Dwijendralal Ray

Dwijendralal Ray
Dwijendralal Ray
Dwijendralal Ray
Born(1863-07-19)19 July 1863
Krishnanagar, Nadia District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died17 May 1913(1913-05-17) (aged 49)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India)
OccupationCivil servant, playwright and musician
LanguageBengali
NationalityIndian
PeriodBengal Renaissance
GenreDrama, Song, Essay
Literary movementBengal Renaissance
SpouseSurabala Devi
Children2, including Dilip Kumar Roy

Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician.[1][2] He 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.[3]

  1. ^ Murshid, Ghulam (25 January 2018). Bengali Culture Over a Thousand Years. Niyogi Books. ISBN 978-93-86906-12-0.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ghosh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bhattacharyya, Sudip (26 December 2015). Over The Years. Educreation Publishing.

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