Bipradas Pal Chowdhury (1857 - 25 October 1914) was a Bengali industrialist and distinguished landlord.[1] His daughter in law Smt. Ila Pal Choudhury was the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and nationalist politician.[2]
Career
editPal Chowdhury was born at Maheshganj in Nadia district in British India.[citation needed] His father was prominent Zamindar Madhusudan Pal Chowdhury. He completed F.A from the Presidency College Calcutta in 1873 and went to England for studying Civil Engineering. Returning from England, Pal Chowdhury made factories of Brass and a tannery.[3] He was interested to produce Swadeshi articles and took part in independent capitalist development in Bengal.[1] After that he entered in Tea business and form Gayabari Tea estate near Darjeeling competing with British businessman. He was a man of modern, enlightened concept. Pal Chowdhury also donated lots of land for expansion of railway line in Nadia.[3]
Death
editBipradas Pal Chowdhury died in 1914 in London.[3] A polytechnic college, Bipradas Pal Chowdhury Institute of Technology was named after him at Krishnanagar.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "CONCLUDING NOTE" (PDF). p. 178. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Chopra, Joginder Kumar (1 January 1993). Women in the Indian Parliament: A Critical Study of Their Role. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-513-5.
- ^ a b c Vol I, Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 349. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
- ^ "BPC ITI". www.bpciti.org. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ Bureau, India Labour (1958). Large Industrial Establishments in India. Manager of Publications.
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