Background
He was born in his maternal home at Chetla in Alipore, a locality on the bank of Adi Ganga creek.
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Dinesh Das
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University of Calcutta. Asutosh College; Scottish Church College.
Career
When he was in Class IX, at around 15 years age, he became involved in secret revolutionary Indian independence movement. He also became involved in Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi"s Salt Satygraha movement which hampered his formal education. However he passed Matriculation Examination in 1930, and I.A. in 1932 from the South Suburban College (now Asutosh College).
In 1933, he was admitted to Bachelor of Arts in Scottish Church College.
In 1934, first poem "Sraboney" was published in Desh. However he could not complete his Bachelor of Arts due to his revolutionary & literary activities.
In 1935, he took a job at Khayerbari Tea Estate and moved to Kurseong. In 1937, he created a stir with his poem Kaste (Sickle).
He immortalized Kolkata"s Clive Street in one of his poems:.
Politics
There he became disillusioned with Gandhism and on return to Calcutta next year, he became inspired by communism and read writings of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Ralph Fox.
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Nationality
India -
Political Party
Communist Party