About Ananda Chandra Ray
Lived 1844 – 1935 (aged 90–91). Ananda Chandra Ray was a lawyer and politician.
Ananda Chandra Roy (c. 1844–1935) was a Bengali politician and lawyer.
Early life Roy was born in about 1844 in Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India. He family were from Kanurgaon in Southern Bikrampur District and Brahmans from Varendra. originally in Bikrampur but later shifted to Armanitola in Dhaka. He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council.
Roy was a trustee board member of Jagannath College and governing body of the University of Dhaka. He was a director of Dhakeswari Cotton Mills. He was opposed to the Partition of Bengal. He was the lawyer of The Comilla Shooting Case and Alipore Bomb Case. In 1908, he retired as a lawyer and joined the Indian National Congress. He was awarded the title of 'Ray Bahadur by the British Raj.
Death Roy died in 1935 in Dhaka. Ananda Chandra Road in Armanitola, Dhaka was named after him.
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Who was Ananda Chandra Ray?
Bengali politician and lawyer
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Ananda Chandra Ray was born in 1844 in Dhaka District.
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Ananda Chandra Ray died in 1935 in Dhaka District.
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Ananda Chandra Ray was a lawyer and politician.
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Ananda Chandra Ray's recorded nationality: British Indians.
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