World / India / Bangla / Calcutta, 3 km from center Coordinates: 22°32'46"N   88°21'33"E

Derozio's Cremation Spot



Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831), most famous of those of our Indian fellow-men who are neither exclusively European nor Indian but share the blood of both, put all the pathos and passion of his own sensitive nature into his metrical tale The Fakeer of Jungheera..."
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was a well known educationist, journalist and poet. He taught in Calcutta's prestigious Hindu College (presently Presidency College).
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