Thursday, December 26, 2024

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio's Death Anniversary


Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, who passed away on 26 December 1831, was an Indian poet of English and Portuguese origin and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata. He was a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal.

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