced the development of modern yoga as exercise in India and Bikram Choudhury founded Bikram Yoga based on his teachings.
Annual yoga championships in Los Angeles are named the Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup in his honour.
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BishnuCharanGhosh (24 June 1903 – 9 July 1970) was an Indian bodybuilder and Hathayogi. He was the younger brother of yogi Paramahansa Yogananda, who...
British India in 1944. He claimed to have begun studying yoga under BishnuCharanGhosh, and to have won the National India Yoga Championship for three consecutive...
of the school's first group of pupils was his youngest brother, BishnuCharanGhosh, who learned yoga asanas there and in turn taught asanas to Bikram...
considered BishnuCharanGhosh to be his guru. He would always keep a photo of BishnuCharanGhosh in front of him. One day BishnuCharanGhosh saw him working...
was an Indian bodybuilder and exponent of yoga who was a pupil of BishnuCharanGhosh at the College of Physical Culture in Kolkata and specialized in...
bodybuilders visited his house regularly, including his father's mentor BishnuCharanGhosh, and their encouragement helped him as well. Roy was a successful...
children from the age of 7. The fiercely contested BishnuCharanGhosh Cup is held annually in Los Angeles. Ghosh inspired the yoga style of Bikram Choudhury...
thousands of Americans". In 1923, Yogananda's younger brother, BishnuCharanGhosh, founded the Ghosh College of Yoga and Physical Culture in Calcutta. Tirumalai...
crash; eleven passengers required hospital treatment (including BishnuCharanGhosh), and eight were unharmed. Roddenberry resigned from Pan Am on May...
Chakraborty of Congress In 1996, BishnuCharanGhosh of Congress in 1991, Gourhari Chandra of Congress in 1987, Nitaipada Ghosh of Congress in 1987 and Enayet...
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the women who helped to develop modern yoga in India, but one of BishnuCharanGhosh's pupils in Calcutta was Labanya Palit, who published a manual of...
Mahasaya Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri Direct disciples of Yogananda Related BishnuCharanGhosh (brother) Kriya Yoga "Dear One" (1976 song) Awake: The Life of Yogananda...
Mahasaya Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri Direct disciples of Yogananda Related BishnuCharanGhosh (brother) Kriya Yoga "Dear One" (1976 song) Awake: The Life of Yogananda...
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martyr. Sudhi Ranjan Das, Chief Justice of India Bishnu Dey, poet; winner of Jnanpith Award Tushar Kanti Ghosh, recipient of Padma Bhushan, former editor,...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bishnu Pada Ray Chandigarh Kirron Kher Dadra and Nagar Haveli Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel Daman and Diu Lalubhai Patel Lakshadweep...
Baghal Singh, Sonchiriya (2019) by Abhishek Chaubey, Shukranu (2020) by Bishnu Dev Halder. Aandhi, Kissa Kursi Ka and Nasbandi are notable for having been...
Agarwala (1903–1953), playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker Bishnu Prasad Rabha (KolaGuru) Nabakanta Barua, also known as Ekhud Kokaideu (1926–2002)...
Sarkar 24 January 1959 — — Presidency Correctional Home West Bengal 49 BishnuCharan Saha — — 50 Pyare Lal 16 June 1959 — — Tihar Jail, New Delhi Delhi 51...
of the engineering businesses in the district. Digambar Biswas and BishnuCharan Biswas, small zamindars and moneylenders of Nadia, organized the peasants...
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