He started gaining fame as a legal scholar while teaching at Dacca University from 1917-24.

In the quarter-finals of the competition that season, he took 6 for 1 (figures of 11-10-1-6) to dismiss Dacca University for 39, after hitting his highest score of 79.

During the years of 1926-1946 Dasgupta was Lecturer in Economics at Dacca University.

Young Basu studied mathematics at Dacca University.

After getting his Master's degree from Dacca University, Basu taught there from 1947 to 1948.

"A Chapter in the Muslim Struggle for Freedom: Establishment of Dacca University".

He went on to matriculate from a high school in Dhaka and then attended Dacca University where he gained a Bachelor of Arts.

Professor Mahmud Husain of the Department of History of Dacca University was made Head of the new Department in September, 1947.

He also edited the three-volume history of Bengal published by Dacca University.

Playing for East Pakistan Whites against Dacca University, he scored 47 & 65 in the match.