Digambar Mitra

Raja Digambar Mitra (1817–1879) was an Indian businessman. He was one of the leading Derozians and the first Bengali Sheriff of Kolkata.

Birth and Ancestry

Babu Digambar Mitra, later known as Raja Digambar Mitra, was born in 1817 at Konnagar in the district of Hooghly of present-day West Bengal into a Kulin Kayastha family.

This wealthy and respectable family of Konnagar was locally known as the Mandir-Bati-Mitra family. Raja Digambar Mitra's grandfather Ram Chandra Mitra was a cashier in a Calcutta based mercantile firm. He had three sons namely Shib Chandra Mitra, Shambhu Chandra Mitra and Raj Krishna Mitra, Shib Chandra being the eldest among all of the three. All of them were employed in the same firm as their father. Shib Chandra Mitra had two sons. His eldest son was Raja Digambar Mitra. In the later years, Shib Chandra bought a house in Sovabazar, North Calcutta. Raja Digambar Mitra spend his childhood at Calcutta.

Life The son of Shib Chandra Mitra of Konnagar in Hooghly district of present-day West Bengal,

One of his grandsons was the illustrious Kumar Manmatha Nath Mitra Rai Bahadur of Shyampukur, well known for his extensive knowledge of European fine art and precious gemstones, and the trading in these items. Shyampukur Rajbati once housed the largest Bohemian crystal chandelier in Calcutta.