- (1.) Michael Madhusudan Dutta lived in the nineteenth century. He was born on 5th January, 1824. He died on 9th June, 1873 before attaining the age of 50 years.
(2.) His life was erratic. He was born of conservative parents. He converted to Christianity, thinking that this would help him to come to the same level as the British masters of India. His father, a lawyer of the Sadar Dewani Adalat and the Supreme Court which functioned prior to establishment of this High Court, disowned and disinherited him. He went to England and became a barrister. He was a complete failure. He started writing english poetry. Nobody read them. Then he turned to writing in Bengali which brought him lasting fame and made him a household name. He was a rare genius. It is difficult to come across a more charismatic poet. When all the poets burnt their midnight oil, trying to make lines of a verse rhyme, Michael wrote poetry and epics, in the form of poetry, without rhyming. Yet, he produced verse that were more rhythmic than conventional poetry. He became immortal. But his life was more tragic than the fame that came to him. He was poverty striken. His family was broken. He died a disillusioned and lonely man.
(3.) He never resided in one place for a long time. He moved from place to place. He is said to have spent some years of his later childhood, just prior to adulthood in a house in Kidderpore which is now numbered as premises no. 20B, Karl Marx Sarani, Kolkata -23 which has been declared to be a heritage building by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The present owners, the petitioners, acquired this house in 1990. They challenge this declaration.;