As a student of Presidency College he was greatly influenced by Edward Cowley, a professor of history and an erudite Sanskrit scholar. Many of the students frequented the residence of the deeply christian Cowley to discuss religious matters. Some of them were influenced by Cowley's deep faith, with one of Durga Mohan Das's friends, Bhagaban Chandra Chatterjee even converting to christianity. Durga Mohan Dash was also swayed for a period. He brought his child-wife, Brahmamoyee to the house of a christian priest, in order that she could also understand the christian faith before he finally decided to convert. That led to his being turned out of the house of Bireswar Das.