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Gurusaday was the son of the Ramkrishna Dutta Chaudhuri and Anandamayee Debi. His father was a son of the ''zamindar'' of [[Birasri]] village in Karimganj sub-division of [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]] district, in eastern Bengal (present day [[Bangladesh]]). Members of his family were followers of [[Vaishnavism]]. He lost his father at the age of 9 and his mother when he was 14. After their death, he did not get along well with his ''jyathamashai'' (father's elder brother), who was then the landlord of the village.

He completed his Entrance (School Leaving) examination at Government College, Sylhet where he stood first in 1898. He stood second in the F.A. examination (prior to Graduate studies) from [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] in 1901 and was awarded the Scindia Gold Medal. Despite objection from his ''jyathamashai'', who refused to pay for his further education, he went on a scholarship raised by the Sylhet Union to [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], in the United Kingdom. He passed the Indian Civil service ([[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]) examination in 1905. In the first part of the examination he stood seventh and in the second part he stood first. Overall he stood first in the examination in that year. He was the first Indian to have stood first in the Open Competitive Service examination. He also passed the Bar examination with a First Class, and was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of [[Gray's Inn]].

 

 

He was married to [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]] (née Dé), a daughter of [[Brajendranath Dé]]. His son was Birendrasaday Dutt, who was a co-Founder and an original trustee of the [[Gurusaday Museum]] in [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]], [[Calcutta]].