
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.