Akshay Kumar Baral
Bengali poet and writer
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Akshay Kumar Baral (1860–1919) was an Indian Bengali language poet and writer. He was born in Calcutta.[3] The family originally hailed from Chandannagar, Hooghly District.[4]
Born1860
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died19 June 1919 (aged 58–59)
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
OccupationPoet
RelativesAmal Dutta (grandson)[1][2]
Akshay Kumar Boral | |
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| Born | 1860 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 19 June 1919 (aged 58–59) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Relatives | Amal Dutta (grandson)[1][2] |
Early life
Baral was born in 1860 in Chorbagan, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He studied at Hare School for some time. He worked as an accounts clerk in the Delhi and London Bank. He worked as a secretary at the North-British Life Insurance Company.[3][5]
Career
Boral was a fan of poet Biharilal Chakraborty.[3] Sisir Kumar Das described Boral's poetry as meditative and thoughtful.[6] According to Narayan Choudhuri, he wrote some of the best examples of elegiac poems in Indian literature.[7]