Ananda Chandra Roy (born 1844)

Ananda Chandra Roy (1844–1935) was a Bengali politician and lawyer.[1]

Early life

Roy was born in 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

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

Roy died in 1935 in Dhaka.[2] Ananda Chandra Road in Armanitola, Dhaka was named after him.[2]

References
  1. "The Incarnate Word". incarnateword.in. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin. "Ray, Ananda Chandra". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. "The official web site of the Dhaka Nawab Family: Royal Residences". www.nawabbari.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (2018-01-12). Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18673-5.
  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.
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