Shagordari is a famous tourist spot, which is in keshabpur
upazela under Jessore district in Khulna Division. Sagordari is famous for the
residence of Great poet Michael Modhusudon Datta. This great poet is famous for
his wonderful composition of sonnets in Bangla literature.
Michael Modhusudon Datta was born in the year 1824 and died
in 1873. This two-storied residence, which is known as Michel Modhusudon
museum, is now under the custody of Bangladesh Archeological Department, where
you can see the daily usage materials of the great poet.
The location of this historical place is especially famous
for natural beauty. This place, which is birth place of Michael Modhusudon
Datta. It stands on the bank of Kapotakkho, a famous river of Bangladesh.
Every year from 25-30 January a great mela (exhibition) is
organized here, which is called Modhumela need after our beloved poet. A huge
crowd comes to Shagordari every year for the occasion of this mela.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, or Michael Madhusudan
Dutta, (25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was Bengali poet and dramatist.
He was the first great poet of modern Bengali literature.[1] He
was educated at the Hindu College, Calcutta.
In 1843, he became a Christian. He was born in Sagordari, a village in
Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East
Bengal (now in Bangladesh).
He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work Meghnad Bodh Kavya, is a
tragic epic. It has nine cantos and is exceptional in Bengali
literature both in terms of style and content. He also wrote poems about the
sorrows and pains of love as spoken by women.
From an early age, Dutt wanted to be an Englishman in form and manner. In
later life, he regretted his attraction to England and
the Occident. He wrote lovingly of his
homeland in his poems and sonnets from this period.
His early writings were in English, but they were
unsuccessful. He turned, reluctantly at first, to Bengali. His main works,
written mostly between 1858 and 1862, include prose drama, long narrative
poems, and lyrics. His first play, Sarmistha (1858), was well
received. His poetical works are Tilottamasambhab (1860), a narrative
poem on the story of Sunda and Upasunda; Meghnadbadh (1861), his most
important piece, an epic on the Rāmāyaṇa theme; Brajangana (1861), a
cycle of lyrics on the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa theme; and Birangana(1862), a
set of 21 epistolary poems on the model of Ovid’s Heroides.
Dutt is widely said to be one of the greatest poets in Bengali literature. He is the
father of the Bengali sonnet. He was
the first to make what came to be called amitrakshar chhanda (blank
verse). Dutt died in Kolkata, India on 29
June 1873.[2]
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