Durga Mohan Das Explained

Durga Mohan Das
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Birth Date:1841
Birth Place:Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency
Death Place:Ranchi, Bengal Presidency
Nationality:Bengali
Spouse(S):Brahmamoyee Devi
Known For:Brahmo Samaj leader, social reformer

Durga Mohan Das (Bengali: দুর্গামোহন দাশ Durga Mohon Das; 1841–1897) was a Brahmo Samaj leader and a social reformer.

Early life

Durga Mohan was born in a well-known Baidya family at Telirbagh, Bikrampur, Dhaka in Bengal, now part of Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. Bikrampur has a long historical and cultural trail since many centuries. In 12th Century it was the capital of Ballal Sena and Lakshmana Sena, Kings of Sena dynasty and since then considered as an important seat of learning and culture of Eastern India.[1]

Durga Mohan's father Kashiswar was a government pleader in the court of Barishal, presently in Bangladesh. Kashiswar had three sons, Kali Mohan, Durga Mohan and Bhuban Mohan, and all of them became practicing lawyers at Calcutta High Court.[2] Bhuban Mohan was father of Chittaranjan Das.

Bibliography

Shastri, Shibnath. (1903). রামতনু লাহিড়ী ও তৎকালীন বঙ্গসমাজ (Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj) in Bengali, S. K . Lahiri & Co, Calcutta.

Sengipta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali, (ed) সংসদ বাঙালি চরিত্রাভিধান (Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan) — a biographical dictionary in Bengali. (2002). Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dasgupta, Hemendranath. 1994. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. Chittaranjan Das. Verinder. Grover. Deep & Deep Publications. 81-7100-568-3. 224.
  2. Book: Shashtri, Shibnath. Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Banga Samaj. S. K . Lahiri & Co, Calcutta. 1903.