Kumud Ranjan Mullick

Kumud Ranjan Mullick was born on 1 March 1883 in a Baidya family in a village named Kogram in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India.

He graduated from the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta in 1905 and won the Bankimchandra Gold Medal. He started his teaching career at Mathrun Nabinchandra Vidyaytan in Purba Bardhaman where he later became the headmaster.

Kumud Ranjan’s poetry was influenced by Vaishnavism. His poetry is also a portrait of rural Bengal. He was awarded the Jagattarini Gold Medal and the Padma Shri by the Government of India. He died on 14 December 1970.