an indian poet of portuguese origin(half indian and half english) - assistant headmaster of hindu college, kolkata - uncoventional debates and free thinking - organised a debating society - academic association

supported ram mohan roy's bramho samaj

encouraged his students for thinking freely, away from the soicietal conventions- his teachings ostensibly carried the undertones of liberty, equality and freedom - started an intellectual movement in bengal - the young bengal movement and his students were also known as derozians

he was known as the first national poet of modern india - the history of indo-anglian literature started with him

his poems were an important landmark in the history of patriotic poetry in india - influenced by patriotic poetry, especally the orientalism of poets like byron and robert southy

he came into limelight with his poem - The Fakir of Jungheera, a metrical tale (1828)

chorus of brahmins - occurs in the fakeer of jungheera as well"

unearthed a lot of ancient indian history and sanskrit scriptures and translated them into english

the renaissance of modern indian lit begins with him - the infiltration of western culture and western scientific techniques jolted the traditional indian sensibilities

mohan roy's interest and inquiries range from the rights of woman and freedom of press to english education, the judicial systems, religious tolerance and the plight of indian peasantry

could be named as the first indian masters of english prose - wrote a brief autobiographical sketch on request

bengali poet and editor of hindu intelligencer an english journal in calcutta

was one of the first indians to publish a regular volume of english verse - the shair and other poems (1830) - a great contri to the level of gorboduc in english literature

his meganad badha kavya is a great tragic bengali epic - consists of nine cantos and exceptional in bengali literature in both style and content - 1861