Jogendra Kishore Roy Choudhury

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Jogendra Kishore Roy Choudhury was the zamindar of Ramgopalpur in Mymensingh.

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Biography

He was born in January 1858 to Kashi Kishore Roy Chowdhury. [1] He was known for his generosity and care for his tenants. [2] He was fond of Sanskrit and would invite many of its scholars annually. [2] He would support their work with donations. [2] During his lifetime, he supported a number of technical schools in Mymensingh. [3]

He married Hemlata, the daughter of Madhav Chandra from the Joari Bishi Zamindar family. [4]

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The government of India conferred on him the title of Rai Bahadur in 1895, and in 1909, the title of Raja. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bros, Khosla (1911). The Imperial Coronation Durbar (Illustrated). Vol. 1. Lahore (Punjab): The Imperial Publishing Co. p. 466.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Playne, Somerset (2012). Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce, and industrial resources. Public Resource. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. ISBN   978-81-206-1964-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Government of Calcutta (1896). The Calcutta Gazette, 1896, October-December. p. 2971.
  4. ↑ https://ir.nbu.ac.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/a2c324cc-1a81-42c9-8401-88e8207de00c/content
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