Background
Lallu Lal was born in a Gujarati Brahmin family of Agra.
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Career
He was an instructor in Hindustani language at Fort William College. He is notable for Prem Sagar, the first work in modern literary Hindi. He had knowledge of Persian and Hindustani.
He came to Murshidabad to earn a living, and served the Nawab of Murshidabad for 7 years.
He was noticed by John Gilchrist, who brought him to the Fort William College in Calcutta. There, Lallu Lal translated and authored several literary works into modern vernacular Hindi.
He retired from the Fort William College in 1881 Vikram Samvat (1823-1824 Civil Engineering), after serving there for 24 years.
