Previous Year Question

Michael Madhusudan Dutta was offered membership of La Société Asiatique of Paris, referred to in the question as the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris.

The Société Asiatique was established in Paris in 1822 with the objective of promoting the study of Asian languages, literature, history and cultures.

Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a major nineteenth-century Bengali poet and dramatist. He lived from 1824 to 1873 and occupies an important place in the development of modern Bengali literature.

His most celebrated work is Meghnad Badh Kavya, in which an episode from the Ramayana is presented in a distinctive epic form from the perspective of Meghnad.

An important literary contribution of Madhusudan Dutta was also associated with the effective use and popularisation of Amitrakshar Chhanda or Blank Verse in Bengali poetry. This brought a major change in the expression and structure of modern Bengali poetry.