Marriage of Nazrul and Pramila

In 1921 when the prince of England came to India, Nazrul went to Coomilla. At that time Congress called "Hartal" throughout India and Nazrul joiuned the protest "Michil" with a harmonium on his shoulder and sung the song " Jagarani" . He also went round the city of Coomilla with the protest rally.
Next time he came to Coomilla in 1922 and stayed there for some time. He fell in love with Pramila, the sister of Birendra Kumar Sengupta. He also wrote a poem " Bijayini" as a mark his love with Pramila. Pramila gave up going her school at the time of Non-cooperation movement. Nazrul was attracted to Pramila for her personality,  love for song and her cultured behavior."Bijayini" was published both in "Chayanat" and "Puber Haoya".
While staying at Coomilla, he received a letter from the daily paper "Sevak" to send his writings regularly. From now on he took the responsibilty of editing "Sevak". But their marriage faced a lot trouble from several corners including the family of Birendra Kumar Sengupta. This marriage was arranged by the mother of Pramila, Sm Giribala Devi at her initiative. She came to Calcutta with her daughter Pramila leaving her shelter, the house of Birwendra Kumar Sengupta. The Brahmo community was also dead against this marriage. Giribala Devi cared a straw of all these obstacles and made the marriage done.
the Govt. pleader of Hooghly district, Khan Bahadur Majaharul Anwar Choudhury took the all responsibilty of this marriage. His daughter, Mrs. M.Rahaman, in a novel " Maa O Meye" expressed in detail the story of this marriage. She was very affectionate to Nazrul like her own son and spent all the expenses of this marriage.
A house at 6 no. Hazi Lane was hired for this marriage and the marriage Nazrul and Pramila ,was held on 25th April 1924 ( 12th Baishakh 1331). The litterateur Mainuddin Hosen was present as Kazi in this marriage. The pleader of Coomilla, Abdus Salam,Journalist Md.Oyajed Ali, and the poet Khan Muhammad Maiuddin were present as witnesses. As Pramila did not attain 18 years of age the marriage was held as per the rule of "Ahela Ketab" because Civil marriage was not possible. In this rule the bride and bride-groom can maintain their own religion.
The name of Pramila after this marriage was given to be "Ashalata"
Apprehending trouble the date of the marriage was not announced earlier and the friends of Nazrul could not attain this ceremony.But Md. Oyajed Ali issued a written statement  of congratulation with the signature of Abul Ka;lam Samsuddin, Abul Masur Ahmad, and Khan Muhammad Maiuddin. No Non-Muslim was invited in this marriage and no relatives of Giribala was present on this occasion.
The news of the marriage was published in different news papers and there were mixed reactions.