About Dwarka Nath Mitra
Lived 1833 – 1874 (aged 40–41). Dwarka Nath Mitra was a lawyer and judge.
Dwarka Nath Mitra (1833 - 25 February 1874) was a famous lawyer and judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Dwarka Nath Mitra was born in 1833 in Hooghly district and educated at Hooghly College where he excelled in mathematics and English literature. He studied law at Presidency College and joined the bar at the Sadr Diwani Adalat in 1856. Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India, described Dwarka Nath Mitra as one of the most brilliant men he had ever met and said if Mitra were "put ... in a trio with Gladstone and Lowe ... would not be the least clever of the three." He died at the age of 41 on 25 February 1874.
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Who was Dwarka Nath Mitra?
Indian lawyer and judge
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Dwarka Nath Mitra was born in 1833.
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Dwarka Nath Mitra died on 25 February 1874.
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Dwarka Nath Mitra was a lawyer and judge.
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