1912
Born in Dacca (now in Bangladesh).
1932
Graduated from the Calcutta University.
1932-33
Studied sculpture at the Lucknow Government Art School. Awarded first class diploma.
1934-37
Studied sculpture at the Madras School of Arts and Crafts.
Awarded the Cotton Memorial gold medal by the Madras government.
1937-39
Awarded the Guruprasanna Ghose Traveling Fellowship by the Calcutta University. Studied sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts,
London and at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris. Studied bronze casting at the L. C. C. Central School, London.
1940-50
Set up a studio in Calcutta and worked as a free-lance sculptor.
1943
Organized and founded the Calcutta Group of painters and sculptors.
Organized group shows in Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi, besides other all India exhibitions.
1945
Held first solo exhibition of sculptures in Calcutta.
1950
Went twice to South East Asian countries to gain knowledge of the arts of these countries and to assess the extent of the influence of
Indian art there.
Was appointed as the reader and head of the department of sculpture, M. S. University of Baroda.
1951
Was appointed Professor of Sculpture, Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta.
1953
Was elected as the only national winner to compete in the international sculpture competition “Unknown Political Prisoner”
held in the Tate Gallery, London.
1955
Was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London.
1956
Published a book - “My Sculpture”.
1957
Joined the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi as its Director.
1957-70
Served the Lalit Kala Akademi in its General Council and Executive Board.
1959
Went to Moscow, Tashkent, and Leningrad as an Indian artist delegate and gave lectures in galleries and museums.
1960
Was elected president of the Third International Association of Arts (UNESCO) Congress, Vienna and functioned as an executive
board member for three years.
Went to Czechoslovakia, Poland and East Germany on invitation from the respective governments.
1962
Was invited by ISMEO, Rome to give lectures on contemporary Indian art.
1963
Attended the U.S.A. Congress of the International Association of Arts and was re-elected as its executive board member for another three years.
Was invited by the U.S. government under the Leader’s Grant.
1965
Attended a conference on art education in London as an Indian delegate.
1966
Participated in a seminar under the auspices of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla and read a paper on
“Role of abstraction in modern art”.
1966-72
Consultant Editor of “Leonardo” – an art journal published from Paris.
1967
Participated in the Tokyo Biennale.
1969
Published a book of poems – “Fallen Leaves”.
1970
Retired from the post of Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
Gave the Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture under auspices of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi on “Relevance of tradition
of plastic art in contemporary sculpture”.
Held second solo show of sculptures in Gita Art Gallery, New Delhi.
1971
Held third solo show in Taj Gallery, Bombay.
1972
Published a book “Temple Terracotta of Bengal”.
Participated in the show “25 years of Indian art”, at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.
1973
Held fourth solo show in the Taj Gallery, Bombay.
1975
Represented India in the Middelheim (Belgium) Open-air Sculpture Exhibition.
1976
Held fifth solo show at Taj Gallery, Bombay.
Held sixth solo show at Gita Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Went to England and Belgium on an invitation from the Belgian government.
1978
Was given an award and citation by the Delhi Sahitya Kala Parished, Delhi administration, for significant contribution in sculpture.
Joined Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan as a visiting fellow.
Worked for a year on an experiment in instant expressionism in sculpture and submitted a paper on the same.
Held a show in Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan with sculptures and drawings based on his new experiment.
Exhibited in the Indian National Exhibition held at Moscow.
1979
Solo exhibition at the Taj Gallery, Bombay.
Participated in the Asian Artists’ Exhibition, Japan.
1980
Participated in the Contemporary Asian Art Show, Japan.
1981
Participated in the Small Sculpture Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary.
1982
Elected fellow of the central Lalit Kala Akademi.
1983
Awarded the Abanindra Puraskar by the West Bengal government.
1987
Published “Smriti Katha Shilpa Katha” in Bengali.
1990
Published “Modeler Sandhane” in Bengali.
1991
Awarded the Gagana Abani Puraskar by Viswa Bharati University. Exhibition at the Birla academy of Art and Culture, Calcutta.
Passed away in July 1991.
