Ananda Chandra Roy (born 1844)
Ananda Chandra Roy (c. 1844–1935) was a Bengali politician and lawyer.[1]
Early life[edit]
Roy was born in about 1844 in Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India.[2] He family were from Kanurgaon in Southern Bikrampur District and Brahmans from Varendra.[2] His father, Gourasundar Ray, was the manager of James Wise's estate and indigo plantation.[2] He studied at Pogose School.[2]
Career[edit]
In 1862, after Roy completed his pleadership examination he joined the court in Dhaka.[2] He purchased a zamidari estate in Bhola from Lucas, an Armenian merchant.[2] He founded the library in the old court of Dhaka.[2] He founded Anandamoyee Girls' High School originally in Bikrampur but later shifted to Armanitola in Dhaka.[2] He was a member of the East Bengal Landholders Association.[2]
Roy was a member of the Dhaka Sadharan Sabha (Lit. Dacca People's Association) which campaigned for local authority over municipal services in Dhaka.[2] Roy was elected ward commissioner in the first municipal election of Dhaka in 1884 from ward-5.[2] He was subsequently elected chairman of Dhaka municipality and served till 1887.[2][3][4] He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council.[2][5]
Roy was a trustee board member of Jagannath College and governing body of the University of Dhaka.[2] He was a director of Dhakeswari Cotton Mills. He was opposed to the Partition of Bengal.[2] He was the lawyer of The Comilla Shooting Case and Alipore Bomb Case.[2] In 1908, he retired as a lawyer and joined the Indian National Congress.[2] He was awarded the title of 'Ray Bahadur by the British Raj.[2]
Death[edit]
Roy died in 1935 in Dhaka.[2] Ananda Chandra Road in Armanitola, Dhaka was named after him.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Incarnate Word". incarnateword.in. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Ahmed, Sharif Uddin. "Ray, Ananda Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "The official web site of the Dhaka Nawab Family: Royal Residences". www.nawabbari.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (2018-01-12). Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18673-5.
- ^ Gupta, Jyotis Chandra Das (1911). A National Biography for India: Containing Biographical Sketches with Portraits of All Indian Great Men and Women who Flourished in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries with an Introduction. author. p. 42.