Henry Vivian Derozio Dazzling Anglo-Indian Intellect
Post on 25,July 2013   6:53 AM
By - Mr. Om Singh
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The young Anglo- Indian Henry Vivian Derozio was born in 1809 and taught at Hindu college from 1826 to 1831. Derozio possessed a dazzling intellect and followed the most radical views of the time drawing his inspiration from the great French Revolution. He was a brilliant teacher who, in spite of his youth, attached to himself to host of bright and adorning students. He inspired these students to think rationally and freely to question all authority, to love liberty, equality and freedom, and to worship truth. Derozio’s followers were known with the name of Derozians.

Derozio was removed from Hindu college in 1831 because of his radicalism and died of cholera soon after at young age of 22. The Derozians attacked old and decadent customs, rites and traditions. They were passionate advocates of women’s rights and demanded education for them. They did not, however, succeeded in creating a movement because social conditions were not yet ripe for their ideas to flourish. They did not take up the peasants cause and there was no other class or group in Indian society at the time which could support their advanced ideas. Moreover, they forgot to maintain their links with the people. In fact, their radicalism was much more bookish, they failed to come to grips with the Indian reality.

Even so, the Derozians carried forward Rammhohun’s tradition of educating the people in social, economic and political questions through newspapers, pamphlets and public associations. They carried on public agitation on public questions such as the revision of the company’s charter, the freedom of the press, better treatment for Indian labour in British colonies abroad, trial by jury, protection of the ryots from oppressive zammindars and employment of Indian in higher grade of services.

Surendra Nath Benerjee, the famous leader of the nationalist movement , described the Derozians as “the pioneers of the modern civilization of Bengal, the conscript fathers of our race whose virtues will excite veneration and whose failings will be treated with gentlest consideration. 


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