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About Sinha Laksmiswar
- Sinha Laksmiswar (June 6, 1905 in Rarisal in the north-east India - April 22, 1977 at Shantiniketan, India) was an Esperanto Indian education handicrafts teacher in Santiniketan, Bengal.
- He was a disciple and friend of Tagore, perhaps the most famous Asian Esperantist if one excludes Japan. Sent to Sweden in 1928-29, he studied sloyd.
- In 1928 during a stay in Stockholm, he became an Esperantist, and passed all SEI examinations.
- At the initiative of Ernfrid Malmgren in September 1929 he began a lecture tour.
- In Sweden he traveled over 10,000 km, made more than 200 lectures to more than 30,000 people, and also twice on the radio.
- In autumn 1930 he toured in Estonia and Latvia, then for two months in Poland, 40 conferences in 22 cities in front of nearly 8000 people.
- In August 1931 he returned to India, where he worked for Esperanto writing articles and became the chief delegate of the UEA. In autumn 1933 he returned to Sweden.
- In 1936 he published his book "Hindo Rigardas Svedlandon" (An Indian looks at Sweden).
- His translation of seven stories of Tagore "Malsata Stono" (A hungry stone) was first published in the 1961 Serio Oriento-Okcidento.The result of his efforts to create an Esperanto movement in India was the foundation of Bengala Esperanto-Instituto (Bengali Institute of Esperanto) in 1963 when his pamphlet appeared in Bengali Esperanto-Movado (Esperanto Movement).
- Eldona Societo Esperanto (Enterprise Edition Esperanto) published in 1966 in Sweden Sinha's autobiography Jaroj sur tero (Years on earth).
- Sinha's last work was published in 1974: Facila Esperanta lernolibro (Easy Esperanto Primer), in Bengali.
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