Agriculture, Administration and Judiciary in different parts of Bengal, Bihar and Central Province. In 1887, Ray married Surabala Devi, daughter of Pratap Chandra Majumdar, a renowned homeopath physician. He was appointed the First Inspector of the Excise Department in 1894, the Assistant Director, Land Records and Agriculture Department in 1898 and the Assistant to the Commissioner, Excise Department in 1900. Later again he was appointed Inspector of Excise Department. Surabala Devi died in 1903. In 1905, Ray was transferred to Khulna. Later he served at Murshidabad, Kandi, Gaya and Jahanabad also. In 1908, he took long leave to stay in Calcutta. Next year, he was appointed Deputy Magistrate of 24 Parganas. In 1912, he was transferred to Bankura and within three months he was again transferred to Munger where he had fallen seriously ill and due to this illness he took voluntary retirement and returned to Calcutta. Last days In the same year, Ray started editing a journal named Bharatbarsha. But he did not live more than two months after his retirement. He died of a sudden attack of epilepsy on 17 May 1913. Political activity Though from a landed Bengali aristocratic family, Ray was known for his pro-peasant sentiments. In 1890, while working for the government, he clashed with the Bengal Governor on the issue of peasant land rights and tithing obligations. Following the 1905 Partition of Bengal, Ray joined the cultural movement to reunite the two new Bengali provinces. It was during the time he wrote several patriotic songs that are still immensely popular today. He was known also for his commitment to the uplifting of women, and his strong stance against Hindu religious orthodoxy and ritual. His collection Hanshir Gaan was a satire against upper-caste Hindu dominance of religious practices. References External links Writers from Kolkata 1863 births 1913 deaths Bengali poets Bengali writers Bengali Hindus 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengali poets 20th-century Bengali poets Presidency University, Kolkata alumni Bengali male poets Hindu poets People from Krishnagar University of Calcutta alumni Indian civil servants Poets from West Bengal Hooghly Mohsin College alumni Krishnagar Government College alumni Indian male writers 20th-century Indian writers 20th-century Indian male writers 19th-century Indian writers 19th-century Indian male writers Indian poets Indian male poets 19th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian poets Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian male dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian editors Indian