Upendra Krishna Dutt

Location

Cambridge, CB1 1LL
United Kingdom
52° 11' 46.9428" N, 0° 11' 55.4748" E
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Date of birth: 
01 Jan 1857
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: 
01 Jan 1876
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.

Network: 
Rajani Palme Dutt
Organizations: 
Cambridge Majlis
East India Association
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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