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Dutt, Michael Madhusudan (1824-1873) epic poet and playwright, was born on 25 January 1824 in a landed family in the village of Sagardari in jessore district. His father, Rajnarayan Dutt, was a law practitioner in Kolkata. Madhusudan studied initially with his mother, Jahnabi Devi, at home and then at Sagardari Primary School. At the age of 7 he was admitted to Khidirpur School, Kolkata, where he studied for two years. In 1833 he was admitted to Hindu College. Here, among other subjects, he also studied Bangla, Sanskrit and Persian.

Madhusudan began writing while at Hindu College. He drew everyone's attention at a college function in 1834 when he recited a poem that he had composed. Madhusudan's contemporaries at college included bhudev mukhopadhyay, rajendralal mitra, rajnarayan basu and Gourdas Basak. Madhusudan was, however, by far the brightest of them all. He won several scholarships in college examinations as well as a gold medal for an essay on women's education.

While a student at Hindu College, Madhusudan’s poems in Bangla and English were published in Jvananvesan, bengal spectator, Literary Gleamer, Calcutta Library Gazette, Literary Blossom and Comet. On 9 February 1843, while still at college, Madhusudan converted to christianity, partly to escape a marriag

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Michael Madhusudan Dutt

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

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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

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After he finished his education in Sagardari at roughly the age of fifteen, Rajnarayan sent Madhusudhan to Calcutta to attend Hindu College with the eventual aim of becoming a barrister. At Hindu College, Michael studied under a westernized curriculum in a university which had been expressly founded for the "uplift of the natives". The university stipulated that all students had to dress in Western clothi