The 199th birth anniversary of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the legendary Bengali poet and father of the Bengali sonnet, will be observed tomorrow (Wednesday) on the bank of the river Kapataksha at Sagardari.
On January 25 in 1824, Madhusudan Dutt was born to landlord Raj Narayan Dutt and Janhabi Devi at Sagardari village under Keshabpur upazila in Jashore district, reports BSS.
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.
Madhusudan Dutt is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature and the father of the Bengali sonnet.
He pioneered what came to be called 'Amitrakshar Chhanda' (blank verse). His first attempt at blank verse was 'Sharmistha' in Bengali literature.
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.
On June 29 in 1873, Madhusudan passed away at Kolkata at the age of 49, only three days after his wife Henrietta breathed her last.
The poet was buried in Kolkata.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
