1. Dwijendralal Ray was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as Dwijendrageeti or the Songs of Dwijendralal, which number over 500, create a separate subgenre of Bengali music.
14 Facts About Dwijendralal Ray
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Dwijendralal Ray was born in Krishnanagar, Nadia, in the modern-day Indian state of West Bengal, on 19 July 1863.
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Dwijendralal Ray was the seventh child of Kartikeyachandra Ray, Dewan of Krishnanagar palace.
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Dwijendralal Ray passed the Entrance Examination in 1878 and the First Arts Examination in 1880 at the Krishnanagar Collegiate School.
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Aryagatha Part I, a collection of Dwijendralal Ray's songs written between the ages of twelve and seventeen, was published in 1882.
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In 1884, Dwijendralal Ray got a state scholarship for study of agriculture in England.
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Dwijendralal Ray Passed the examination from the Cirencester College and was enrolled as a member of the Royal Agricultural College and the Royal Agricultural Society.
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On his return from England, Dwijendralal Ray was appointed as a Deputy Magistrate in 1886 and worked in the Departments of Survey and Settlement, Excise, Land Records and Agriculture, Administration and Judiciary in different parts of Bengal, Bihar and Central Province.
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In 1887, Dwijendralal Ray married Surabala Devi, daughter of Pratap Chandra Majumdar, a renowned homeopath physician.
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Dwijendralal Ray was appointed the First Inspector of the Excise Department in 1894, the Assistant Director, Land Records and Agriculture Department in 1898 and the Assistant to the Commissioner, Excise Department in 1900.
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Dwijendralal Ray died of a sudden attack of epilepsy on 17 May 1913 in Kolkata.
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Dwijendralal Ray valiantly protested against the excessive tax that the peasants and small landowners had to pay to the Jotedars.
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Dwijendralal Ray was known for his commitment to the uplifting of women, and his strong stance against Hindu religious orthodoxy and ritual.
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Dwijendralal Ray's collection Hanshir Gaan was a satire against upper-caste Hindu dominance of religious practices.