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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Amrita Lal Basu<br />
| image = BasuAmritaLal.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 1853<!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --><br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = 1929<!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --><br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| other_names = Rasraj / রসরাজ<br />
(King of Humor)<br />
| occupation = [[playwright]] <br />
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'''Amrita Lal Basu''' (1853–1929) was a [[playwright]] and stage actor of [[Calcutta]]. He was one of the pioneers of the public theatre in [[Bengal]] in British era.<ref name=BP>{{cite web|author=Prof. Sirajul Islam |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Basu,_Amrita_Lal |title=Basu, Amrita Lal |publisher=Banglapedia |access-date=2014-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Amritalal+Basu&pg=PA564 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo - Google Books |isbn=9788126018031 |access-date=2014-04-27|last1=Datta |first1=Amaresh |year=1987 }}</ref> He is well known for his farces and satirical plays.<br />
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His works include<br />
*''Byapika Biday'' (1926)<br />
*''Dvande Matanam'' (1926). d. Anantatanay (Dattatray Anant Apte) (b. 1879)<br />
*''Tiltarpan'' (1881)<br />
*''Bibaha Bibhrat'' (1884)<br />
*''Taru-Bala'' (1891)<br />
*''Kalapani'' (1892)<br />
*''Bimata'' (1893)<br />
*''Adarsha Bandhu'' (1900)<br />
*''Avatar'' (1902)<br />
*''Babu'' (1893)<br />
*''Chorer Upar Batpari''<br />
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==Education==<br />
He graduated from the General Assembly's Institution (now the [[Scottish Church College]]), before proceeding to the [[Calcutta Medical College]], from where he dropped out after two years of study.<ref name=BP/><ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 588</ref><br />
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