Upendra Krishna Dutt

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Date of birth
Precise DOB unknown
Y
City of birth
Calcutta
Country of birth
India
Current name city of birth
Kolkata
Current name country of birth
India
Date of 1st arrival in Britain
Precise 1st arrival date unknown
Y
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About

Upendra Krishna Dutt travelled to Britain in 1875 or 1876 on a Gilchrist Scholarship to study medicine at London University. After qualifying, he remained in Britain practising at Leicester and then buying a medical practice in Cambridge. He faced a deal of racial prejudice in  securing employment as a doctor after qualifying. Dutt married the Swedish writer Anna Palme in England. She was a distant relative of Olaf Palme, later Swedish Prime Minister.

The Dutt family were close-knit despite financial insecurity. From 1891, Dutt hosted the Cambridge Majlis society meetings in his home. Two of Dutt's sons, Rajani and Clemens, became active members of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Their involvement in politics was  influenced by their father's work as a doctor in working-class areas of Cambridge.

Connections

Clemens Palme Dutt, Rajani Palme Dutt.

Organizations
Network
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Secondary works

Callaghan, John, Rajani Palme Dutt (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1993)

Lahiri, Shompa, Indians in Britain: Anglo-Indian Encounters, Race and Identity, 1800-1930 (London: Frank Cass, 2000)

Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto, 2002)

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Archive source

R. P. Dutt Papers, Communist Party Archives, University of Central Lancashire