Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya

Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya (5 November 1888 – 8 April 1967) was an eminent Indian criminal lawyer practising in the High Court of Calcutta and a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Council.

Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya
Born
Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya

(1888-11-05)5 November 1888
Tripura, British India
Died8 April 1967(1967-04-08) (aged 78)
Kolkata, India
EducationAdvocate
Alma materNawab's H. E. School, Murshidabad
KrishNath College, Berhampore,
University of Calcutta
Spouse(s)Snehalata Devi, Daughter of Rai Bahadur Kedarnath Choudhury of Bamui Zamindar House of Mymensingh
ChildrenEngineer Debabrata Bhattacharyya, Brigadier Priyabrata Bhattacharyya, Dipl. Ing. Subrata Bhattacharyya, Brigadier Charubrata Bhattacharyya Annapurana Bhattacharyya Sati Bhattacharyya Gauri Bhattacharyya
Parent(s)Shri Nandkumar Bhattacharyya (Father)
FamilyHis grand daughter Radhika Bhattacharyya Shah, a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party is the wife of Ambassador Prakash Shah, eminent Indian Diplomat who has served India as Ambassador to the United Nations New York, Japan, UN Geneva, Venezuela, Malaysia and other countries. Amb. Shah was also Under-Secretary General, United Nations.

Early life

Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya was born into an orthodox Brahmin family in Tripura. He is the son of Shri Nandkumar Bhattacharyya. He was educated at Nawab's H. E. School, Murshidabad and later at Krishna Nath College, Berhampore. He received a Government Scholarship and graduated from the University of Calcutta in law in 1913 in the first division.[1] He was married to Snehalata Devi of Mymensingh, daughter of Rai Bahadur Kedar Nath Chowdhury, District Judge, Mymensingh.

Career

He joined the Murshidabad District Bar as a pleader in 1913. He enrolled as an Advocate at Berhampore in 1931. He started practicing in civil and criminal law in Berhampore and was enrolled as an Advocate of the Calcutta High Court in 1931. In 1932 he officiated as the Government Pleader of Murshidabad.[2]

Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya was retained Advocate of the Court of Murshidabad. In 1934 he was given the title Rai Sahib. He was Commissioner of the Berhampore Municipality from 1932 to 1948. He was member of the West Bengal Legislative Council from June 1956 to June 1964.

On 12 March 1967, the Berhampore Bar Association celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his practice.

Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya was a jagirdar in the State of Murshidabad. He is mentioned in the book 'Bansha-Parichay' that documents the lineage of eminent families lineages of undivided Bengal in British India. He was one of the select noblemen invited to attend the Delhi Durbar of King George V, Emperor of India.

Other positions [3]
  • Director, West Bengal Provincial Co-operative Bank
  • Director, City Murshidabad Co-operative Society
  • Vice Chairman, West Bengal Central Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank
  • Member, Law Sub Committee, All India Co-operative Union
  • Member, Working Group on Industrial Co-operatives appointed by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India
  • Member, Executive Committee National Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank
  • Vice Chairman, Berhampore Central Co-operative Bank
  • Vice Chairman, Murshidabad District Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank
  • Vice Chairman, Berhampore Co-operative Ganja Farming Society
  • Vice President, Murshidabad Institute of Technology
  • President, Berhampore Ramkrishna Mission

Publications
  • The cattle trespass act, 1871 (I of 1871) as modified up to 1958[4]
  • The code of criminal procedure (Act V of 1898) as amended up to date, with the Criminal law amendment act[5]
  • The Medico-Legal Court Companion[6]
  • The law of motor vehicles in India[7]

Family life[8]

was father of 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 April 1967 at Calcutta, aged 78.[9]

References
  1. Birth Centenary Celebration of Late Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya at Rabindra Sandan, organized by Berhampore Bar Association, Berhampore, West Bengal
  2. The Indian Empire: Leading Officials and Non-officials, Ministers, Members of Legislatures, Zamindars and other Personages. Bengal, Behar, Assam, Orissa & Burma. Section 2, 1937. Publisher: The Imperial Publishing Col, Lahore.
  3. Birth Centenary Celebration of Late Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya at Rabindra Sandan, organized by Berhampore Bar Association, Berhampore, West Bengal
  4. "National library".
  5. "The code of criminal procedure (Act V of 1898) as amended up to date, with the Criminal law amendment act, 1933".
  6. "Medico-legal court companion,".
  7. "K.C. Chakravarty's The law of motor vehicles in India, comprising the Motor vehicles Act (IV of 1939) as amended by Act XL of 1939 and Act XXVI of 1940 with the Bengal motor vehicles tax act, 1932, and the Bengal motor vehicles tax rules, 1933 and the Indian motor vehicles act, 1914 and extracts from English road traffic acts of 1930 and 1934 together with a chapter on the trial of motor car chases and complete schedule".
  8. Family History and Genealogy of Bhattacharyya Family
  9. Family Register Kolkata Municipal Corporation
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