Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury Explained

Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury
Native Name:কিশোরীলাল রায় চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:bn
Birth Date:19 November 1848
Birth Place:Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India
Father:Jagannath Roy Chowdhury

Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury (19 November 1848 – 3 July 1925)[1] was a Bengali zamindar. He was a member of the Baliati Zamindari.[1]

In 1868, Chowdhury took over the responsibility of the management Dhaka Brahma School, founded by Brojosundar Basu in 1863.[2] He then changed its name to Jagannath School after his father Jagannath Roy Chowdhury.[3] In 1887, the school section of Jagannath College (now Jagannath University since 2005) was separated to form the independent Kishorilal Jubilee School, (now known as the K. L. Jubilee High School & College).[2]

Chowdhury was a member of the trusty board, formed on 1 March 1907, to look after the management of Jagannath College, along with Roy Chandra Kumar Dutt Bahadur and Anand Chandra Roy.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব. 2023-03-26 . saturia.manikganj.gov.bd.
  2. Web site: History of Jagannath University. 2023-03-26 . jnu.ac.bd.
  3. Web site: Khan . Waqar A. . 2023-03-13 . Snippets from our history & heritage . 2023-03-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. Jagannath College.