Durga Mohan Das

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Durga Mohan Das
দুর্গামোহন দাশ
Born	1841
Died	1897 Jharkhand
Nationality	Bengali
Known for	Brahmo Samaj leader and a social reformer
Spouse(s)	Brahmamoyee Devi

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]

Barisal Brahmo Samaj[]

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Later life[]

He married a highly respectable widow lady Hemantasashi Sen, daughter of a renowned Brahmo social reformer Kali Narayan Gupta of Dhaka. Hemantasashi Sen's only son by her first husband was noted music composer and songwriter Atul Prasad Sen.

Durga Mohan Dash died on 19 December 1897.

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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.