Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury
কিশোরীলাল রায় চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 1907
Born(1848-11-19)19 November 1848
Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died3 July 1925(1925-07-03) (aged 76)
Parent
  • Jagannath Roy Chowdhury (father)

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". saturia.manikganj.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. 1 2 "History of Jagannath University". jnu.ac.bd. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  3. ↑ Khan, Waqar A. (2023-03-13). "Snippets from our history & heritage". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  4. ↑ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Jagannath College". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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