Michael madhusudan dutt biography pdf

Bengali poet and dramatist (1824–1873)

Michael Madhusudan Dutt ( Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto^ⓘ; 25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was a Bengali poet and playwright.

He is considered one of the pioneers of Bengali literature.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Early life

Madhusudan was born in Sagardari, a village in Keshabpur Upazila, Jessore District of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh), to a Hindu family.^[6] His father was Rajnarayan Dutt and his mother was Jahnabi Devi.^[7] His family being reasonably well-off, assured that Madhusudan received an education in the English language and additional tutorship in English at home.

Rajnarayan had intended for this Western education to open the doors for a government position for his son.^[8]

College and religious conversion

After he finished his education in Sagardari at roughly the age of fifteen, Rajnarayan sent Madhusudhan to Calcutta to a