Gurusaday Dutt
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| Born | 10 May 1882 Birasri, Karimganj, Sylhet |
| Died | 25 June 1941 Calcutta |
| Occupation | Civilian, folklorist |
| Spouse(s) | Saroj Nalini Dutt (nee Dé) |
Gurusaday Dutt (Bengali: গুরুসদয় দত্ত 1882–1941) was a civil servant, folklorist, and writer. He was the founder of the Bratachari Movement in the 1930s.
He was the son of the Ramkrishna Dutta Chaudhuri and Anandamayee Debi. His father was a son of the zamindar of Birasri village in Karimganj sub-division of Sylhet district, in eastern Bengal (present day Bangladesh). Members of his family were followers of Vaishnavism. He lost his father at the age of 9 and his mother when he was 14. After their death, he did not get along well with his jyathamashai (father's elder brother), who was then the landlord of the village.
He completed his Entrance (School Leaving) examination at Government College, Sylhet where he stood 1st in 1898. He stood 2nd in the F.A. examination (prior to Graduate studies) from Presidency College, Calcutta in 1901 and was awarded the Scindia Gold Medal. Despite objection from his jyathamashai, who refused to pay for his further education, he went on a scholarship raised by the Sylhet Union to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK. He passed the Indian Civil service (ICS) examination in 1905. In the first part of the examination he stood 7th and in the second part he stood 1st. Overall he stood 1st in the examination in that year. He was the first Indian to have stood first in the Open Competitive Service examination. He also passed the Bar examination with a First Class, and was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.
He removed Chaudhuri from his surname while he was at Cambridge.
He repaid the scholarship money to Sylhet Union after working for a few years, so that the Union could help another student from the same district with that money. In 1905, he returned to India and started work as an ICS officer.
He was married to Saroj Nalini Dutt (née Dé), a daughter of Brajendranath Dé. His son was Birendrasaday Dutt.
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