Dwijendralal Ray

Dwijendralal Ray was born on 19 July 1863 in Krishnanagar, the seventh child of Kartikeyachandra Ray, steward of the palace; his mother was descended from the Vaishnava saint Advaita. Holder of a master's degree in English from Presidency College in 1884, he studied agriculture in England, then entered the administration as a deputy magistrate; in 1890 he opposed the government over the rights of peasants. He composed more than five hundred songs, founded the Purnima Milan literary society in 1905 and took over the editorship of the monthly Bharatvarsha in 1913. He died in Calcutta on 17 May 1913.

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• Theatreচন্দ্রগুপ্তDwijendralal Ray · 1911not translated into EnglishLiterature