{{Short description|Bangladeshi painter (1937–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{infobox person |name=Samarjit Roy Chowdhury | native_name = সমরজিৎ রায় চৌধুরী | native_name_lang = bn |awards=Ekushey Padak |birth_date={{birth date|1937|2|10|df=y}} |birth_place=Comilla District, Bengal Presidency, British India |death_date={{death date and age|2022|10|9|1937|2|10|df=y}} |death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh |alma_mater=University of Dhaka }}
'''Samarjit Roy Chowdhury''' (10 February 1937 – 9 October 2022) was a Bangladeshi painter. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/state-honour-crowns-samarjit-roy-chowdhurys-accomplishments-12251|title=State honour crowns Samarjit Roy Chowdhury's accomplishments|date=21 February 2014|accessdate=22 June 2015|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Takir Hossain}}</ref> He was one of the artists among with Zainul Abedin and Abul Barak Alvi who contributed to the first ever hand-crafted constitution of Bangladesh.
==Early life and education== Chowdhury was born on 10 February 1937 in Comilla District. In 1960 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Government Art Institute (later Faculty of Fine Art, Dhaka University). There he was guided by Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and others.<ref name=star/>
==Career== Chowdhury joined the faculty of Dhaka University and worked for 43 years and retired as Professor in 2003.<ref name=dac>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakaartcenter.org/artist_directory/samarjit_roy_chowdhury.html|title=Samarjit Roy Choudhury|publisher=Dhaka Art Center|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> Then he served as Dean of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology until 2010. As of 2014, he was serving as supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=star/>
==Personal life and death== Chowdhury died in Dhaka on 9 October 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Artist Samarjit Roy Choudhury passes away |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/obituary/artist-samarjit-roy-choudhury-passes-away-510750 |access-date=9 October 2022 |publisher=The Business Standard |date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
==Awards== * 1st Prize in the Pakistan Textile Design Competition (1960) * East Pakistan Railway Timetable Cover Design Prize (1960) * Ekushey Padak (2014)
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