Atul Prasad Sen
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20 October 1871 Dhaka, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 26 August 1934 (aged 62) Lucknow, United Provinces, India |
| Occupation | Advocate, Poet, Educationist, Lawyer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | Bengal Renaissance |
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Atul Prasad Sen Bengali: অতুল প্রসাদ সেন (20 October 1871 – 26 August 1934) was a noted Bengali composer, lyricist and singer, and also a successful lawyer, philanthropist, social worker, educationist and littérateur. Though he is principally remembered as a musician, lyricist and composer of Bengali songs, his fame as a barrister, his contributions to Nationalist Movements in India, and his social works all made him a leading figure in the history of pre-independence India and Indian Renaissance.
Grand father: Krishna Chandra Sen (Kabiraj)
Maternal grandfather: Kali Narayan Gupta
Parents: Ram Prasad Sen and Hemanta Shashi
Step father: Durga Mohan Das
Wife: Hem Kusum Sen (daughter of Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta, ICS of 1871, and Srimati Prasanna Tara Gupta)
Sisters: Hiran Sen (wife of Dr. Ramaswamy Iyenger), Kiran Sen (wife of Sarojmohan Babu), Prova Sen (wife of Sheshadri Iyenger)
Step Sisters: Lady Abala Bose (wife of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose), Sarala Roy, Shailabala Roy
Step Brothers: Satya Ranjan Das, Satish Ranjan Das, Jyotish Ranjan Das
Son: Dilip Kumar and Nilip Kumar*, Twins born in 1901. (*died at the age of seven months only)
Atul Prasad Sen was born as the eldest child of Ram Prasad Sen and Hemanta Shashi, in a Vaidya-Brahmin family hailing from the village Magor in South Bikrampur, Faridpur District, presently located in Bangladesh. He was born in his maternal uncle's house in Dhaka, following the custom at that time. He had three sisters. Ramprasad was a school teacher in Dhaka. Later, with help from Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, Ramprasad studied psychiatry and became the superintendent of the Dhaka Mental Asylum. Unfortunately Ram Prasad died when Atul Prasad was a toddler. Atul Prasad was raised by his maternal grandfather Kali Narayan Gupta, who was a renowned Brahmo social reformer. It was Kali Narayan who initiated Atul Prasad in music and devotional songs. Atul Prasad's mother later married prominent Brahmo Samaj reformer Durga Mohan Das.
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