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This page is designed to
outline the lives and careers of Bengalees of distinction. Most of the
personalities featured here lived and contributed to Besides a place in modern
Bengali history, a distinction all the individuals featured here share is a
place in that very British institution, Who's Who, which first began
to be published in 1897. The source of all the information here is from that
august publication. "The details in each entry were obtained originally
from the individual concerned, and revised by him each year". Spellings and the contents
have been largely left untouched to retain as much of the original 'flavour'
as possible. The only concessions to readability have been the presentation
of entries and in reducing the number of abbreviations. For an explanatory
note on the British honours system and the abbreviations that have been
retained, please click on this link. Most of these men and their
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AHMED (1888-1939) |
Kabeerud-Din, MLA;
Bar-at-Law and Senior Advocate, Born 1888; son of late
Muhammad Sabkat-Ullah, landholder; unmarried. Educated: Member, Bengal
Legislative Council, 1919-20; Member, Indian Legislative Assembly, 1921-23,
1924-26, 1927-30, 1931-34, and since 1936 a sitting member; Member Democratic
Party in the Indian Legislature, 1921-24; Founder of the Parliamentary Muslim
Party in the Indian Legislative Assembly and its Chief Whip, 1924-26; Member Royal Commission
on Labour, 1929-31; Member, Central National Mahomedan Association, Calcutta;
Member University Court, Dacca; Founder of the Bengal Joatdar's and Rajyat's
Association; takes great interest in Agriculture and was President, Bengal
Agricultural Conference, 1917; Organiser, Founder and President, Indian
Seamen's Union, Calcutta, 1921-27. Publications: Handbook of
Equity, Roman Law, etc. Recreations: tennis,
riding, etc. Address: Biswanathpur,
Kansat P.O., Malda, Clubs: |
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ALI CHOWDHURY (1863-1929) |
The Hon. Nawab Bahadur
Syed Nawab, C.I.E. 1918; Khan Bahadur, 1906; Member Bengal Executive Council;
Member Viceroy's Legislative Council, 1916-20; First Mahomedan Minister,
Bengal, in-charge of Agriculture, Industries, Excise and Public Works, 1921. Belongs to the Syed
family of Dhanbari in Mymensingh, Rajshahi Collegiate
School and St. Xavier's College. Member, East Bengal and
Assam Legislative Council, 1906-11; Member Bengal Legislative Council
1912-16; Member of about a hundred associations and public bodies, including
Calcutta University, Dacca University, Bengal Landholders' Association,
Central National Mahomedan Association, British Indian Association, Sanitary
Board of Bengal, London Mosque Committee, Moslem University Foundation Fund
and Imperial Religious Endowment Committee; was Vice-President, All-India
Moslem League; Founder-President, Bengal Moslem Federation, 1921. Received the title of
Nawab as a personal distinction, 1911; Nawab Bahadur, 1924. Recreations: gardening
and books on Educated. Address: Dhanbari,
District Mymensingh, |
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BAGCHI (1882-1939) |
Born January 1882, son of
Ramgopal Bagchi; married Charubala, 2nd daughter of Kedarnath Roy,
Krishnagar; two daughters two sons. Educated: Principal, University Law
College, Calcutta (1909-38); Fellow of Calcutta University (1909-34); Tagore
Professor of Law, 1914; Asutosh Mookerji Lecturer, 1931; Head of Law
Department and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Allahabad University, 1931-32;
Member of the Faculty of Law, Dacca University. Vice-President, Publications: Mathematical
papers in the Educatedal Times, English Mechanic, Bulletin of Calcutta
Mathematical Society, Nature; Translations from French Stories into Bengali;
Text-books and papers on law, mathematics, physics, history, etc. Recreations: angling,
walking, billiards, and tennis. Address: |
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BANARJI (18??-1930) |
Hon. Sir Pramada Charan,
Kt., cr. 1913; BA, DL; Puisne Judge, High Court, N. W. Provinces
1893-1924; joined the service, 1872. Address: |
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BANERJEA (1881-1960) |
Pramathanath, MA, DSc
Econ.; Patron, Calcutta Association for the United Nations; President: Indian
Economic Society; Indian Institute of Political Science; Federation Hall
Society; Vice-President, Indian Statistical Institute; Honorary Director,
Indian Cultural Institute; Leader, Nationalist Party, Central Legislative
Assembly, 1942-45; Barrister-at-Law; President, Indian Economic Conference,
1931; President, Indian Political Science Conference, 1940; Minto Professor
of Economics, Calcutta University, 1920-35; formerly President, Council of
Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts, Calcutta University, India. Born 1881; son of Nanilal
Banerjea; married 1901; no children (one adopted daughter). Educated: Worked as Professor in
Colleges of the Calcutta University; Member of the Senate, Calcutta
University, 1923-53; Member of the Syndicate, 1924-53; Dean of the Faculty of
Arts, Calcutta University, 1929-30; President of the Boards of Study in
Economics and Commerce; represented the University at the Congress of the
Universities of the British Empire at Oxford, 1921; Member, Bengal
Legislative Council, 1923-30; President, Federation Hall Society. Publications: A Study of
Indian Economics, 7th edn., 1954; Public Administration in Ancient
India; Fiscal Policy in India; Indian Finance in the Days of the Company; A History
of Indian Taxation; Provincial Finance in India; The Future of Finance in
India; Industry in India, etc.. Address: 4/1A Club: Calcutta University
Institute ( |
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BANERJEA (1848-1925) |
Sir Surendranath, Kt., cr.
1921; BA; Editor of The Bengalee; Professor of English Literature, Born Educated: Entered I.C.S. 1871; left
the service 1874. Professor of English
Literature, Metropolitan Institution of Was twice President of
the Indian National Congress; for eight successive years was Member of the
Bengal Legislative Council; again elected, 1913; Member of the Imperial
Legislative Council, 1913-20; President of the Moderate Conference, 1918;
appointed a Member of the Franchise Committee in connection with
Montague-Chelmsford Reforms for India, 1918; went to England and gave
evidence before the Joint Parliamentary Committee of both Houses on Indian
Reforms, under the Reforms Scheme, 1921; appointed Minister to the Government
of Bengal in charge of Local Self - Government and Public Health. Recreation: gardening Address: Bengalee Office,
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BANERJEE (1844-1919) |
Sir Gooroo Dass, Kt., cr.
1904; MA, DL, PhD; retired High Court Judge. Born Narikeldanga, Educated: Assistant Lecturer in
Mathematics, Presidency College, 1865; Law Lecturer in the Berhampur College,
1866-72; Tagore Law Lecturer, 1878; Fellow of Calcutta University, 1878; Vice
- Chancellor, 1889-91. President of the Central Text - Book Committee,
1896-99; Member of the Indian Universities Commission, 1902; Honorary PhD,
1908. Municipal Commissioner
for the Suburbs of Publications: The
Elements of Arithmetic, 1879; The Tagore Law Lectures on the Hindu Law of
Marriage and Stridhana, 1879; A Note on the Devanagari Alphabet, 1893; A Few
Thoughts on Educated, 1904; Elementary Geometry, 1907; in Bengali: Siksha;
Juan O Karma, 1910; Saral Patiganit, 1914; The Educated Problem in India,
1914. Address: See also Banerjee, Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra, C.I.E. |
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BANERJEE (1870-1932) |
Rai Bahadur Sarat
Chandra, C.I.E. 1931; MA, DL; Advocate, Born Educated: Lecturer on Mathematics
and Physics, Duff College, Calcutta 1892-93; Vakil, Calcutta High Court;
Legal Assistant, Legislative Department of the Government of India, 1907-14;
President of the Calcutta Improvement Tribunal, 1914-30. Address: See also Banerjee, Sir Gooroo Dass. |
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BANERJI (????-1903) |
Durga Gati, C.I.E.; Member of Council, Address: |
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BASU (1885-1937) |
The Hon. Bijay Kumar,
C.I.E. 1932; Senior Member of G. C. Chunder & Co., Solicitors, Calcutta;
Member Council of State since 1931. Born Educated: Admitted solicitor, 1911;
was member of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society, Calcutta; the
University Law College, Calcutta and of the Council of Law Reporting, High
Court, Calcutta; Commissioner, Calcutta Corporation, 1921-24; Councillor,
1925-27; Alderman, 1927; Mayor of Calcutta, 1927-28; Examiner for Solicitors'
Examination since 1931; Member of the Executive Committee, Indian
Association; Treasurer, Indian Association; Treasurer, 3rd
Calcutta Boy Scouts' Association; was Chairman of the Executive Committee
Tuberculosis Association of Bengal; travelled in the United Kingdom and the
Continent to study Municipal Problems, 1927; Member, Retrenchment Advisory
Committee, Government of India; Substitute Delegate for India, League of
Nations Assembly, 1935; delegate from Indian Central Legislature to Empire
Parliamentary Conference, 1935; Member Governor's Executive Council, Bengal,
1936. Recreations: travelling,
sight-seeing Address: Clubs: |
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BASU (1859-1924) |
Born Educated: Was Member, Bengal
Legislative Council, also Viceroy's Legislative Council; President of the
Indian National Congress, held in Madras, 1914; Representative of the
Government of India at the International Labour Conference at Geneva, 1922;
Member, Royal Commission on Indian Public Services, 1923. Address: Clubs: National Liberal; |
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BOSE (1851-1933) |
Sir Bipin Krishna, Kt., cr.
1917; K.C.I.E., cr. 1920 (C.I.E. 1898); MA, BL; Advocate. Born Address: |
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BOSE (1861-1930) |
Rai Bahadur Chunilal,
C.I.E. 1922; I.S.O. 1915; MB, FCS; Chairman of the Directors of the Born 13 March 1861; 2nd
son of Babu Denonath Bose, a broker; married Srimati Tilottama, elder
daughter of Babu Gour Kishore Sircar, Zemindar of Brahminpara in the district
of Howrah; two sons, two daughters. Educated: Sanscrit
Collegiate School, the General Assembly's Institution, and the Assistant Chemical
Examiner and Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Medical College, Calcutta,
1886; Additional Chemical Examiner, 1894; Chemical Examiner and Professor of
Chemistry, 1915-20; gold medal (Coates' Memorial prize) for original research
work on the Chemistry and Toxicology of Nerium Odorum; Vice-President in the
Medico-legal Section of the first Indian Medical Congress, 1894; Fellow of
the Chemical Society, 1894; late Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics in the
Campbell Medical School, and Lecturer in Chemistry in the Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, 1895 and 1899-1921; Examiner, MB and DPH,
Calcutta University. Vice-President and
Trustee of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta;
Ex-President of the Indian Provincial Medical Services' Association, and
Vice-President of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad (Bengal Academy of
Literature); President, All India Temperance Association, 1917; President of
the Students' Residence Committee, Calcutta University; Honorary Secretary of
the Calcutta Orphanage, the Calcutta Blind School, and President, Indian
Committee, District Charitable Society, Calcutta; President Shambazar Anglo-vernacular
School; Member of the Sanitary Board, The Conciliation Panel, and recently of
the Advisory Board of Industries, Bengal; Sheriff of Calcutta, 1921; Rai
Bahadur, 1899. Publications: a large
number of scientific and literary papers, pamphlets and books. Address: |
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BOSE (1858-1937) |
Sir Jagadis Chunder, Kt.,
cr. 1917, C.S.I. 1911, C.I.E. 1903, Officer de l'ordre de Belgique;
F.R.S.; MA (Cantab.), DSc (Lond.); Hon. DSc, Calcutta, Lahore, Benares; Hon.
LLD, Aberdeen; Corresponding Member, Academy of Sciences, Vienna; Hon.
Member, Societas Scientiarum Fennica; Professor Emeritus of the Presidency
College, Calcutta; Founder and Director of Bose Research Institute. Born Educated: Delegate to International
Scientific Congress, Paris, 1900; scientific member of deputation to Europe
and America, 1907, 1914 and 1919; President, Indian Science Congress, 1927;
former Member of International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, League
of Nations. Publications: Response in
the Living and Non-Living; Plant Response; Comparative Electro-physiology;
Irritability of Plants; The Physiology of the Ascent of Sap; Life Movements
in Plants; The Physiology of Photosynthesis; The Nervous Mechanism of Plants;
Plant Autographs and their Revelations; Collected Physical Papers; The Motor
Mechanism of Plants; Growth and Tropic Movements of Plants. Address: Bose Research
Institute, Clubs: |
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BOSE (18??-1927) |
Sir Kailas Chandra, Kt., cr.
1916; CIE, 1910; OBE, 1918; Rai Bahadur; Kaiser-I-Hind Gold Medal, 1909;
Fellow, Calcutta University; Vice-President, Indian Medical Congress; Fellow,
Royal Institute of Public Health; Member, British Medical Association;
Honorary Presidency Magistrate; Member of Governing Body, State Medical
Faculty of Bengal; Presidency Magistrate and ex-officio JP; Municipal
Commissioner; President of Calcutta Medical Club; Member of Plague
Commission, Bengal; Delegate at All India Sanitary Conference, etc.. Address: |
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CHATTERJEE (1874-1955) |
Sir Atul Chandra, G.C.I.E.,
cr. 1933 (K.C.I.E., cr. 1925; C.I.E. 1919); K.C.S.I., cr. 1930; LL.D. (Hon.) Born 24 November 1874;
son of Rai Sahib Hem Chandra Chatterjee and Srimati Nistarini Devi; married 1st,
Vina Mookerjee (deceased); one daughter; second, 1924, Gladys Mary Broughton,
O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc., Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn, formerly of the Indian Educatedal
Service and Labour Adviser to Indian Government. Educated: Served as Assistant
Magistrate, Joint Magistrate, Magistrate, and Collector in the United
Provinces, 1897-1906; special inquiry in to industries in the United
Provinces, 1907-8; Registrar, Co-operative Societies, UP, 1912-16; Revenue
Secretary to UP Government, 1917-18; Chief Secretary to UP Government, 1919;
Member, Board of Industries and Munitions, Government of India, 1920;
Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Industries, 1921;
Member of Indian Legislative Assembly, 1921-24; Industries Member of the
Viceroy’s Executive Council, India, 1923-24; High
Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom, 1925-31; Member of Council
of India, 1931-36; Adviser to Secretary of State for India, 1942-47. Indian Government
Representative at International Labour Conference, Washington, 1919, and
Geneva, 1921, 1923-33; President of
International Labour Conference, 1927; League of Nations Assembly, 1925
and 1946; Member of Board of Liquidation, League of Nations, 1946-47; Member
of the Governing Body, ILO, 1926-31, Vice President, 1932 and President,
1933; Leader of ILO delegation to World Economic Conference, 1932;
Vice-President Consultative Economic Committee of the League of Nations,
1938-46; Chairman of Permanent Central Opium Board of League of Nations,
1938-46; Member of Allocations Committee of League of Nations; Indian Delegate to London
Naval Conference, 1930; Leader of Indian delegation to Ottowa Imperial
Conference, 1932; Member of Imperial Economic Committee, 1925-31; Fellow of the University
of Allahabad, 1908-20; Chairman of Council of Royal Society of Arts, 1940 and
1941; Vice President, Royal Asiatic Society and Royal Publications: Notes on
the Industries of the United Provinces (1908); New Recreation: travel. Address: 26 Clubs: Athenaeum; |
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CHATTERJEE |
Dr. Gopal Chunder, MB,
Hon. FRI (Lond); Rai Bahadur; Hon. Lecturer of Protozoology, Calcutta
University; Founder Hon. Secretary, The Central Co-op. Malaria Society, Ltd.;
Vice-President and Hon. Treasurer, Central Co-operative Anti-Malaria Society
and Public Health Society, Ltd., 1952; Founder President, Bengal Co-operative
Home Crofters’ Association Ltd. Born 1873; second son of
Dr. Nilmadhab Chatterjee, MB, Educated: House Physician to First
Physician , Commissioner of Publications: many papers
on Tuberculosis in medical journals. Editor, Sonar Bangha, a monthly journal. Recreations: Propaganda
for rousing the sanitary conscience of the people in the matters of public
health, modern scientific agriculture and co-operative marketing, dairying,
home crafting, research in intestinal flagellate protozoa and fermentative
bacteria. Address: 1/2A, Prem Chand
Bural Street, |
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CHATTERJI (1848-1917)
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Sir Protul Chandra, Kt., cr.
1909; CIE; Rai Bahadur; MA, DL, LLD; retired Judge, Chief Court, Punjab;
Advocate, Chief Court. Born 8 October 1848; son
of Nabo Chandra Chatterji; married first, Nitumbini Devi, daughter of Woomacharan
Banerji, Calcutta; second, Basant Kumari Devi, daughter of Srinath Mukerji,
landholder, Kanchrapara, Bengal; five sons, three daughters. Educated: General
Assembly's College, Enrolled as a vakil High
Court, Address: Clubs: |
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CHAUDHURI (1860-1924) |
Hon. Mr. Justice Asutosh,
Kt. Cr. 1917; BA (Cantab), MA (Calcutta University); Barrister-at-Law;
Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Born: Bengali, Brahmin,
1860. Elder son of Durgadas Chaudhuri, Zemindar of Rajshye, a member of one
of the oldest families of that district, the title 'Chaudhuri' having been
bestowed upon them by the Emperors of Delhi. Married Prativa Devi, of the
Tagore family of Educated: Admitted as an Advocate
of the Calcutta High Court, 1886; President of the Bengal National
Conference; founded the Bengal Land Holders' Association in Calcutta, of which
he was the Honorary Secretary for years; was one of the founders of the
Calcutta National College, and has always taken a prominent part in reform
movements in Bengal; first time a Hindu member of the Calcutta Bar has been
appointed a Judge of the Court; now the Senior Judge on the original side of
the Calcutta High Court; was President of the Bengali Literary Conference,
and is President of the Calcutta Club. Publications: Elements of
Trigonometry; some other works for school use. Address: 47 Old Ballygunge,
Clubs: National Liberal; |
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His Highness Sir Jitendra
Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharajah of, KCSI cr. 1917. Born Educated: Area of State is 1307
square miles. The Maharjah is entitled to a salute of 13 guns. Recreations: sport, games
of all kinds. Address: Clubs: Princees', Royal
Automobile, Automobile Association, Motor; See also Sir Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur was the father Gayatri Devi, later Maharani of Jaipur, and holder of a Guinness Book World Record of winning an electoral victory by the largest margin. |
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Col. His Highness Sir
Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharjah of, GCIE 1887; CB 1889; Honorary
Colonel, His Majesty's Land Forces; attached VI King Edward's Own Cavalry;
Honorary A.D.C. to His Majesty the King Emperor; Post Grand Senior Warden of
England; Past District Grand Mark Master of Bengal. Born: Educated: Ward's
Institute, Publications:
Thirty-seven years of Big Game Shooting, 1909. Address: See also Sen, Nirmul Chunder,
C.B.E. The marriage of Sunity
Devi to the Maharajah of |
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(18??-1913) |
His Highness Raj Rajendra
Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharajah of Succeeded father, 1911. Address: |
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(18??-1915) |
Nawab Bahadur, Sir,
Khwaya Salimulla, G.C.I.E. cr. 1911; K.C.S.I., Nawab of Address: Compiler's Note: The Nawab was involved in the
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DAS (1867-1936) |
Sir Kedarnath, Kt., cr.
1933; C.I.E. 1918; MD; Principal and Professor of Midwifery and
Gynaecology, Born Educated: Medical and Surgical Registrar,
Medical College Hospital, 1892-99; Teacher of Midwifery, Campbell Medical
School, 1899-1918; Fellow, Calcutta University; Dean of the Faculty of
Medicine, Calcutta University; Member, Bengal Council of Medical
Registration; Member Governing Body, State Medical Faculty, Bengal; Honorary
Fellow, American Gynaecological Society; Honorary Fellow, AAOG and Abd.
Surgeons; Fellow, Publications: Handbook of
Obstetrics; Obstetric Forceps-its History and Evolution etc. Address: 22 Bethune Row, Clubs: |
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DAS (1872-1928) |
Hon. Satish Ranjan,
Barrister-at-law; Member, Governor - General's Executive Council since 1925. Born: Educated: Advocate, Publications: A Letter to
my Son; A New Policy for Recreation: tennis Address: See also Gupta, Bihari Lal, C.S.I. I.C.S. |
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DINAJPUR (1860-1919) |
Maharaja Sir Grirjanath Ray
Bahadur of, K.C.I.E. Born 1860; son by
adoption to Maharaja Taraknath Roy and Maharani Shyammohini of Dinajpur;
married 1876. Educated: Queen's
College, Member, Eastern Bengal
and Assam Legislative Council, 1906-11; Honorary Magistrate, Dinajpur;
Vice-President, British Indian Association, Calcutta; former President, East
Bengal Landholders Association; Chairman Dinajpur Municipality; former
Vice-Chairman, Dinajpur District Board; President Dinajpur Landholders'
Association; Member, Recreations: sports,
music, Heir: Maharaja Kumar
Jagadisnath Ray, married 1916. Address: Dinajpur
Rajbati, Dinajpur, Clubs: |
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DUTT (1848-1909) |
Romesh Chunder, C.I.E.,
1892; Fellow Royal Society of Literature; Member Royal Asiatic Society;
Barrister-at-Law, Born Educated: Hare's School; Joined Civil Service,
1871; District Officer, 1882-94; Divisional Commissioner 1894 and 1895, being
the only native of Revenue Minister of Publications: a series of
historical and social novels in Bengali, and a translation of the Rig Veda
and other Sanscrit religious works into that language; in English: Civilisation
in Ancient India; Maha-bharata, condensed into English verse; Ramayana,
condensed into English verse; Economic History of India under Early
British Rule, 1757 to 1837; Economic History of India in the Victorian Age,
1837 to 1900; Lake of Palms, a Story of Indian Domestic Life; Slave Girl of
Agra, 1909. Recreation: walking Club: National Liberal ( See also Gupta, J.N., CIE, MBE, ICS |
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GHOSAL (1857-1932) |
Mrs. (Srimati Svarna
Kumari Devi); daughter of Maharshi Debendra Nath Tagore, and sister of Sir
Rabindranath Tagore. Born: 1857; Married late
J. Ghosal, Zemindar; one son, two daughters. Brought up entirely on
strict zenana lines, educated behind the Purdah and married at a very
youthful age. Before twenty published a novel anonymously; soon after became
editor of Bharati (first woman editor in India), a Bengali magazine which she
still conducts; is interested in philanthropic movements, such as a Widow's
Home, which she founded, and training for zenana teachers. Does not adhere to
strict rules of Hindu widowhood, but since husband's death has withdrawn from
society. Reads many English books - favourite author, George Eliot. Publications: - Novels:
Dipnirvan Chinna-mukul, Fulamala, Snechalata, Hughiir Imambari, Kahake, Bidroha,
Mibarraj, Bichittra, Swapna Bani, Milanratri. Farces:
Kane-badal, Pakchakra. Dramas: Raj-Kanya, Dev-Kantuk, Juganta Kabya
Natya, Nivedita; Raj-Kanya has been translated in German under the title
Kalyani. Science: Prithvi. Besides short stories, poems and children's
books, some of her work has been translated into English, and published in Recreations: music,
gardening Address: 3 Sunny Park, |
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GHOSE (1868-1934) |
Sir Bepin Behary, Kt., cr.
1932; MA, BL; Temporary Law Member of the Executive Council of the
Governor-General of Born Berhampore, Bengal,
3 September 1868; 2nd son of late Jagabandhu Ghose of Torkona,
Burdwan, Bengal; married, 1889, late Manojmahila, daughter of late Jadunath
Palit of Chandernagore, Bengal; four sons, two daughters. Educated: Enrolled as a Vakil of
High Court, Calcutta, 1892, practiced there and at District Court, Burdwan,
1895-1910; resumed practice at High Court, 1910; a Puisne Judge, High Court
Calcutta, 1921-29; Chairman, Board of Conciliation B.B. and C.I. Railway
Labour dispute at Bombay, 1930; temporary member of the Executive Council of
the Governor of Bengal, October 1930 - February 1931 and August - December
1931 and January 1932. Fellow Calcutta
University since 1926; Dean of the Faculty of Law, 1927; President of the
Board of Studies (Law) 1927; President of the Governing Committee, Beltala
Girls' School, Kamala Girls' School, Jagabandhu School for Boys (Calcutta),
Jagabandhu High School for Boys at Torokona; one of the Trustees of the
National Council of Educated, Bengal; Member, Governing Body of Bethune
College for Women, Calcutta. President of the Poetry
Society, Publications: edited the
fifth edition of the Law of Mortgages in Recreations: travelling,
reading and gardening Address: 11 Dover Lane,
Ballygunge, Calcutta, India; Shyamsagar House, Burdwan, Bengal, India. Club: Calcutta See also Ghose, Sir Rashbehary, C.S.I., C.I.E. |
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GHOSE (1874-1934) |
Sir Charu Chunder, Kt., cr.
1926; BA, LLB ( Born Calcutta, 4 February
1874; elder son of Hon. Rai Debender Chunder Ghose Bahadur; married
Nirmalnolini, elder daughter of late Pratap Chunder Bhose, Calcutta; four
sons, two daughters. Educated: Enrolled as a Vakil of
the Calcutta High Court, 1898; called to the Bar, 1907; Honoursman of the
Council of Legal Educated; Advocate Calcutta High Court, 1907; Judge,
Calcutta High Court, 1919-34; retired, 1934; acting Chief Justice, 1931,
1932, 1933, 1934; temporary Member, Governor of Bengal's Executive Council,
February-April, 1934. Address: Bhowanipore, Clubs: National Liberal; |
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GHOSE (1838-1918) |
Sir Chunder Madhub, Kt., cr.
1906; late Senior Puisne Judge, High Court, Calcutta, 1885-1906;
President (Honorary) of the Board of Examiners of Candidates for Professional
Pleadership and Mukhtearship, 1898-1906. Born Educated: Began his professional
career as a Pleader at Burdwan in 1860, where he held the position of
Government Pleader for sixteen months; was enrolled as Vakel, Sudder Court
(now High Court) in Calcutta in 1861; Member of the Bengal Legislative
Council, 1884; President of the Faculty of Law, Calcutta University, for
three years; officiating Chief Justice of Bengal, 1906; retired from office
as Judge, 1907. Took an active part
(President, 1905) in the establishment of the Address: Bhowanipore, |
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GHOSE (1845-1921) |
Sir Rashbehary, Kt., cr.
1915; C.S.I. 1909; C.I.E.; MA, DL; Member Viceregal Council. Born Educated: Tagore Law Professor, Member of Publication: : Law of
Mortgage Address: Sans Souci, Clubs: Landholders, See also Ghose, Sir Bepin Behary |
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GHOSH (1894-1959) |
Sir Jnan Chandra, Kt., cr. 1943, D.Sc., F.N.I; Member in
charge of Educated, Health and Scientific Research, Planning Commission,
Government of India, since 1955. Born Educated: Lecturer in Chemistry,
Calcutta University, 1915-21; Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry,
Dacca University, 1921-39; Dean of Faculty of Science, Dacca University,
1924-28; Provost, Dacca Hall, 1926-39; Director, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, 1939-47; Director, Indian Institute of Technology (East), Hijli,
Kharagpur, Bengal, 1950-54; Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, 1954-55. Member, Council and Board
of Scientific and Industrial Research since 1940; President, Indian Chemical
Society, 1935-37; National Institute of Sciences, 1943; General President,
Indian Science Congress, Lahore, 1939; Member, Indian Scientific Mission to
UK and USA, 1944-45; lately Director-General of Industries and Supply, Govt.
of India; Member of Delegation to: Empire Scientific Conference, UK, 1946; 4th
General Assembly of UNESCO, Paris, 1946 and UN Conference on Conservation and
Utilisation of Resources, Lake Success, 1949; President of Indian Association
for Cultivation of Science, 1951-. Publications: in various
journals in Address: Planning
Commission, |
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GHUZNAVI (1872-1939) |
Hon. Alhadj Nawab Bahadur
Sir Abdelkerim Abu Ahmed Khan of Dildaur, Kt., cr. 1928; Nawab
Bahadur, 1933; Member of Executive Council of Governor of Bengal, 1929-34;
Minister Government of Bengal since 1924; MLC; zemindar and landowner. Born Educated: St. Peter's
School, Exmouth, Returned to India 1894,
and settled on his estates handed down by his ancestors Fatehdad Khan Ghuznin
Lohani, brother of Osman Khan Ghuznin Lohani, the last independent Afghan
chieftain of Bengal; represented the whole of East Bengal and Assam in both
Moslem and Hindu interests in the old Imperial Legislative Council, 1909-12,
and the whole of Bengal in Moslem interest in the Viceroy's Council, 1913-16;
went on a political mission to the court of ex-King Hussein of Hedjaz as well
as to Palestine and Syria to enquire into the question of Pilgrim Traffic,
1913; Exempted from Indian Arms Act, 1925; President Bengal Simon Committees,
1929; visited as State Guest the court of King Ibn Saoud of the Hedjaz and
Nejd; thereafter travelled extensively in Sudan, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and
Iraq in order to study irrigation problems and other matters connected with
the constitution of these countries, 1913. Publications: Pligrim
Traffic to Address: North House, Clubs: |
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GUPTA (1849-1916) |
Bihari Lal, C.S.I., 1914;
Indian Civil Service Pensioner. Born Educated: Joined the Civil Service
in India (Bengal); served in various districts; was Presidency Magistrate and
Coroner of Calcutta for 5 years, and then District & Sessions Judge; was
Remembrancer and Superintendent of Legal Affairs, Bengal, and Member, Bengal
Council; raised to the Bench of Calcutta High Court whence he retired, 1907. Minister of Law and
Justice in the Baroda State, 1909; Chief Minister, 1912; retired 1914 to
travel in Europe with His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar; holds Degrees of
Honour in Sanskrit and Persian; Delhi Durbar medals of 1903 and 1912. Address: Club: See also Das, Hon. Satish Ranjan |
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GUPTA (1870-1947) |
J.N., C.I.E., 1927;
M.B.E.; I.C.S.; Retired as Member, Board of Revenue, Born 1870; son of late
Ghanashyama Gupta, retired subordinate Judge under Government; married, 1894,
4th daughter of late Romesh Chandra Dutt, C.I.E., I.C.S.; four
sons, one daughter. Educated: Entered the Indian Civil
Service, 1892. held successively post of District Magistrate and Commissioner
of a Division; on special duty on several occasions, notably in 1903, when he
was deputed to the Delhi Durbar held under Lord Curzon and was placed in
charge of the Indian section of the Press Camp; Secretary to Lord Sinha, when the latter
went to England, 1918; Represented the Government of India at the Labour
Branch of the League of Nations Conference, 1921. Publications: Life of Romesh
Chandra Dutt, CIE, ICS, 1910; Foundations of National Progress, with an
introduction by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Sinha, 1927; Social Drama in Bengali:
Monisha and Koshti Pathar. Recreations: fond of
shooting, plays golf, rides etc. Clubs: National Liberal;
Darjiling (Darjiling); South ( |
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GUPTA (1851-1926) |
Sir Krishna Govinda,
K.C.S.I., cr. 1911; C.S.I. 1909; Barrister-at-Law, Born Educated: Joined Indian Civil
Service, 1873 (2nd at the final examination); passed through all
the grades in Bengal; Secretary, Board of Revenue, 1887; Commissioner of
Excise, 1893; Divisional Commissioner, 1901; Member Board of Revenue, 1904,
being the first Indian to hold that appointment; Member Indian Excise Committee,
1905; on special duty in connection with the Fisheries of Bengal, 1906;
deputed to Europe and America in 1907 to carry on fishery investigation, as a
result of which a new department has been organised to conserve and develop
the provincial fisheries; nominated to the India Council, 1907, being one of
the first two Indians who were for the first time raised to that position;
retired from India Office on completion of term, March 1915; Member, Lord
Esher's Army in India Committee, 1920. Clubs: National Liberal; |
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GUPTA (1895-1956) |
Satyendra Nath, C.I.E.
1935; BA (Cantab); I.C.S. retired. Born Educated: Entered Indian Civil
Service after examination of 1917; Bengal district work, deputed to Indian
Customs for 2 ½ years; in charge of Bengal district for 4 years as District
Magistrate and Collector; Deputy Trade Commissioner in London under High
Commissioner for India, 1928; Indian Trade Commissioner, Hamburg, 1931-37;
Joint Secretary, Commerce Dept., Govt. of India, 1938; Collector of Customs,
Karachi and Bombay, 1939; Commissioner of Excise, Bengal, 1942; retired 1943. Economic staff, UNRRA,
London, 1946-47; UK and Eire Representative, India Steamship Company Ltd., Publications: Official
Reports and articles in English and German Press on Indian trade to Recreation: stamp
collecting. Address: Grindlay’s Bank,
Clubs: National Liberal,
Calcutta (Calcutta), Karachi (Karachi) |
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KASIMBAZAR (1860-1929) |
Maharaja of, Sir Manindra
Chandra Nandy, K.C.I.E. cr. 1915. Born 1860; Married; One
son, four daughters. Succeeded Maharani
Swarnamoyee in the gudee of Kasimbazar ( Educated: Chairman, Berhampur
Municipality, 1900-1915; Chairman, Murshidabad District Board since 1922;
Honorary Fellow of Calcutta University; President, All India Hindu Sabha;
President, Bengal Landholders' Association, 1918-20; President, British
Indian Association, Calcutta, 1922, 1923 and 1929. President, Murshidabad
Association, since 1897; President, All India Exhibitions, Calcutta, 1918 and
1922; Member, Indian Legislative Council, 1913-21; Member, Council of State,
since 1921; founder of a Chair in the Benares Hindu University and one of
Science in Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose Laboratory in Calcutta; takes a keen
interest in public and political affairs, and is a munificent patron of Educated,
agriculture, literature, art, music, science and development of home industries. Publications: Upasana;
B.S. Panjika; The Indian Medicinal Plant; A History of Indian Philosophy;
Great Baisnava Granthas; Part 10 of Sree Matbhagbat; Fundamental Unity of
India; History of Indian Shipping and Indian Maritime Activity. Heir: Maharaj Kumar Sris
Chandra Nandy, MA, MLC Address: Kasimbazar,
District Murshidabad, Clubs: |
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KAPUR (1858-1924) |
Raja Bun Behari, Raja
Bahadur, C.S.I. 1903 Born A scion of Burdwan family,
he was appointed Dewan-i-Raj of the zamindari
in 1877; joint manager, 1885; and sole manager, on behalf of his
natural son, the present Maharaja of Burdwan, 1891-1903, when Maharaja
received full charge; has served on Bengal Legislative Council (three times
nominated), and for many years, as honorary magistrate; Kaiser-i-Hind gold
medal, 1914. Address: The Bonabas,
Burdwan. |
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LAW (1852-1935) |
Hon. The Raja Reshee
Case, C.I.E., 1913; a merchant and Zemindar; Member Managing Committee of the
Zoological Gardens, Calcutta; Governor, Calcutta Refuge; President,
Ramkrishna Anath Bhandar; Hon. Secretary, British Indian Association. Born 1852, son of late
Maharaja Doorga Churn Law; married; two sons, two daughters. Educated: Vice-President of Local
Board of Imperial Bank (Bengal Circle); Governor of Imperial Bank; M.L.C.,
Bengal; a Municipal Commissioner of Calcutta; an Honorary Presidency
Magistrate; a Member of Calcutta Improvement Trust; of Calcutta Port Trust;
of Art Gallery of Calcutta; of East Indian Association, London, and Bengal
Economic Association; Chairman, District Board of 24 Parganas; a Life Member
of St. John's Ambulance Association; Joint Secretary Earl of Ronaldshay Fund;
President of British Indian Association amd of Bengal National Chamber of
Commerce; a Director of China Mutual Insurance Co., of Imperial Bank of India
(Bengal Branch), of Northern Assurance Co. Ltd., Indian Iron and Steel Co.
Ltd., Bengal Telephone Co. Ltd., and of Sarah-Sirajgunge Railway Co.,
received title of Raja, 1918; Member of Royal Society of Arts, London;
President, Subarnabanik Samaj and Subarnabanik Charitable Association;
Member, Advisory Board, E. I. Railway, E. B. Railway, and Calcutta Tramway
Co. Ltd.; Member and Trustee of the Victoria Memorial, Astanga Ayurveda
Vidyalaya, and Indian Museum. Address: |
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MAZOOMDAR (1859-1932) |
Rai Bahadur Jadunath, Vedanta
Bachaspati, C.I.E.; Kaiser-i-Hind (Silver Medalist); MA, BL; ex-Member,
Legislative Council; ex-Member, Indian Legislative Assembly; Advocate,
Calcutta High Court. Born October 1859, son of
late Babu Taraprasanna Mazoomdar, Zemindar, Lohagara, Jessore; married 1881,
Srimati Saratkumari, daughter of late Babu Abhoykumar Sarker, landholder,
Karandi, Jessore; five sons. Educated: Served as Headmaster,
Arrah Government School; Lecturer, Government Sanskrit College, Calcutta;
Principal Kutmoondu College, Nepal; Editor, Tribune, Lahore; Secretary
Finance Department, Kashmere; Chief Manager, Tagore Raj Estate, Calcutta;
Chairman, Jessore Municipality; first Honorary non-official Chairman District
Board, Jessore; takes great interest in Educated and established several high
English Schools in Jessore District; President Vaisya Barujibi Association,
Bengal. Publications: Bengali,
Amitverprasher, two parts; commentaries on Vedanta and Sankhya system of
philosophy and many other works; editor of Hindu Patrika; English: Religion
of Love, Essayas and Addresses etc. Address: Jessore, |
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MITRA (1875-1937)
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Sir Bhupendra Nath,
K.C.S.I., cr. 1928, K.C.I.E. cr. 1924 (C.I.E. 1913), C.B.E.
1919. Son of late Ashutosh
Mitra; Born October 1875; widower; One son, two daughters. Educated: Metropolitan
Institution, Entered Government Service, 1896; Assistant Secretary to Government of India, Finance Department, 1910; Acting Deputy Secretary, 1915; Controller of War Accounts, 1915; Military Accountant-General, 1919; Financial Adviser Military Finance, 1922; Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, India, 1924-30; temporary Finance Member, 1925; High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom, 1931-36; Leader, Indian Delegation, International Labour Conference, Geneva; President General Assembly International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, 1932; Representative of India on Imperial Economic Committee (Vice-Chairman since 1935), Imperial Shipping Committee, Governing Body of Imperial Institute and Imperial College of Science and Technology, Imperial Communications Advisory Committee; Executive Council of Imperial Agriculture Bureau; and on Permanent Committee of International Institute of Agriculture, Rome. |
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MITRA (1856-1925) |
S.M., Member of Royal
Asiatic Society; Hindu author; settled in England since 1905. Born 30 November 1856;
unmarried. Connected with the Indian
press for thirty years - English, Urdu, and Bengali writer; ten years
Proprietor and Editor of the Deccan Post; lectured under London University,
British Navy League, Central Asian Society, East India Association, etc.;
selected by Calcutta Sahitya Parishad in 1901 to revise transliteration of
Arabic and Persian words and phrases in vogue in Bengali language; opposed in
1907 anti-British Bengal boycott movement in The Times; often writes in reviews;
represented India at the International Free Trade Congress in London, 1908;
represented Hindu Medicine at the International Congress of Medicine, London,
1913. Publications: (English)
Life of Sir John Hall; Position of Women in Indian Life (with Her Highness
the Maharani of Baroda); Indian Problems, British Rule in India; Anglo-Indian
Studies; Peace in India-how to attain it; Moslem-Hindu entente cordiale;
Imperial Preferences and India; Hindupore (An Anglo-Indian romance); Voice
for Women-Without Votes) Yoga Mental Culture; revised Anglo-Indian Terms in
Standard Dictionary; (Urdu) Zibeh ul baqar; (Bengali) Nayati Prabandha, etc. Recreations: Hindu
psychotherapy and reciting Persian poetry. Address: Royal Asiatic Society, 74 Grosvenor Street, London W1. |
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MITTER (1872-1930) |
Right Honourable Sir
Binod Chandra, P.C. 1929; Kt. cr. 1918; Member of Judicial Committee
of Privy Council since 1929; Member, Council of Governor of Bengal, 1910-17;
Standing Counsel to the Government of India, 1910-16; Advocate-General to the
Government of Bengal, 1917. Born 2 February 1872, son
of late Sir Romesh Chunder Mitter; married (1890) Charushilla (died 1930),
daughter of Akshoy Coomar; five sons, five daughters. Address: 73 Ashley
Gardens, London SW1; 2 Loudon Street, Calcutta, India. See also Mitter, Sir Provash Chandra, K.C.S.I., CI.E. |
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MITTER (1875-1934) |
Sir Provash Chandra,
K.C.S.I. cr. 1933; Kt. cr. 1924; C.I.E. 1919; Member Executive
Council, 1928-31, July 1934. Born January 1875, son of
late Sir Romesh Chunder Mitter, a Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, who was
also for some time the first Officiating Indian Chief Justice, and brother of
late Rt. Hon. Sir B. C. Mitter, P.C.; married 1894, Uma (died 1912), daughter
of S. C. Ghosh, Zamindar; four sons, four daughters. A Vakil of the High
Court, Calcutta , 1897-1924, when he was enrolled as an Advocate of the same
High Court; Minister for Educated, Registration, Endowments, Archaeology,
etc., in Bengal, 1921-24; Minister for Local Self - Government, Public
Health, Medical, Agriculture, Industries, Co-operative Credit and Public
Works Departments, 1927-28; was a member of the Rowlatt Committee; has been a
leader of the Liberal Group in Bengal and President of the Indian Association
and the National Liberal League; represented the landholders in the Bengal
Legislative Council, 1916-28; for several years leader of the Constitutional
group in the Bengal Legislative Council, including Landlords, Liberals, and
the Backward Classes; was Vice-President and Honorary Secretary of the
British Indian Association; was President and is now Patron of the Backward
Classes Society, Bengal; Delegate from Bengal to the Round Table Conference,
London, 1930-31 and 1931-32; served as a member of Committees of the Round
Table Conference, including the Federal Structure Committee. Publication: Bengal
Tenancy Act. Address: 34/1 Elgin Road,
Calcutta, India. Clubs: National Liberal;
Calcutta; Darjeeling Gymkhana See also Rt. Hon. Sir Binod Chandra, P.C. |
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Sir Asutosh, Saraswati,
Sastravachaspati, Kt. cr. 1911; C.S.I. 1909; MA, DL, DSc, PhD; one of
His Majesty's Judges in the High Court of Judicature, Fort William, in
Bengal, since 1904; Vice - Chancellor of the University of
Calcutta,
1906-14, and 1921-23. Born 29 June 1864; son of
Dr. Ganga Prasad Mookerjee of Calcutta; married 1886, Jogmaya, daughter of
Ram Narain Bhattacharjee of Krishnaghur; four sons, three daughters. Educated: Enrolled a Vakil of
Calcutta High Court, 1888; Fellow and Syndic of Calcutta University since
1889; Tagore Professor of Law, 1897;; Professor of Mathematics at Indian
Association for Cultivation of Science, 1887-1902; Representative of
University on Council of Lt.-Governor of Bengal, 1899-1903, and of Calcutta
Corporation on same Council and Additional Member of Council of
Governor-General of India, 1903-4; Bengal Member of Indian University
Commission, 1902; Member on Calcutta University Commission, 1917-19. Fellow Royal Asiatic
Society, Royal Society Edinburgh, Royal Irish Academy and of other learned
Societies, British and Foreign; President, Asiatic Society Bengal, 1907-9 and
1921-23; Chairman, Trustees of Indian Museum since 1909; Founder-President,
Calcutta Mathematical Society, since 1908; President, Council of the Imperial
Library, Calcutta; President of the First Indian Science Congress, 1909; Twin
President, Bengali Literary Conference, 1916 and 1918. Publications: Geometry of
Conics, 1892; Law of Perpetuities, 1890; Vyavahara Matrika of Jimatavahana,
1912; Addresses Academic and Literary, 1915; numerous papers on Mathematics
in Journals and Transactions of Learned Societies. Recreation: Walking Address: 77 Russa Road
North, Bhowanipur, Calcutta. Telephone: Cal.646 Of Sir Asutosh's sons, Dr. Shyama Prasad, was a Union Minister of India, Uma Prasad became a distinguished explorer and travel writer; while a grandson, Justice Chittatosh, was for several years a Judge of the Calcutta High Court and was subsequently elevated as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. |
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MOOKERJEE (1854-1936) |
Sir Rajendra Nath,
K.C.I.E. cr. 1911; K.C.V.O. cr. 1922; MIME (Hon. Life Member);
DSc (Eng.); civil engineer. Born Basirhat, 1854;
married; two sons, five daughters. Educated: Senior partner in the
firm of Martin & Co., engineers, contractors, and merchants, and of Burn
& Co., 12 Mission Row, Calcutta (London firm, T. A. Martin & Co.,
Vestry House, EC); Member of Indian Industrial Commission, 1916-17; a Fellow
of Calcutta University; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Indian Museum,
Calcutta and a Member of Governing Body, Bengal Engineering College; Member
of Court of Visitors, Indian Institute of Science; Sheriff of Calcutta, 1911;
President, the Institution of Engineers (India), 1921; President Indian
Science Congress; President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1924-25; Member,
Royal Currency Commission, 1925-26; President, Bengal Retrenchment Committee;
Member of Inchcape Committee, 1924; President, Howrah Bridge Committee;
Governor of the Imperial Bank of India; President Asiatic Society of Bengal;
Member, Indian Railway Committee; President, Calcutta Technical School
Committee; Member, Indian Coal Committee. Address: 7 Harrington
Street, Calcutta; Clubs: National Liberal; Calcutta, Calcutta. |
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MULLICK (1868-1931) |
The Hon. Justice Sir
Basanta Kumar, Kt., cr. 1920; Member of Council of India since 1929. Born 2 August 1868; son
of Otool Churn Mullick, Barrister; married, 1900, Kate Annie, daughter of
John Carter; no children. Educated: University
Collegiate School; King's College, Entered ICS 1887;
Magistrate and Collector, Bengal, 1900; District and Sessions Judge, 1902;
Acting Judge, Calcutta High Court, 1913; Puisne Judge, 1915; Judge, High
Court, Patna, 1916-28. Recreations: riding,
polo, shooting. Address: 29 Rosary
Gardens, London SW7 Telephone: Kensington 5370. Clubs: National Liberal; Calcutta. |
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MURSHIDABAD (1875-1959) |
Nawab Bahadur of,
K.C.S.I., cr. 1910; K.C.V.O. cr. 1912; His Highness
Ehteshamul-Mulk, Rais-ud-Dowla, Amir-ul-Omrah, Nawab Asif Quadar Sir Syed
Wasif Ali Mirza, Khan Bahadur, Mahabut Jung, premier noble of Bengal, Behar
and Orissa; 38th in descent from the Prophet of Arabia. Born 7 January 1875; son
of Ihtishamul-Mulk, Rais-ud-Dowla, Amir-ul-Omrah, Nawab Sir Syed Hussan Ali
Meerza, Khan Bahadur, Mahabat Jung, G.C.I.E., late Nawab Bahadur of
Murshidabad and Nawab Kulsumunnissa Begum Saheba. Educated in India, under
private tutors in English, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu; and in England, at
Sherborne, Rugby, and Oxford. Succeeded father with
hereditary titles of Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, Amir-ul-Omrah, 1906; has
eight times been a Member of Bengal Legislative Council; has taken great
interest in Municipal matters; was selected to represent Bengal at King's
Coronation in London; attended Delhi Coronation Durbar of 1st
January 1902 as a guest of Government of Bengal; as premier noble of Bengal
had the honour of receiving King-Emperor George V in Calcutta; Patron of the
Calcutta Historical Society and Anjuman-e-Musalmanan-e-Bangala; founder
President of the Hindu Muslim Unity Association; is reputed for the efficient
management of his estates and public charities; is also well known for his
English and Urdu Poems. Recreations: an athlete,
keen at all kinds of sports; polo, shooting, billiards. Address: 85 Park Street, Calcutta, Bengal, India. |
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NADIA (1890-1928) |
Hon. Maharaja Kshaunish
Chandra Ray Bahadur, Maharaja of; Member Bengal Executive Council since 1924. Born at the Palace,
Krishnagar, 29 October 1890; son of late Maharja Kshitish Chandra Ray
Bahadur; married Maharani Jyotirmoyee Debi, daughter of late Raja Ashutoshe
Nath Roy of Cossimbazar; two daughters. Comes of the oldest
aristocratic family in Bengal; created Maharaja at Coronation Durbar, Delhi,
1911; made Maharaja Bahadur, 1917. Educated privately. First non-official
elected Chairman of Nadia District Board, 1920-24; Member of the Bengal
Legislative Council, 1921-23. Recreations: Photography
and Shooting Address: The Palace,
Krishnagar, Nadia, Bengal; 2 Bright Street, Ballygunje, Calcutta. Telephone:
Regent 198. Clubs: Calcutta; Darjeeling Gymkhana |
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NARENDRA (1822-1903) |
Maharaja Bahadur Sir
Krishna, K.C.I.E., cr. 1887 Born 10 October 1822;
only surviving son of late Raja Raj Krishna Bahadur, and grandson of late
Raja Nobo Krishna Bahadur, the native Political Secretary to Lord Clive. Educated: An extensive landlord;
was an additional member of the Viceroy's Council for some time; senior
member of the Sovabazar Raj family; a J.P. of Calcutta; for several times
President of the British Indian Association; President and Vice-President of
the Calcutta Public Library; Governor of the Mayo Hospital; a Municipal
Commissioner of Calcutta; visitor of the Alipore Reformatory School; Fellow
of the Calcutta University; member of the District Board of the 24 Purganas;
a founder of a Higher Grade English School at Huthigunge in Diamond Harbour. Granted the title of
Raja, 1875; Maharaja, 1877; and Maharaja Bahadur, 1892. Address: Sovabazar Rajbari, Calcutta. |
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PALIT (18??-1914) |
Sir Tarak Nath, Kt, cr. 1913; Barrister-at-Law; Hon. Fellow Calcutta University Address: The University, Calcutta |
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RAHIM (1867-1952)
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Sir Abdur (Mr. Justice
Rahim), K.C.S.I. cr. 1925; Kt. cr. 1919; DCL (Oxford); DL
(Dacca). Born Midnapore, Bengal,
1867; married 1905, daughter of late Moulvi Mohammad Yahia; three sons, one
daughter. Educated: Practised in the Calcutta
High Court until 1908; Puisne Judge of the Madras High Court, 1908; a member
of the Royal Commission on Public Services in India, 1913-15; a Member of the
Bengal Executive Council and was in charge of the Portfolio of Administration
of Justice and Jail and allied subjects, 1921-25; Member Bengal Legislative
Council, 1926-30; Indian Legislative Assembly, 1930; Leader of the
Independent Party; Leader of the Opposition, 1933-34; Member of the Indian
Delegation to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Reforms, 1933;
President of the Assembly, 1935; Leader and Member, Indian Delegation to the
Empire Parliamentary Conferences in London, 1935 and 1937. Publication: Principles
of Mohammedan Jurisprudence according to the Sunni School of Law. Address: 217 Lower Circular Road, Calcutta, India. |
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RAHMAN (18??-1945) |
Sir Ahmed Fazlur, Kt. cr. 1942; LLD; Professor of History, MAO College, Aligarh, and later, Muslim University, Aligarh, 1914-21; Provost, Muslim Hall, University of Dacca, 1921-27; Vice-Chancellor, University of Dacca, 1934-36; Member, Federal Public Services Commission, India, 1937. |
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RAY (1855-1930) |
Rai Bahadur Biswambhar,
(Vidyabenode), C.I.E., 1927, M.B.E. 1919; Advocate Calcutta High Court and
Government Pleader, Nadia, Bengal, and a landholder. Born Nadia, 1855; son of
late Ramdhan Ray; married 1st, 1880, late Nistarini Devi; 2nd,
1893, late Hemangini Devi, five sons, one daughter. Educated: After qualifying himself
for the Bar, acted as Lecturer of the Krishnagar Government College for some
time; joined the Krishnagar Bar, 1883; Government pleader, 1908; Chairman of
the Nadia District Board for some years and also Chairman of the Krishnagar
Municipality for a considerable period; non-official visitor of Krishnagar jail
and the Government Collegiate School; President of Industrial Co-operative
Union; recipient of War-badge of Government of India; recruiting badge and
War Loan Certificate of Honour. Publications:
Vicissitudes of Fortune, or Bhagya-Biparjaya Kabya; The History of the
Barendra Kayastha Nag Family. Address: Krishnagar, Nadia, Bengal. |
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RAY (1862-1925) |
Mahendranath, C.I.E.
1914; MA, BL; Vakil, Calcutta High Court; Member, Bengal Legislative Council
since 1911. Born October 1862; son of
late Girija Shankar Ray of Tazpur, Howrah, India; married 1878, Probodhmoyee
Dassi; two sons, two daughers. Educated: Vice-Chairman, Howrah
District Board, 1888-96; Fellow, Calcutta University, 1891; Professor of
Mathematics and Law, Calcutta City College, 1886-98; Member of the Syndicate,
Calcutta University, 1910-18; Hon. Magistrate, Municipal Commissioner, and
Member, District Board, Howrah; Chairman, Howrah Municipality, 1916-20. Publications: Algebra,
Parts I and II. Address: 8 Khooroot Road,
Howrah, and 2 Boloram Bose's 1st Lane, Bhowanipur, Calcutta.
Telephone: Calcutta 3242. Club: India, Calcutta |
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RAY (1870-1927) |
Prithwis Chandra, Editor,
Indian World. Born 1870; married; two
sons, three daughters. Educated: The Editor, Bengalee,
1921-24; Secretary, 21st and 26th sessions of the
Indian National Congress, held in Calcutta in 1906 and 1911; Secretary,
Bengal Social Reform Association, 1908-14; Founder of the National Liberal
League, Bengal, 1918; Member of the Moderate Deputation to England, 1919, and
Bengal Landholders' Delegate to England, 1920; Donor of the Gokhale Library
to the Indian Association of Calcutta, 1920. Publications: Poverty
Problem in India, 1896; Indian Famines, 1901; The Map of India, 1904, and
reprinted 1927; Our Demand for Self Government, 1917; A Scheme of Indian
Constitutional Reforms, 1918; Life and Times of C. R. Das, 1927. Address: 5 Rifle Road,
Ballygunge, Calcutta. Club: National Liberal |
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SADHU (1875-1937) |
Rai Bahadur Tarak Nath,
C.I.E. 1924; the first Indian Public Prosecutor in the Presidency of Bengal,
since 1919; Vakil Calcutta High Court, since 1914; Advocate, Calcutta High
Court, since 1926; landowner. Born October 1875; elder
son of late Roma Nath Sadhu; married late Siddeswari Saha, daughter of late
Nanda Lal Saha; four sons, one daughter. Educated: Old General
Assembly's Institution; Joined Police Court Bar
of Calcutta, 1897; Calcutta High Court Bar, 1914; Certificate of Honour,
1911; Medal, 1912; Rai Sahib, 1912; Rai Bahadur, 1916. Member of the British
Indian Association; Member of the Calcutta University Institute; Past-Master
of RHH Rustomjee Lodge. Publications: six novels;
joint-editor of a monthly Bengali magazine, Gandha Banik Patrika. Recreations: open-air
exercises Address: 9 Muddon Mohan
Chatterjee Lane, Chorebagan, Calcutta, India. Telephone: Regent 618; Sadhu
Sangha, Pather Chapti, Madhupur, EIR. Club: Calcutta |
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SANTOSH (18??-1939) |
The Maharajah Sir
Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury, Maharajah of, Kt., cr. 1930; M.L.C. Son of late Rai Dwarka
Nath Chowdhury and late Chowdhurani Bindubasani; married Hemangini Ray of
Naruttampore; three sons, three daughters. Educated: Rajah, 1910; Maharajah,
1936; Durbar Medal, 1912; King's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935; Coronation
Medal, 1937. Minister of the
Government of Bengal, 1925; in charge of Local Self Government, Excise and
Public Works Departments; President of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1927
and 1930; Fellow of University of Calcutta; Leader of Bengal Council
Progressive Party. Publications:
Chandrasekhar (in English); Essays and Speeches; The Royal Visit to Calcutta. Recreations: motoring and
riding; the first Indian President of the Calcutta Football League and the
Indian Football Association, being re-elected for the sixth time. Address: The Palace,
Santosh, Mymensing; The Santosh House, Alipore, Calcutta; Singamari,
Darjeeling, India. Clubs: Calcutta, Calcutta Turf, Calcutta; Gymkhana, Darjeeling |
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SARVADHIKARY (1862-1935) |
The Hon. Sir Deva Prasad,
Kt., cr. 1919; C.I.E. 1914; C.B.E. 1926; MA, BL Calcutta; LLD
(Aberdeen), LLD (St. Andrews), Suriratna (Navadwip) Vidyratnakar (Dacca); Vidya
Sudhakar , Bangaratna (Benares) Jnan Sindhu (Puri); late Member Council of
State; Vice-President, Asiatic Society; late member Indian Legislative
Assembly; for many years Member Bengal Legislative Council, Legislative
Assembly and Imperial Council; late Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University;
Member Lytton Committee for Indian Students in England; Member Govt. of India
Deputation to South Africa; Member Universities Congress of the Empire;
Member Post Graduate Council; Member Geneva League of Nations Assembly. Born 7 December 1862; 2nd
son of Rai Bahadur Soorjee Kumar Sarvadhikary; married 1883, Nagendra
Nandini; two sons, three daughters. Educated: Rameswarpore; For several years Member
of the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta; Member of the Imperial Library
Committee; Trustee and Treasurer, Imperial Museum; President Calcutta
Temperance Federation, Calcutta Licensing Board, Ant-smoking Society, Refuge,
Incorporated Society of Law, Poetry Society, Calcutta; Assistant Grand
Director of Ceremonies, Grand Lodge of Bengal; Vice-President Rotary Club,
Calcutta, and various literary societies; President Calcutta University
Institute, General Section; Vice-President Sahitya Parishad, Sahitya Sabha,
Indian Association; is a solicitor and advocate of the High Court; was long
the sub-editor of Samaya, Bharatbashi and Hindoo Patriot newspapers. Publications: Speeches
and Essays, entitled Notes and Extracts; Three Months in Europe; Prabash
Patra; South African Travels; Travels in Geneva, Memoirs and Reminiscences;
Thoughts and Problems; Phases in Public Life. Recreations: reading,
gardening, travel. Address: Prasadpur, 20
Suri Lane, Calcutta. Tel: Calcutta 1857, Calcutta 2625. Clubs: National Liberal; Calcutta, India, Chelmsford, Calcutta. |
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SEN (1870-1922) |
Rai Bahadur Abinash
Chandra, C.I.E. 1921 Born October 1870, son of
late Rao Bahadur Sansar Chandra Sen, M.V.O.; married 1886. Educated: Jaipur; Assistant in the office
of Private Secretary, 1901-6; Assistant Private Secretary, 1906-12; Private
Secretary to the Maharaja, 1912-18; Member of the State Council, 1918, and of
the Cabinet, 1920; title of Rai Bahadur, 1916; is one of the First-class nobles. Address: Huthroi Villa,
Jaipur, Rajputana, India. See also Sen, Rao Bahadur Sansar Chandra, M.V.O. |
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SEN (1861-1935) |
Narayan Kissen, I.S.O.
1911. Born October 1861; son of
Pran Kissen Sen who was his immediate predecessor in office as store-keeper of
stamps; grandson of late Muddon Mohun Sen, who was Khazanchee (cashier) of
the Bank of Bengal, Calcutta, now Imperial Bank of India; married 1879; one
son, two daughters. Educated: Treasurer in the office
of Comptroller Post Office, 1882; Treasurer in the Calcutta Collectorate,
1885; Store-keeper of Stamps, office of the Controller of Printing,
Stationary and Stamps, India, Calcutta, 1887-1914. Chairman of the Managing
Committee of the United Reading Rooms, Calcutta; Member of the Managing
Committee of the Oriental Seminary, Calcutta; Chairman of the Managing
Committee of the Ahireetola Bongo Bidyalaya, Calcutta. Address: 36 Belgachia Road, Calcutta. Telephone: Barabazar 507 |
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SEN (1869-1936) |
Nirmul Chunder, C.B.E.
1929; retired from Service. Born 21 January 1869; 2nd
son of great religious and social reformer, Keshub Chunder Sen; married 1905,
Rani Mrinalini; one son, three daughters. Educated: Government Opium Dept.
Behar, 5 years; Cooch Behar State Service 18 years; Local Adviser to Indian
Students at India Office, afterwards Joint Secretary and Educatedal Adviser
to High Commissioner for India, 16 years. Address: 37 Chowringhee
Road, Calcutta, India. Clubs: Indian Gymkhana,
British Indian Union, Calcutta, Calcutta; Gymkhana, Darjeeling. See also Cooch Behar, His Highness Col. Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharajah of |
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SEN (1846-1909) |
Rao Bahadur Sansar
Chandra, M.V.O. 1906 Born 1846; son of Babu
Nilamber Sen of Natagrah, near Calcutta; married 1865, 3rd
daughter of late Babu Jagadisnath Roy, the first appointed native
Superintendent of Police. Educated: Entered Jaipur State
Service, 1866; became Professor of History and Logic in Maharajah's College;
Head Master of Noble's School, Jaipur, 1873; Private Secretary to His
Highness the Maharajah of Jaipur, 1880; Member of Jaipur State Council, 1901;
received personal title of Rao Bahadur 1903; rank of Tazim, 1905; granted
Jaghir (rent-free estate), 1907. Address: Huthroi Villa,
Jaipur, Rajputana, India; 2 Kartick Bose Lane, Grey Street, Calcutta;
Natagarh, near Calcutta. See also Sen, Rai Bahadur Abinash Chandra, C.I.E. |
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SINHA (1858-193?) |
Narendra Prasanna,
Lt.-Col., Indian Medical Service; retired; Consulting Physician; Member,
Advisory Council, India Office. Born 30 September 1858;
son of late Siti Kanta Sinha of Raipur, District Birbhum, Bengal; three
daughters. Educated: Entered Indian Medical
Service, 1886; served in the Burmese Campaign, Tirah Expedition and Chinese
Expedition; served in Bengal as District Medical Officer and Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner; retired 1905; rejoined for war service and acted as Police
Surgeon and Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Calcutta Medical
College for 8 years and finally retired in 1922. Recreations: tennis and
golf Clubs: National Liberal;
Calcutta See also Sinha of Raipur, Rt. Hon. 1st Baron, P.C., K.C.S.I., K.C. |
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SINHA OF RAIPUR (1864-1928) |
Right Honourable Sir
Satyendra Prassano Sinha, 1st Baron, cr. 1919, K.C.S.I. cr.
1921; Kt. cr. 1914; K.C. 1918; P.C. 1919; Member of Judicial
Committee of Privy Council since 1926; late Member of Viceroy's Executive
Council, India (1st native). Born 1864; son of Babu
Siti Kanta Sinha; four sons, three daughters. Educated: Barrister, Calcutta High
Court; Standing Counsel, Government of India, 1903; Advocate-General, Bengal,
1907-9; 1915-17; a Representative of India in Imperial War Conference, 1918;
Member Imperial War Cabinet, 1918; Freeman of City of London, 1917; Under -
Secretary of State for India, 1919-20; Governor of Bihar and Orissa, Dec.
1920-21. Address: Queen Anne's
Mansions, London SW1. Clubs: Reform,
Marlborough, National Liberal See also Sinha, Lt.-Col. Narendra Prasanna, IMS (Retd.) |
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TAGORE (1831-1908) |
Maharaja Bahadur Sir Joteendro
Mohun, K.C.S.I., cr. 1882: Zemindar. Born 1831; son of Babu
Haro Coomar Tagore, Zemindar, of Calcutta; married 1840, Sreemuty Troilucko
Kally Devi, daughter of Babu Krishna Mohun Mullick of Jugaddal, 24
Pergunnahs; and the chief representative of the Tagore family, which is one
of the oldest and most eminent in Calcutta; one daughter. Educated: Fellow of the Calcutta
University; member of the Syndicate and of the Faculty of Arts, Calcutta
University. Was Member of Legislative Council, Granted title of Raja
Bahadur, 1871, and Maharaja Bahadur, 1890. Title of Maharaja made hereditary,
1891; created CSI 1879. Decorated in recognition of great intelligence and
ability, distinguished public spirit, high character, staunch loyalty to the
British Government, extensive charities, both public and private, and
personal services rendered to the State. Heir: son Moharaj-Kumar
Prodyot Kumar Tagore Publications:
contributions to the Probhakar and The Calcutta Literary Gazette;
Flights of Fancy; Vidyasundara (for private circulation); and some farces
in Bengali. Recreations: literary
pursuits and musical entertainment, both vocal and instrumental. The
Maharajah's library was one of the most complete private collections in
India; his art gallery contained many fine pictures, including some genuine
old masters. Address: The Prasad,
Tagore Castle, Prosunno Coomar Tagore's Street, Calcutta; The Emerald Bower,
53 Barrackpore Trunk Road, India. See also Tagore, Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun, C.I.E. |
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TAGORE (1840-1914) |
Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun,
Kt., C.I.E., 1880; Mus. Doc. (Oxon.) Born 1840, younger son of
Hara Kumar Tagore; married; five sons. Educated: Founded Bengal Music
School, 1871; Bengal Academy of Music, 1881, being president of both
institutions; reduced Hindu music to a system, and devised a notation scheme
since generally adopted in India; translated the National Anthem, and set it
to twelve varieties of Indian melody. For his efforts for the advancement of
Hindu music, received a great number of decorations, including many foreign
knighthoods, and awarded honorary memberships of numerous learned societies. Owner of extensive landed
property in eight districts of Bengal. Publications: about sixty
works in English, Sanskrit and Bengali. Address: Hara Kumar Bhavan,
Calcutta See also Tagore, Maharaja Bahadur Sir Joteendro Mohun, K.C.S.I. |
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TIPPERAH, HILL, (Tripura) (1857-1909) |
His Highness Raja Radha
Kishore Deb Barman Manikya, Raja of Born 1857. Succeeded
1897. The State is 4086 miles
in extent, and the Raja also held large estates in British districts. He
ruled a population of 173,325, and had a salute of 13 guns. Address: Agartala, Hill Tipperah, Bengal |
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