The Dutt family was one of the first Calcutta families to be strongly influenced by the presence of Christian missionaries.[5] Toru Dutt's grandfather Rasamay Dutt too, held an important position in the colonial government.[5] Her cousin Romesh Chandra Dutt was also a writer and Indian civil servant. Dutt's father converted to Christianity in 1862, when she was six years old.[5] Her mother initially resisted conversion, but eventually became a practising Christian as well.[5] Both of Dutt's parents published some writing: her father wrote poetry and her mother published a translation into Bengali of a religious monograph.[5]
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