Gurusaday Dutt

Gurusaday Dutt (10 May 1882 – 25 June 1941) ek prasiddh civil servant, lok sahitya anusandhan karta, aur lekhak the. Unhone 1930s mein Bratachari Andolan ki sthapna ki thi.

Prarambhik jeevan aur shiksha
Gurusaday Dutt, Ramkrishna Dutta Chaudhuri aur Anandamayee Debi ke putra the. Unke pita Birasri gaon ke zamindar the, jo ab Bangladesh ke Karimganj sub-division mein aata hai. Unke parivar ke log Vaishnav dharm ko maante the. Guruji ne apne pita ko 9 saal ki umra mein aur apni maa ko 14 saal ki umra mein kho diya tha. In dono ke marne ke baad, unka rista apne pita ke bade bhai (jyathamashai) se thik nahi bana, jo us samay gaon ke zamindar the.

Unhone apna Entrance exam Sylhet ke Government College se diya, jahan wo 1898 mein pehle aaye the. 1901 mein Presidency College, Calcutta se F.A. exam diya aur doosre sthaan par aaye, jise unhe Scindia Gold Medal se sammanit kiya gaya. Cambridge, England ke Emmanuel College mein scholarship par padhayi karne ke liye gaye. 1905 mein, unhone Indian Civil Service (ICS) ka exam diya aur pehle part mein saatve, dusre part mein pehle aaye. Kul milakar, unhone us saal ICS exam mein pehla sthaan prapt kiya. Unhone Bar exam bhi pass kiya aur Gray's Inn se bar ka call paaya.

Unhone apne Cambridge mein hone ke dauran Chaudhuri apna surname hata diya.

Unhone Sylhet Union se liye gaye scholarship ka paisa kaafi samay baad wapas kiya, taaki dusra student usse faida uthaye. 1905 mein, wo India waapas aaye aur ICS officer ke roop mein kaam shuru kiya.

Unka vivah Saroj Nalini Dutt (née Dé) se hua tha, jo Brajendranath Dé ki beti thi. Unka ek beta Birendrasaday Dutt tha, jo Gurusaday Museum ka co-founder aur original trustee tha.

Karya
Gurusaday Dutt ne Bengal cadre mein apne kaam kaafi safalta se kiya. Unhone kayi alag-alag jagah par apne daayitva nibhaye jaise ki Arrah, Hooghly, Pabna, Bogra, Jessore, Faridpur, Comilla, Dacca, Barisal, Khulna, Birbhum, Bankura, Howrah aur Mymensingh. Unhone Mymensingh ke District Magistrate, Director of Industries aur Secretary of Local Self Government aur Public Health ke roop mein bhi kaam kiya. 1930 se 1933 tak, unhe Central Legislative Assembly aur Council of State ke liye nominate kiya gaya tha.

Samajik yogdan
Gurusaday Dutt ne apni jawani se hi samajik seva mein ruchi dikhayi thi. Unhone aapdaon ke samay logon ki madad ki, jaise aag bujhane waale aur baadh ke samay rahat kaam. Unhone mahilaon ki shiksha aur swavalamban ko kaafi mahatva diya. Unki patni, Saroj Nalini Dutt, ne 1913 mein Pabna mein Mahila Samiti ki sthapna ki thi, jismein Gurusaday ka yogdan tha.

1918 mein, unhone Bharat mein pehla Rural Reconstruction Movement shuru kiya tha, jo unke kaafi naye aur bold kadam the, kyonki us samay India British rule mein tha. Unhone apne adhikaris se kabhi samarthan nahi paaya aur unhe kaha gaya tha ki unhe unke doston ke saath samajik milan mein samay bitana chahiye, lekin Gurusaday ne gramin vikas aur samajik kalyan ke kaam mein apna dhyan diya.

Sanskritik yogdan
Gurusaday Dutt ko Bengal ke lok kalaon, lok nritya aur lok sangeet mein apne yogdan ke liye jaana jaata hai. Unhone apni poori zindagi Bengal ke gramin ilaakon se lok kala aur hath kaam ikattha kiye, jaise ki Kalighat painting, patuas scrolls, embroidered kanthas, terracotta panels aur wooden carvings. Unhone folk culture par kai lekh likhe aur unhone folk art ko samaj mein mahatva dilaya.

Unhone lok nrityon ka punaruddhar kiya, jaise ki Jaari aur Raibeshe nritya, jismein Hindu aur Muslim dono samudaayon ko ekatha karne ka sandesh diya gaya.

Bratachari Andolan
1932 mein, unhone Bratachari Andolan ki sthapna ki thi, jo ek samajik aur aadhyatmik sudhaar ki chaal thi. Is andolan ka mool uddeshya manushya ko sharirik, maansik aur aadhyatmik roop se ekta aur santulan ke saath jeevan jeene ki aur prerit karna tha.

Maut aur yaadgar
Gurusaday Dutt ki maut 59 saal ki umra mein cancer ke kaaran 25 June 1941 ko ho gayi thi. Unke marne ke baad, unke bete Birendrasaday Dutt ne Ballygunge Store Road ka naam unke naam par rakha.

Unki yaad mein unke portrait ko Calcutta ke Mahajati Sadan mein sthapit kiya gaya hai.

Parivar
Unki patni, Saroj Nalini Dutt, khud ek prasiddh samaj sevika thi. Unki poti Aroti Dutt ne bhi samajik karyon mein yogdan diya aur unhone Associated Countrywomen of the World ki duniya ki adhyaksha ke roop mein do term ke liye seva ki.

Unka pota, Devsaday Dutt, ek pramukh vyakti aur lekhak tha, aur unhone Gurusaday Dutt ke jeevan aur karya par kai lekh likhe.

Dekhiye
Bratachari movement
Gurusaday Museum

Jankari
Gurusaday Museum Official Website