Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt was born on 25 January 1824 in Sagardari, in the Jessore district, the son of a Calcutta lawyer. A pupil at the Hindu College, he converted to Christianity on 9 February 1843, partly to escape an arranged marriage, took the first name Michael and was cut off from his family. After years in Madras, he left in 1862 to study law in London, lived for two years in Versailles, deep in debt, and was able to return only thanks to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. A lawyer without clients in Calcutta, he died in poverty on 29 June 1873.

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• PoetryThe Slaying of Meghanadaমেঘনাদবধ কাব্যMichael Madhusudan Dutt · 1861LiteraturePublic domain