25/01/2024
Madhusudan Dutt attended Hindu College in Calcutta with the eventual aim of becoming a Barrister.In 1862, Dutt moved to England and was admitted to Gray’s Inn, he was later Called to the Bar in 1866 before returning to India to pursue his legal career there.⚖️
Celebrating the 200th birthday of one of our Members🎉
In 1824, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Gray’s Inn Member and one of the pioneers of Bengali literature was born in Bengal🕰️
Dutt attended Hindu College in Calcutta with the eventual aim of becoming a Barrister. Here he was introduced to Western Culture and converted to Christianity, after this, he went on to work as a Chief Interpreter at court, writing and publishing poetry and plays in his spare time, gaining many influential fans. 🎓
In 1862, Dutt moved to England and was admitted to Gray’s Inn, he was later Called to the Bar in 1866 before returning to India to pursue his legal career there.⚖️
Dutt is now revered as the father of poetry in the Bengali language, with many files and plays being written about him, as well as schools and colleges being named after him.🖊️