Biography
Dutt was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family, in village Chhatiyana of Nalanda district in Bihar state. He matriculated five years later with first division and a scholarship for proficiency in mathematics. He then became a modestly successful lawyer, and later a minister in the government of Bihar and Orissa from 1923 to 1937, the longest tenure for any minister anywhere in the whole British Empire. Dutt was the Minister of Local Self Government in the British Cabinet from 1923 till 1937 when the Provincial Government was established. While he was the Minister of Local Self Government, Dutt was made Knight Bachelor by the British for his contributions to the public good. State functions are organised by the Government of Bihar on the anniversary of Dutt's birth on 13 January every year.
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