The 197th birth anniversary of legendary Bengali poet and father of Bengali sonnet Michael Madhusudan Dutta was observed. The poet’s birth anniversary was celebrated on a small scale due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A discussion and cultural programme marking the birth anniversary of Michael Madhusudan Dutta have been arranged at 3 pm on Monday at Sagardari.
On January 25 in 1824, Madhusudan Dutt was born to landlord Raj Narayan Dutta and Janhabi Devi at Sagardari village under Keshabpur upazila in Jashore district.
Legendary poet Madhusudan, who is called Mahakobi (epic poet) for his tragic epic ‘Meghnad Badh Kavya’, earned name and fame in the arena of literature for his extraordinary creative works.
His most famous literary work is sonnet “Kapatakkha Nad”. Kapatakkha Nad (river) flows through Jashore, the poet’s ancestral home. Madhusudan was a gifted linguist and polyglot as he studied Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit.
Madhusudan passed away at Kolkata on June 29, 1873 at the age of 49, only three days after his wife Henrietta breathed her last. The poet was buried in Kolkata.
