Dwijendralal Ray

Dwijendralal Ray

personal-info

known-for

Writing

gender

Male

birthday

1863-07-19

place-of-birth

Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India

also-known-as

D. L. Ray
D. L. Roy
Dwijendra Lal Ray
Dwijendra Lal Roy
Dwijendralal Roy

biography

Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician. He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as Dwijendra Geeti or the Songs of Dwijendralal, which number over 500, and created a separate subgenre of Bengali music.